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Pope delivers Christmas Urbi et Orbi message

25/12/2015

Pope Francis this Christmas day delivered his Urbi et Orbi message, (to the city and the world) from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica. In it he prayed that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya would quickly end the suffering of their people.

He also spoke about the brutal acts of terrorism that struck the French capital this year as well as conflicts in Africa, the Mideast and Ukraine.

Below is the English translation of the Pope’s message
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas! …

25/12/2015

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 25 ta’ Diċembru 2015, Jum il-Milied, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra mal-ħabsin, il-Quddiesa Stazzjonali fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tat-Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin, Raħal Ġdid. Preżenti wkoll għal din il-quddiesa, il-Ministru tal-Intern u s-Sigurtà Nazzjonali, l-Onor. Carmelo Abela. Wara l-quddiesa, l-Arċisqof li kien akkumpanjat mill-Ministru Abela, żaru lir-residenti tas-sezzjoni femminili u ltqagħu mar-residenti tal-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin li kellhom esperjenzi pożittivi ta’ rijabilitazzjoni…

25/12/2015

Fil-Lejl tal-Milied, nhar l-24 ta’ Diċembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra l-Quddiesa ta’ Nofsillejl fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tat-Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.

Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Katidral tal-Imdina

24 ta’ Diċembru 2015

Nixtieq naqsam ftit ħsibijiet qosra f’dan il-lejl qaddis.

Din is-sena, jiena u nirrifletti fuq il-Vanġelu (Lq 2, 1-14) li għadna kemm smajna u li nisimgħuh kull sena f’dan il-lejl qaddis, laqatni l-fatt li r-rakkont ta’ San Luqa jipprova jagħtina ħjiel kronoloġiku tal-avveniment li se jirrakkonta…

25/12/2015

Pope Francis has celebrated Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica. Below, you can find the prepared text of the Holy Father’s homily for the Holy Mass of the Nativity of the Lord “during the Night”:

Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis

Tonight “a great light” shines forth (Is 9:1); the light of Jesus’ birth shines all about us…

24/12/2015

Peace be with you! This same greeting of peace was announced to the shepherds by the angels on the holy night of Christmas, when they sang: “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to all men of good will” (Lk 2, 14).

Dear Maltese and Gozitan brethren, it is my pleasure to greet you from ‘Id-Dar tal-Providenza’…

24/12/2015

Click ‘Subscribe’ to continue following the Archbishop’s events on the YouTube Channel of the Church in Malta.
The following are the events that are going to be broadcast ‘Live’ during Christmas and the beginning of the New Year.
Midnight Mass of the Solemnity of the Nativity of Jesus Christ
Mass with families on the Feast of the Holy Family
Thanksgiving Mass at the End of the Year 2015
Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

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24/12/2015

Pope Francis has been awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, the oldest and best-known prize awarded for work done in the service of European unification.

The announcement was made on Wednesday in the city of Aachen; the Pope will physically receive the award at a date still to be set, in Rome.

The Prize is named for Charlemagne, the Franconian king revered by his contemporaries as the “Father of Europe…

23/12/2015

Ġentilment ninfurmawkom li minn għada, il-Ħamis 23 ta’ Diċembru 2015 sal-Ħadd 3 ta’ Jannar 2016, il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof ser tkun magħluqa għal żmien tal-Milied. Il-Kurja terġa tiftaħ nhar it-Tnejn 4 ta’ Jannar 2016.

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23/12/2015

Pope Francis will celebrate the Jubilee of Mercy for Families on Sunday 27 December, Feast of the Holy Family.

The Pope ushered in the Jubilee Year of Mercy on 8 December, the day the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and he is scheduled to close it on 20 November 2016, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, with the closing of the Holy Door in St…

22/12/2015

Il-funzjonijiet reliġjużi li ser imexxi l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fl-okkażjoni tal-Milied jibdew fil-Lejl tal-Milied.

Il-Ħamis 24 ta’ Diċembru 2015, fil-11:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof imexxi t-talba tal-Liturġija tas-Sigħat u l-Quddiesa ta’ Nofsillejl fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tat-Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil-Katidral tal-Imdina. Il-Quddiesa ser tiġi mxandra ‘live’ fuq il-YouTube Channel tal-Knisja f’Malta. Link: www.youtube.com/knisjamalta.

Il-Ġimgħa 25 ta’ Diċembru, fid-9:00 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra mal-ħabsin, il-Quddiesa Stazzjonali fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tat-Twelid ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu, fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin, Raħal Ġdid…