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Watch the Archbishop’s celebrations ‘live’ on Youtube

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    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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Pope Francis is awarded the International Charlemagne Prize

  • 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…

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Notice

  • 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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Pope Francis to celebrate Jubilee of Mercy for the Family

  • 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…

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The Archbishop during Christmas and the beginning of the New Year

  • 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…

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Pope to Vatican staff: forgiveness for scandals, care for families

  • Pope Francis received the employees of the Holy See and the Vatican City State in a special audience on Monday, to exchange Christmas greetings with them and their families. During the course of the audience, the Holy Father expressed his gratitude to the workers and their families, and asked forgiveness for the recent scandals in the Vatican. “As I thank you,” Pope Francis said, “I also want to ask your forgiveness for the scandals that there have been in the Vatican…
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Pope Francis’ Address to the Roman Curia

  • Pope Francis has urged the Roman Curia to “return to the essentials” and follow a path of gratitude, conversion, renewal, penance and reconciliation as indicated by the Year of Mercy. The Pope was addressing members of the Curia gathered in the Vatican Clementine Hall for the annual Christmas Greetings.

    Please find below the full text of the Pope’s address to the Curia:

    Dear brothers and sisters, Forgive me for not standing up as I speak to you, but for some days I’ve been suffering from a cold and not feeling too well…

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Pope Francis: Christ in the other, in history, in the Church

  • Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with faithful pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, ahead of which he spoke of the spirit of wonder engendered by the Gospel and especially by the Christmas season.

    Reflecting on the Gospel reading of the 4th Sunday of Advent, which recounts Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, miraculously with child in her old age, Pope Francis indicated three loci of wonder in our lives: the other; history; and the Church…

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Feature: Mercy, the path for happiness

  • In preparation for the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakov, Professor Yago de la Cierva speaks what is happiness for him and explains who were St. Faustina and St. John Paul II. Also, he emphasises how God’s mercy is reachable to everyone.

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