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Pope Francis: God wants his ministers to be merciful

07/10/2015

  • Pope Francis has warned against having a hard heart that is closed to God’s mercy.

    Speaking on Tuesday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta before joining the Synod Fathers gathered in the Vatican Synod Hall, the Pope urged the faithful not to put one’s own convictions or a list of commandments before the Lord’s mercy.

    Drawing inspiration from the first reading of the Book of Jonah, the Pope pointed out that Jonah is initially resistant to God’s will, but eventually learns that he must obey the Lord. 

    Remarking on the fact that the city of Nineveh converts thanks to Jonah’s preaching, Pope Francis said “it really was a miracle, because in this case he abandons his stubbornness, his rigidity,  to obey the will of God, and he did what the Lord commanded him.”

    And afterwards, the Pope said, after the conversion of Nineveh, Jonah “who was not a man who was docile to the Spirit of God, was angry”…

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The inauguration of the Pastoral Year of the Cana Movement

06/10/2015

  • On Friday 2nd October 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna presided over a meeting on the occasion of the opening of the Pastoral Year of Cana Movement, at the Catholic Institute in Floriana.

    The Archbishop’s message is to be uploaded shortly.

  • Photos: Communications Office, Curia…

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New Pastoral Year at the MSSP Oratory

06/10/2015

    • A new pastoral year has just been launched at the Oratory MSSP in Birkirkara – a Catechetical and Liturgical Centre for Adults, Youths and children.

      All those interested are invited – individuals or groups, to join and participate in the various liturgical functions and activities which are held throughout the year at the Oratory MSSP and to which all are welcome…

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Pope Francis: Remarks at Synod opening

06/10/2015

  • Pope Francis addressed the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday morning – the morning of their first full day of sessions. Below, please find Vatican Radio’s full English translation of the Holy Father’s remarks.

    Dear Beatitudes, Eminences, Excellencies, brothers and sisters, The Church today takes up once again the dialogue begun with the announcement of the extraordinary Synod on the family, and certainly even long before that, to evaluate and reflect on the text of the Working Document (Lt. Instrumentum laboris), elaborated on the basis of the [Extraordinary Assembly’s] final report (Relatio Synodi) and the responses of the Bishops’ Conferences and from the other organizations with the right to contribute…

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Pope Francis’ Homily at Opening Mass of Ordinary General Assembly of Synod on the Family

04/10/2015

  • On Sunday 4th of October 2015, Pope Francis presided at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world.’Below is the Vatican-provided translation of the homily Pope Francis delivered during the Mass:

    “If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us” (1 Jn 4:12)…

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Unified political response needed to current migrant crisis

02/10/2015

  • Joint Statement of Bishop Christopher Hill, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), and Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (ComECE)

    The European family of nations finds itself confronting a humanitarian crisis on a scale without precedent in its post-war history. Civil war in Syria, widespread political instability in other areas of the Middle East and dire poverty in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa have forced upwards of two million people, many traumatised by war, others rendered hopeless by poverty, to seek asylum or the opportunity of a better life in Europe…

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Programme of events for Missionary Day

02/10/2015

  • Missio, li hi l-organizzazjoni uffiċċjali tal-Knisja għall-missjoni, ser tniedi l-programm ta’ attivitajiet għax-xahar ta’ Ottubru. Il-Ġurnata Missjunarja, li hi l-qofol tal-attivitajiet, ser tiġi ċċelebrata fit-18 ta’ Ottubru. Biex tintwera solidarjetà ma’ dawn ħutna fil-bżonn, Missio ser jorganizza diversi attivitajiet matul ix-xahar t’Ottubru kollu.

    Waqt konferenza stampa ingħata rendikont tad-dħul finanzjarju li nġabar fl-2014 mingħand il-poplu Malti u Għawdxi u xi proġetti saru…

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Prayers for the Synod of the Family by Bishop Mario Grech

02/10/2015
  • Għeżież, Qed niktbilkom din l-ittra qasira qabel nitlaq lejn Ruma għas-Sinodu. Għal dawn it-tliet ġimgħat li ġejjin, ser inkun ma’ għadd ta’ isqfijiet mid-dinja kollha biex, flimkien mal-Papa Franġisku, nistħarrġu x’inhu jgħid l-Ispirtu s-Santu lill-Knisja dwar is-sejħa u l-missjoni tal-familja llum. Hemm ħafna stennija dwar x’ser ikun ir-riżultat ta’ dan is-Sinodu. Jien konvint li mhux biss il-familji huma ħerqana biex jixorbu “inbid ġdid”, imma Alla wkoll jixtieq jarana aktar miftuħin għat-tnebbiħ tiegħu…

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