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New Parish Priest for Tal-Ibraġ Parish

13/01/2016

    • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Mario Tong bħala Kappillan tal-Parroċċa tal-Immakulata Omm il-Knisja, l-Ibraġ.

      Dun Mario Tong twieled fid-29 ta’ April 1953, u ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-19 ta’ Ġunju 1977. L-ewwel ħidma pastorali tiegħu kienet fid-Djoċesi ta’ Ġibiltà. F’Mejju 1978 ġie maħtur Kappillan ta’ St Joseph the Worker Parish. Lura Malta, f’Settembru 1980, serva bħala Viċi-Kappillan fil-Parroċċa ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar, u f’Ġunju 1981 ġie nominat Kappillan ta’ Marsaxlokk. F’Mejju 1990 beda jagħti servizz pastorali fid-Djoċesi ta’ Rockville Centre, New York…

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Pope Francis: “the prayers of the faithful work miracles”

13/01/2016
  • Pope Francis says prayer works miracles and prevents the hardening of the heart. His words came on Tuesday morning during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. “It’s the prayer of the faithful – the Pope said – that brings change to the Church; it’s not us popes, bishops or priests who carry the Church forward, but the Saints”.
      Pope Francis took his cue from the Bible reading of the day which tells the story of Hannah, a woman whom, deeply distressed by her infertility, desperately prays to the Lord to give her a child, and of Eli, a priest, who looks on vaguely from afar and superficially judges the woman as a drunkard as he can see her babbling but cannot hear her words…

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Message on the Day for Migrants and Refugees 2016

12/01/2016

  • Ħadd ma jista’ jibqa’ indifferenti quddiem il-forom ġodda ta’ skjavitù

    F’Messaġġ għall-Jum Dinji tal-Migranti u r-Refuġjati li se jiġi ċelebrat fis-17 ta’ Jannar, 2016, Il-Papa Franġisku jemfasizza li “ħadd ma jista’ jippretendi li jibqa’ indifferenti quddiem il-forom ġodda ta’ skjavitù imposti minn organizzazzjonijiet kriminali li jixtru u jbiegħu rġiel, nisa u tfal bħala ħaddiema forzati fl-oqsma tal-kostruzzjoni, il-biedja, is-sajd u swieq oħrajn.” 

    Il-Papa josserva: “Kemm minuri għadhom jiġu mġiegħlin jiġġieldu f’milizzji bħala tfal suldati! …

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Pope Francis: speech to diplomatic corps

12/01/2016

  • Pope Francis delivered an address to the Corps of Diplomats Accredited to the Holy See on Monday morning, during the course of his traditional exchange of New Year’s greetings with the diplomats at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Below, please find the full text of the official English translation of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks.

    ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

    TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

    Monday, 11 January 2016

    Your Excellencies,

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    I offer you a cordial welcome to this annual gathering.  It allows me to offer you my best wishes for the New Year and to reflect with you on the state of our world, so loved and blessed by God, and yet fraught with so many ills.  I thank your new Dean, His Excellency Armindo Fernandes do Espírito Santo Veira, the Ambassador of Angola, for his kind greeting in the name of the entire Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See.  In a special way, I would also like to remember the late Ambassadors of Cuba, Rodney Alejandro López Clemente, and Liberia, Rudolf P…

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Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Oratory adjacent to the Basilica in Senglea

11/01/2016
    • Nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Jannar 2016, fis-6:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena fl-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss (fejn hemm meqjuma x-xbieha devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur) mal-Bażilika ta’ Marija Bambina, l-Isla. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni bdiet fil-Bażilika b’purċissjoni lejn l-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss. Hemmhekk, l-Arċisqof fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena u wara li l-ġemgħa għaddiet mill-Bieb, ġiet ċċelebrata l-Quddiesa fil-Bażilika. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni għalqet b’tislima lil Marija Bambina, bis-Salve Regina.

      Dan huwa t-tielet u l-aħħar Bieb tal-Ħniena li infetaħ fl-Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta, wara dak tal-Katidral tal-Imdina u tas-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa…

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The alleged mystical phenomena in Borġ in-Nadur

09/01/2016

  • The Church in Malta has concluded that the origin of the alleged apparitions, the alleged messages and the alleged phenomena associated with Mr Anġelik Caruana and the locality known as Borġ in-Nadur in Birżebbuġa, is not divine and is not supernatural.  

    The Church authorities reached this conclusion following detailed investigations instructed by Archbishop Emeritus Mgr Pawlu Cremona O.P., on all the circumstances regarding the case…

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Speech by Mons. Charles J. Scicluna during a Conference about Marian apparitions on the 19th May 2009

09/01/2016

  • Il-Knisja tqis id-dehriet li jistgħu jkunu ta’ Ġesù, tal-Madonna jew tal-qaddisin, bħala don, bħala kariżma speċjali tal-Ispirtu. Għalhekk, aħna l-Insara rridu naċċettawhom, nilqgħuhom u nistħarrġuhom bħalma nistħarrġu bi gratitudni kbira u b’umiltà, kull don tal-Ispirtu. Tifhmu għalhekk li qegħdin nitkellmu fuq teżor kbir, u li rridu nużaw reqqa kbira biex nagħżlu dak li hu tajjeb minn dak li hu ħażin għax huwa qarrieqi…

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Pope Francis urges Christians not to live a mediocre life

07/01/2016

    • Pope Francis said on Wednesday the experience of the Magi urges us not to settle for mediocrity and not to scrape a living but instead examine with passion the great mystery of life. He also said the Magi teach us to recognize the majesty in humility and learn how to knee in front of it. The Pope’s comments came during his Angelus address to the crowds gathered in St…

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Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Oratory adjacent to the Basilica in Senglea

06/01/2016

    • Nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Jannar 2016, fis-6:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiftaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena fl-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss (fejn hemm meqjuma x-xbieha devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur) mal-Bażilika ta’ Marija Bambina, l-Isla.

      Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tibda fil-Bażilika b’purċissjoni lejn l-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss. Hemmhekk, l-Arċisqof jiftaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena u wara li l-ġemgħa tgħaddi mill-Bieb, tidħol lura fil-Bażilika u tkompli l-Quddiesa. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tagħlaq b’tislima lil Marija Bambina, bis-Salve Regina…

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Pope Francis visits Greccio to pray at site of first crib scene

06/01/2016

    • Pope Francis made a private visit to the Italian hilltown of Greccio in the Lazio region north of Rome on Monday afternoon, where he met with the local Franciscan community.

      The town is well known as the place where, in December 1223, St. Francis set up the first crib scene, using local animals and a carved image of the Christ Child in a manger to recreate the events of Our Lord’s birth in Bethlehem…

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