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Pope opens Holy Door at Mass in Bangui Cathedral

30/11/2015

Priests and religious, catechists and young people joined Pope Francis on Sunday evening for the celebration of Holy Mass in the Cathedral of Bangui, Central African Republic. During the ceremony, the Pope opened the Holy Door of the Cathedral for the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy. The Jubilee Year officially begins on 8 December. In his homily at the Mass the Pope spoke of the Christian vocation to love our enemies, saying it protects us “from the temptation to seek revenge and from the spiral of endless retaliation.”

Below, please find the full text of Pope Francis’ homily for the Holy Mass for the First Sunday of Advent, celebrated in Bangui’s Notre-Dame Cathedral…

28/11/2015

Nhar is-Sibt 28 ta’ Novembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna laqa’ lill-Prinċep Charles ta’ Wales, u martu Camilla, id-Dukessa ta’ Cornwall fil-Katidral Metropolitan ta’ San Pawl, l-Imdina. Il-Prinċep Charles ta’ Wales, u martu bħalissa qed jakkumpanjaw lill-Maesta Tagħha r-Reġina Eliżabetta II fuq żjara statali fl-okkażjoni tal-laqgħa tal-kapijiet tal-istati membri tal-Commonwealth (CHOGM).

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28/11/2015

Bħala parti miċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza u fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Internazzjonali tal-persuni b’diżabbilita’, se jiġi organizzat Kunċert fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann il-Belt nhar il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Diċembru fis-7:30 ta’ filgħaxija. Il-Kunċert se jittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann. Se jkun taħt il-patroċinju tal-E.T. l-Arċisqof Mons Charles J Scicluna…

27/11/2015

On Friday 27th November 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna attended a Thanksgiving Service with H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, at St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Valletta. The Duke of Edinburgh is accompanying H.M. Queen Elizabeth II in Malta on a state visit on the occasion of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). During the Thanksgiving Service, the Archbishop was asked to recite the final prayer and give his blessing.

Concluding Prayer by Archbishop Charles J…

27/11/2015

L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Patri Christian Anthony Borg OFM Conv. bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa tal-Qalb bla tebgħa ta’ Marija, Burmarrad; lill-Patri William Bartolo OFM Conv. bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ San Franġisk t’Assisi, il-Qawra u lill-Patri Michael Attard bħala kappillan fil-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Addolorata, f’San Pawl il-Baħar.
- Patri Christian Anthony Borg OFM Conv. twieled fis-26 ta’ Diċembru 1987. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja
  
  fl-iskola Santa Eliżabetta f’Tas-Sliema, l-edukazzjoni sekondarja u post sekondarja fil-Kulleġġ San Alwiġi f’Birkirkara…

27/11/2015

Pope Francis on Thursday afternoon spoke about the importance of safeguarding the environment and ensuring a just distribution of the earth’s wealth as he address directors and staff of the United Nations Offices in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

The Pope said Africa offers the world a beauty and natural richness which inspire praise of the Creator. This patrimony of Africa and of all mankind, he said “is constantly exposed to the risk of destruction caused by human selfishness of every type and by the abuse of situations of poverty and exclusion”.

In the context of economic relationships between States and between peoples, he continued “we cannot be silent about forms of illegal trafficking which arise in situations of poverty and in turn lead to greater poverty and exclusion. Illegal trade in diamonds and precious stones, rare metals or those of great strategic value, wood, biological material and animal products, such as ivory trafficking and the relative killing of elephants, fuels political instability, organized crime and terrorism”. This situation, Pope Francis said, “is a cry rising up from humanity and the earth itself, one which needs to be heard by the international community”…

27/11/2015

On Thursday 26th November 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna met with Queen Elizabeth II in an official welcome, held at the San Anton’s Presidential Palace, Attard. The Queen is in Malta for a State visit, and for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), hosted by the Maltese State.
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26/11/2015

- Il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) qed torganizza konferenza mnebbħa mill-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’”. Fil-konferenza bit-tema “Laudato Si’: mid-Dokument għall-Azzjoni”, rappreżentanti ewlenin tal-Istat u tal-Knisja qed jiġu mistiedna jiddiskutu, u possibbilment jimpenjaw ruħhom f’għadd ta’ proposti ispirati mill-Enċiklika, li l-KA tħoss li huma relevanti sabiex pajjiżna jkun dejjem aktar sostenibbli f’kull livell. Il-konferenza se tkun imqassma f’żewġ sessjonijiet.
  
  L-ewwel sessjoni se tkun il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Diċembru 2015, fis-6.00 p.m., fl-Istitut Kattoliku, il-Furjana, u t-tieni sessjoni se ssir l-għada, is-Sibt, fid-9.00 a.m., fil-Kurja tal-Isqof, ir-Rabat Għawdex…

26/11/2015

Nhar it-Tlieta 24 ta’ Novembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ġie ppreżentat bil-ktieb ‘L-Art tal-Kliem – Il-Maltin fl-Art Imqaddsa u lil hinn’ mid-direttur tal-Publikazzjonijiet tal-Merlin, is-sur Chris Gruppetta, l-Editriċi Kristina Chetcuti u waħda mill-awtriċi tal-ktieb, is-Sinjura Nathalie Grima.
Dan il-ktieb jiġbor fih esperjenzi u realtajiet ta’ reliġjużi u lajċi Maltin li ilhom snin twal jgħixu fl-Art Imqaddsa. Uħud minnhom telqu minn Malta fuq ajruplan tal-gwerra u ilhom hemm mill-1945…

26/11/2015

After a brief but vibrant welcome ceremony at the airport and a private colloquium with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, Pope Francis immediately delivered a wide ranging and hard-hitting discourse to political and civil authorities and to members of the diplomatic corps, a discourse that – as Holy See Press Office Director Father Lombardi pointed out during the evening media briefing – was really a discourse to all the people of Kenya…