News from the Church in Malta
Have you ever wanted to explore the meaning of life or ask challenging questions about the Christian faith? If your answer is ‘yes’, we would like to invite you to take an opportunity to participate in the Alpha Course. For the first time ever in Malta, this course is being offered exclusively to couples.
The Alpha Course is designed for everyone who has questions about life…
Following the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis made a new appeal for peace in Ukraine. “With deep concern, I am following the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has accelerated anew in these last weeks,” the Pope said. “I renew my appeal that the commitments undertaken to achieve peace might be respected; and that, with the help of organizations and persons of good will, there might be a response to the humanitarian emergency in the country.” The Holy Father concluded his appeal with the prayer, “May the Lord grant peace to Ukraine, which is preparing to celebrate tomorrow the national holiday [Independence Day]…
Nhar is-Sibt 22 ta’ Awwissu 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra l-Quddiesa tal-Vġili tal-Festa ta’ Sidtna Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, f’Ħad-Dingli.
Knisja Parrokjali, Ħad-Dingli
22 ta’ Awwissu 2015
Ħieni l-ġuf li ġabek u s-sider li rdajt” (Lq 11, 27)…
L-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali (IFP) għalaq għaxar snin nhar it-8 ta’ Lulju li għadda. Biex jitfakkar dan l-anniversarju b’radd ta’ ħajr lil Alla, kien organizzat mument ta’ talb fil-kumpless ta’ Sant’ Agata, ir-Rabat, nhar il-Ġimgha 21 ta’ Awwissu. Għalih kienu preżenti l-membri ta’ Bord – kemm dawk preżenti, kif ukoll li taw sehem fil-passat. Ġew mistiedna wkoll dawk li qed jaħdmu bħalissa fuq xi proġett tal-Bord…
“Who is Jesus for me?” At the end of his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis called on the faithful to ask themselves this question. “Who is Jesus for me? Is He simply a name? an idea? A person from history? Or is He really someone who loves me, Who gave His life for me, and walks with me?”
The Pope asked if we would remain with Jesus, referring back to the day’s Gospel…
Development Planning Act, 2015
Environment and Planning Review Tribunal Act, 2015
Environment Protection Act, 2015
Having proposed the idea of the demerger of MEPA in 2009 (before it was ever proposed as an electoral promise), the Interdiocesan Commission for the Environment (KA) submitted its reactions to the three Bills which aim to split MEPA into two Authorities, with the aim of further clarifying its position on the issue, thus clearing up any misinterpretation of its original stance…
Pope Francis has chosen as the theme for the 2016 World Day for Migrants and Refugees the theme: Migrants and refugees challenge us. The response of the Gospel of Mercy. A communique released by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People said the choice of this theme fits in well within the context of the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by the Pope…
The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, on Monday sent greetings to a two-day Islamic Climate Change Symposium taking place in Istanbul.
In a Message presented by Fr. John T. Brinkman, Cardinal Turkson called the on-going ecological crisis “the gravest and most intractable of all” the problems facing the modern world.
“A great motivation which unites Christians, Muslims and many others is the firm belief in God,” the Message reads…
Pope Francis has said the Jubilee of Mercy will be a “good opportunity for increasing the collaboration between pastors and the laity in the mission of affectionately and tenderly caring for the sick and dying.”
His words were conveyed in a message sent to Manuel Martin Sjöberg, President of the Federación de Servicios de sacerdotales Urgencia y Nocturno (Federation of Priestly Emergency Services)…
