News from the Church in Malta
Perhaps the event which created most media interest during Pope Francis’s first full day in Cuba was his meeting with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. During a private encounter at the 89-year-old retired President’s home, the Pope and Castro discussed religion and world affairs. The meeting took place just hours after the Pope at Mass urged Cubans to serve one another and not ideology…
Pope Francis on Sunday urged young Cubans to follow a path of hope, built on solidarity and encounter with others. The Pope’s words came in a meeting with several thousand young students gathered at the Fr Felix Varela cultural centre in Havana at the end of his first full day in the Cuban capital. The centre, set up in 2011 by the local Archdiocese with the support of the Pontifical Council for Culture, offers courses in theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology and business administration…
Nhar il-Ġimgħa 18 ta’ Settembru, l-Arċisqof Chrales J. Scicluna iċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-50 anniversarju mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza, fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Kon-katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
18 ta’ Settembu 2015
Insellem lilek President tar-Repubblika u nirringrazzjak tal-preżenza tiegħek f’din il-festa ta’ ringrazzjament…
“One of the most overwhelming human tragedies of recent decades are the terrible consequences that the conflicts in Syria and Iraq have on civilian populations as well as on cultural heritage. Millions of people are in distressing state of urgent need. They are forced to leave their native lands. Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey today carry the weight of millions of refugees, which they have generously received…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Reuben Deguara bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Santa Marija, Birkirkara.
Dun Reuben Deguara twieled fit-21 ta’ Lulju 1971. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja fl-iskola tal-Mosta, l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fil-Liċeo M.A. Vassalli, Tal-Ħandaq, u kompla s-6th Form fil-Junior College, l-Imsida. Kompla l-istudji terzjarji (Filosofija u Teoloġija), u Liċenzjat fit-Teoloġija Pastorali, fl-Università ta’ Malta.
Dun Reuben ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-29 ta’ Ġunju 1997…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Mons. Anton Portelli bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Stella Maris, tas-Sliema.
Dun Anton Portelli twieled fis-6 ta’ Mejju 1947. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja fl-iskola ta’ St Joseph, il-Belt Valletta, u l-edukazzjoni sekondarja u post-sekondarja fis-Seminarju, il-Furjana. Kompla l-istudji terzjarji ta’ Baċellerat fl-Arti, u Liċenzjat fil-Filosofija u t-Teoloġija, fl-Università ta’ Malta. Kiseb ukoll Masters f’Human Resource Development…
Pope Francis received a group of young people in consecrated life on Thursday morning. The special audience was the highlight of the International Congress for Young People in Consecrated Life taking place in Rome this week, in the context of the ongoing Year of Consecrated Life, which will close on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Feb…
Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for prayers for his Apostolic Voyage to Cuba and to the United States, which begins on Saturday. “I greet the Cuban and the American people,” he said, “who, guided by their Pastors, have prepared themselves spiritually” for the visit. The Pope invoked the “light and strength of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Mary Most Holy” the Patroness of Cuba under the title of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, and the Patroness of America under the title of the Immaculate Conception…
