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The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the day dedicated to the Armed Forces of Malta

16/10/2015

  • On Friday 16th October 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass on on the day dedicated to the Armed Forces of Malta, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

  • Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • Kon-katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta 

    16 ta’ Ottubru 2015

    Ippermettuli nislet ħsieb qasir ispirat mill-frażi li smajna fit-Tieni Qari mill-Ittra ta’ San Pawl appostlu u misserna, lir-Rumani…

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Synod: Bishops must welcome families as teachers and pastors

16/10/2015

  • ‘Mission impossible’ was how Fr Federico Lombardi on Thursday described the task of trying to sum up the dozens of daily interventions by participants in the Synod of Bishops on the Family, currently coming to the close of its second week in the Vatican’s Synod Hall.

    Friday will mark the final day of presentations on part three of the Synod’s working document, before participants move back into their small groups to decide on final changes they’d like to see reflected in a concluding document on marriage and family life…

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Synod on the Family: Press Briefing, day nine

15/10/2015

  • 14 Oct. At the daily press briefing for the Synod on the Family an African Cardinal said that polygamy was much more of a problem in Africa than divorce and remarriage. Spokesman for Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, was joined by Cardinals Vincent Nichols of Britain, Phillippe Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso and Rubén Salazar Gomez from Colombia.

    Cardinal Ouedraogo told the media that in Europe divorce and remarriage was a real concern for Synod delegates but, in Africa, polygamy was a much more pressing problem…

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New Board of Directors for RTK Radio

15/10/2015
  • Waqt il-laqgħa ġenerali annwali tal-kumpanija RTK Ltd, li saret il-bieraħ, l-Erbgħa 14 ta’ Ottubru 2015, ix-shareholders eleġġew Bord tad-Diretturi ġdid. Il-membri tal-Bord huma: Lino Casapinta (Chairman) Rose-Anne Abdilla Chris Borg Dun Brendan Gatt Kevin Papagiorcopulo Dun Eddie Zammit Is-Segretarja hija Dr Lara Cassar BA, LL.D Id-diretturi ġew innominati mill-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u d-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex. L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna rringrazzja lid-diretturi li offrew is-servizz tagħhom f’dawn l-aħħar snin…

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Statement by the Safeguarding Commission

14/10/2015

  • With reference to the arraignment in Court of a religious priest, held today, Wednesday 14th October 2015, the Church Commission for the Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults would like to confirm that this case was forwarded to the Police to investigate. Whilst upholding the presumption of innocence, and irrespective of the outcome of the Court case, action was taken, without prejudice, to safeguard all parties…

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Pope asks forgiveness for the scandals that have rocked the Church

14/10/2015

  • Pope Francis on Wednesday asked forgiveness for scandals that have taken place in the Church and here in the Vatican. He also mentioned recent corruption scandals that have rocked the city of Rome and its municipal administration. He was speaking to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square before beginning his weekly catechesis. Commenting on today’s reading in which Jesus says “Woe to the world because of scandals…

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Courses from the Secretariat for Catechesis

14/10/2015

  • Is-Segretarjat għall-Katekeżi tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed jorganizza korsijiet għal min hu nvolut fil-formazzjoni tat-tagħlim Nisrani. 

    Il-Korsijiet 2015 – 2016

    Introduzzjoni għat-Teoloġija u Metodoloġija

    L-ewwel parti: Introduzzjoni Ġenerali għall-Katekeżi (Ottubru sa Diċembru).

    It-tieni parti: Metodoloġija u Pedagoġija (Jannar sa Mejju) Dan il-kors huwa għal dawk li ilhom aktar minn 5 snin jgħallmu.

    Meta: L-Erbgħa filgħodu u filgħaxija (jekk ikun hemm talba sostanzjali għalih)…

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Synod on the Family: Press Briefing, Day Eight

14/10/2015

  • Oct 13. On Tuesday the Synod delegates spent the whole day working in “circuli minores,” director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr Federico Lombardi, SJ, told the daily press briefing. He also read statements from Cardinals George Pell and Wilfrid Napier.

    He was joined at the briefing by three Synod Assembly delegates: Abbot Jeremias Schröder, General of the Benedictines of St…

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Pope Francis: one cannot live the faith and be attached to wealth

12/10/2015

  • Before the recitation of the Marian Prayer, Pope Francis focused his attention on Sunday’s Gospel reading from Mark, which recounts Jesus’ encounter with the “rich young man”.

    The Holy Father explained that this text was built around the “three gazes of Jesus.”

    The first is his “intense gaze full of tenderness and affection,” when the young man expressed that “for him observance of the precepts is not enough, since it does not meet with his desire for wholeness…

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