On Sunday 21st June 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Pontificial Mass on the occasion of the feast of the birth of St John the Baptist, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

The Archbishop’s Homily

Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta

21 ta’ Ġunju 2015

Greetings to our English speaking guests and also a special greeting to Your Excellency, thank you for your presence, and to those members of the Equestrian Orders of the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre…

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  the Encyclical “Laudato Si’”

  Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Only by radically reshaping our relationships with God, with our neighbours and with the natural world, he says, can we hope to tackle the threats facing our planet today. 

Science, he insists, is the best tool by which we can listen to the cry of the earth, while dialogue and education are the two keys that can “help us to escape the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us”…

L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jippreżenta l-punti prinċipali tal-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’” (Tkun imfaħħar int, [Mulej]). Il-preżentazzjoni ser issir nhar l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, fis-7:00 p.m., fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat.

Għal din l-attività ġew mistiedna l-Membri Parlamentari, rappreżentanti tal-għaqdiet mhux governattivi li jaħdmu favur l-ambjent, il-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja u tal-Istat, il-kappillani, rappreżentanti lajċi minn kull parroċċa f’Malta u rappreżentanti minn għadqiet impenjati fil-Knisja…