News from the Church in Malta
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)…
Is-Sibt 15 ta’ Awwissu 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-knisja parrokkjali tal-Mosta, fl-okkażjoni tal-festa tat-tlugħ fis-Sema ta’ Sidtna Marija.
15 ta’ Awwissu 2015
Nixtieq naqsam magħkom riflessjoni qasira minn dan il-vers mill-Ewwel Qari tal-quddiesa tal-lum: “Infetaħ it-tempju ta’ Alla li hemm fis-sema u dehret l-arka tal-Patt tiegħu fit-tempju tiegħu” (Apok 11,19)…
On Saturday, Pope Francis became the first Pope in more than 60 years to lead the Angelus for the Solemnity of the Assumption in Saint Peter’s Square.
In recent years, the Popes have generally celebrated the Assumption in the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo; last year, Pope Francis was making an Apostolic Voyage to Korea during the holiday…
Pope Francis has decided to set up a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” which will be celebrated on September 1st annually. He made the announcement in a letter to the heads of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.
Below in English is Pope Francis’ letter announcing the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation”
To my Venerable Brothers
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Cardinal Kurt KOCH, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity
Sharing with my beloved brother the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew his concerns for the future of creation (cfr Encylical Letter…
