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Pope Francis: Keep people at the centre of the economy

14/09/2015

Pope Francis met on Saturday with directors and employees, along with their families, of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (the BCC) of Rome, an Italian credit union, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of its foundation.

In his address, Pope Francis spoke of the importance of cooperatives, noting that these kinds of groups are frequently referenced in the Church’s social teaching, including in his own Encyclical Laudato sì…

14/09/2015

On Saturday 12th September 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass at the Basilica of San Paolo Fuori Le Mura on the Foundation Day of Id-Dar tal-Providenza. This year the Home is commemorating its 50th Anniversary of its founding by Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi on 12th September 1965 with various events.

As part of these special celebrations a group of twenty-seven residents of the Home were taken to Rome for a special meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday 13th right after the Pope’s recital of the Angelus…

12/09/2015

Pope Francis says that we must learn to not judge others or we all risk becoming hypocrites including the Pope himself. At the same time, he said, we need to have the courage to acknowledge our own faults in order to become merciful towards others. The Pope’s comments came during his homily on Friday (11th September) at the morning Mass in the Santa Marta residence…

11/09/2015

Nhar l-Erbgħa 9 ta’ Settembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-50 anniversarju tal-Fergħa Ewkaristika, fiċ-Ċentru Ewkaristiku, il-Marsa.

Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Ċentru Ewkaristiku, Il-Marsa

9 ta’ Settembru 2015

Ħamsin sena ilu, is-superjur Gorġ Grima nsista li l-għaqda li beda flimkien mat-tnax ir-raġel li sejħilhom ‘appostli’, tkun tissejjaħ u tiġi rikonoxxuta bl-isem ta’ fergħa, Fergħa Ewkaristika…

11/09/2015

- Nhar il-Ħadd 13 ta’ Settembru se tkun ġurnata speċjali għal numru ta’ residenti tad-Dar tal-Providenza għax propju f’għeluq il-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar se jkollkom l-opportunità li jiltaqgħu personalment mal-Qdusija Tiegħu il-Papa Franġisku ħdejn Casa Santa Marta fil-belt tal-Vatikan.
  
  Il-Ġimgħa, 11 ta’ Settembru, seba’ w għoxrin resident u residenta jitilqu minn Malta fi triqthom lejn Ruma għal din il-laqgħa speċjali. Jakkumpanjawhom se jkun hemm l-Arċisqof Mons Charles J…

11/09/2015

This morning in the Paul VI Hall the Pope received in audience the participants in the International Meeting of the Equipes Notre Dame (Teams of Our Lady, END), held in Rome on the theme, “Here I am Lord, send me”. The Equipes are a lay movement focusing on married spirituality, established in response to the needs of couples to live fully the sacrament of marriage, using its own method and exploring the complex reality of married couples today…

10/09/2015

Statement of the Standing Committee of COMECE, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, on the current refugee crisis and the debate on a common European migration and asylum policy.

The flux of refugees to Europe places the countries on our continent before enormous challenges. Yet these challenges can be overcome, if we Europeans consider them as a shared responsibility and cooperate for their resolution…

10/09/2015

On Sunday 6th September 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Solemn Mass on the occasion of the feast of St Catherine, at the Parish church in Żurrieq.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja Parrokkjali taż-Żurrieq

6 ta’ Settembru 2015

Xtaqt naqsam magħkom ftit ħsibijiet ibbażati fuq tliet kwadri li huma tradizzjonalment parti mill-ikonografija ta’ Santa Katarina, verġni u martri…

09/09/2015

L-aħwa Agostinjani ser jorganizzaw Full Day Seminars għal kulħadd, b’mod partikolari għall-familji, fl-Augustinian Retreat House Għawdex. Is-Seminars ikunu fuq temi spiritwali, bl-ewwel waħda tkun Be the Change li ser isir nhar il-Ħadd 18 t’Ottubru, mil-10am sal-5pm. Għal aktar informazzjoni tistgħu tibgħatu email fuq [email protected] jew tidħlu fuq il-facebook Augustinians Malta…

09/09/2015

On Tuesday 8th of September 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated a Solemn Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. This celebration was held on the occasion of the feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary and the victory of the Great Siege. After Mass, the Archbishop, the Grand Master of the Order, H.E. the Ven. Baliff Fra Ludwig Hoffmann von Rummerstein, together with the Sovereign Council of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John, visited the Grandmasters’ Crypt to pray in front of the tomb of the Grandmaster Jean de la Vallette…