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Pope Francis’ Prayer for Jubilee Year of Mercy

07/05/2015
  • Pope Francis has composed a special prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy which will run from 8 December 2015 to 20 November 2016. In the prayer, the Holy Father entreats the Lord to make the Jubilee of Mercy a year of grace so that the Church, “with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight to the blind.” Below, we publish the text of Pope Francis’ prayer:  

    Lord Jesus Christ,

    you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father, and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him…

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The Archbishop visits the P.B.S. Creativity Hub in Guardamangia

06/05/2015

  • On Wednesday 6th May 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna visited the P.B.S. Creativity Hub in Guardamangia. The Archbishop had the opportunity to meet with the Board of Directors, management and staff of P.B.S. He was also interviewed by radio presenter Enzo Guzman on Radju Malta.

    The Archbishop’s Message

  • P.B.S. Creativity Hub, G’Manġia

    6 ta’ Mejju 2015

    Mr Chairman, nirringrazzjak ħafna tal-kliem t’apprezzament tiegħek…

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Appointment of Judicial Vicar

06/05/2015
    • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has appointed Mgr Carmelo Zammit as Judicial Vicar. He will succeed Mons. Arthur Said Pullicino, who has submitted his resignation on reaching the age of eighty.

      Mons. Carmelo Zammit was born in Gudja, on the 19th December 1949, and was ordained to the priesthood on the 20th July 1974.

      He studied at the University of Malta between 1967 and 1974 where he obtained a B.A…

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The Archbishop’s Curia hosts the concert ‘Hearing Orpheus Today’

06/05/2015
  • A seminar and a concert on Maltese contemporary music – Contemporary composers diffuse the voice of Orpheus The events will be held in the Old Refectory, Archbishop Curia – Floriana. Hearing Orpheus Today is a musical event which consists of a seminar and a concert that will both be held on Saturday 9th May in the Old Refectory at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana…

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Presentation of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

06/05/2015
    • This morning in the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, and Msgr. Graham Bell presented the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (8 December 2015 to 20 November 2016). The archbishop began, “The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, which continues be the programmatic outline for the pontificate of Pope Francis, offers a meaningful expression of the very essence of the Extraordinary Jubilee announced on April 11: ‘Such a community [the Church] has an endless desire to show mercy, the fruit of its own experience of the power of the Father’s infinite mercy…

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New Times New People

Christian Faith and Theology in a Post-Christian and Post-Secular context

06/05/2015

    • DISCERN is organising the Benjamin Tonna Lecture 2015 – NEW TIMES NEW PEOPLE. The lecture will be delivered by Lieve Boeve, Professor of Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven. 

      Date: 15th May 2015

      Time: 7:00 p.m.

      Venue: Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana 

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Pope visits the Roman parish of Santa Maria Regina Pacis

05/05/2015
  • Yesterday afternoon Pope Francis visited another parish in his diocese – Santa Maria Regina Pacis at the Ostia Lido. Before celebrating Mass, the bishop of Rome visited the community of the Little Sisters of Jesus, of Charles de Foucauld, also known as the “Luna Park Fraternity” since they live in caravans, and met with the elderly, the sick, and young scouts from the parish, as well as parents who have baptised their children this year…

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The Archbishop blesses the new building of the Maltese Parliament

04/05/2015

    • It-Tnejn 4 ta’ Mejju 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna bierek il-binja l-ġdida tal-Parlament Malti, fid-daħla tal-Belt Valletta, fil-preżenza tal-President ta’ Malta, l-Ispeaker tal-Kamra, id-deputati parlamentari u awtoritajiet ċivili oħra.

      L-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna ippreżenta lill-Onor. Speaker Anġlu Farrugia, il-pittura San Tumas More, patrun tal-politiċi, tal-artist Manuel Farrugia, xogħol biż-żejt fuq it-tila. Is-salib tal-weraq tal-palm li jidher fil-kantuniera mal-lemin huwa simbolu ta’ min imut martri għal Kristu (is-salib hu Kristu u l-palm huwa simbolu tal-martri). 

      Agħfas hawn sabiex tniżżel it-talba li għamel l-Arċisqof Charles J…

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