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Reaction to the proposed shooting ranges complex at Busbesija in Mosta

17/06/2015

The Interdiocesan Commission for the Environment (KA) is deeply concerned about the proposed complex of shooting ranges on around 70 tumoli of land which include agricultural land at Busbesija, Mosta. The area which is outside development zone (ODZ) is an area of high landscape value as designated in the Central Local Plan. The KA’s view is that the use of such land for the proposed project amounts to a substantial negative impact on the Maltese countryside…

17/06/2015

Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday morning. Following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the place of poverty in the Gospel, saying that the Gospel becomes incomprehensible if poverty is removed from it, and that it is unfair to label priests who show a pastoral concern for the poor as, “Communists”…

15/06/2015

Pope Francis said on Monday that oil and weapons seem to weigh more on the scale of economic interests than the lives of thousands of Christians in the Middle East, and while proclaiming peace and justice the world tolerates traffickers of death. The Pope’s words of condemnation were pronounced as he greeted participants of ROACO’s 88th Plenary Assembly in the Vatican…

15/06/2015

Il-Ħadd, 28 ta’ Ġunju, fid-9.00a.m. ir-Relikwija tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon se tiġi esposta fil-Knisja ta’ Santa Barbara, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta. Ħinijiet tal-Quddies: 10:00 a.m., 11:00a.m. u nofsinhar.
Il-Ħadd, 28 Ġunju, fit-3.00p.m. ir-Relikwija tittieħed l-Isptar Mater Dei u tiġi esposta fil-Kappella ghat-talb tal-pazjenti u qraba.

It-Tnejn, 29 ta’ Ġunju f’nofsinhar, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, Vigarju Ġenerali jqaddes fil-Kappella u jmexxi talb għall-morda. Fil-5.00p.m…

15/06/2015

Pope Francis has invited everyone to pay attention to environmental issues. Speaking after the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said his first encyclical will be published on Thursday, and he said: “This encyclical is aimed at everyone” Calling on everyone to accompany this event with renewed attention to environmental degradation, and the need to act to salvage one’s territory, the Pope said of his encyclical: Let us pray that everyone can receive its message and grow in responsibility toward the common home that God has entrusted to us”…

13/06/2015

- L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Kan. Dun Charles Carmel Attard bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa San Piju X, Santa Luċija. Dun Charles Attard twieled fid-9 ta’ Diċembru 1965. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja f’Birkirkara, u l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fil-Higher Secondary, in-Naxxar. Fl-1990 beda l-istudji tiegħu f’Ruma u ġie ordnat saċerdot fit-18 ta’ Ottubru 1996. Dun Charles beda l-ħidma pastorali tiegħu f’Malta, u fl-1999 beda jservi fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Catania, Sqallija, fejn ħadem f’diversi parroċċi…

12/06/2015

Il-Ħamis 11 ta’ Ġunju 2015, intemm l-Aġġornament tal-Kleru għas-saċerdoti djoċesani u reliġjużi, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof. Lejn tmien il-Kors, l-Arċisqof indirizza lis-saċerdoti preżenti.

Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof
Is-Seminarju, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat
11 ta’ Ġunju 2015

Kif innotajtu, jiena għażilt li ma nitkellimx f’dawn it-tlett ijiem li għaddew, anke għaliex inħoss li l-proporzjon bejn il-kelma tiegħi u s-smigħ għandu jkun dan, li jiena nisma’ iżjed milli nitkellem, u li biex nitkellem u jkolli d-dritt nitkellem irrid nisma iżjed…

12/06/2015

Journey, service and giving freely of oneself: true Christian witness encompasses all of these characteristics. That’s what Pope Francis stressed in his Homily at Santa Marta Thursday. The Pope said that followers of Jesus are called to serve and to proclaim the Gospel freely – and not to be deceived by the belief that Salvation comes through worldly things.

In his Homily, the Pope drew inspiration from the Gospel passage in which Jesus sends out his disciples to proclaim the Good News…

11/06/2015

Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family on Wednesday at his weekly General Audience, focusing on the issue of sickness in the family.

Illness is an issue that affects everyone, Pope Francis said, and when someone in our family is sick, we feel it even more deeply. It is harder for a mother or a father to see their child fall ill than to be sick themselves…

10/06/2015

In the afternoon session of 8 June 2015, the Council of Cardinals received a report from Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, OFM Cap. with a proposal for the Holy Father regarding allegations of the abuse of office by a bishop connected to the abuse of minors, originally prepared by the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Cardinal O’Malley’s report also included a proposal regarding allegations of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults by clergy…