News from the Church in Malta
Ecumenical celebrations on the theme of the Samaritan woman at the well can also challenge Christians to “give equal standing” to women in the different Churches today. From January 18th to 25th, Christians in many countries around the world mark the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, reflecting together on how to overcome the obstacles that still divide believers of the many different denominations…
Il-Professur Dun Hector Scerri, il-President tal-Kummissjoni Teoloġika tal-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija, ħa sehem f’laqgħa importanti organizzata mill-Kongregazzjoni għad-Duttrina tal-Fidi għall-Presidenti tal-Kummissjonijiet Dottrinali tal-Konferenzi Episkopali tal-Ewropa. Il-laqgħa saret fil-belt storika ta’ Esztergom ġewwa l-Ungerija mit-12 sal-15 ta’ Jannar.
Għal din il-laqgħa kienu preżenti l-Kardinal Gerhard Müller, il-Prefett tal-Kongregazzjoni għad-Duttrina tal-Fidi u Uffiċjali oħra tal-istess Dikasteru tal-Kurja Rumana, tliet Kardinali oħra, u aktar minn għoxrin Isqof-President tal-Kummissjoni Dottrinali ta’ pajjiżi Ewropej…
During an in-flight press conference on the return flight to Rome from the Philippines on Monday, Pope Francis touched on various topics ranging from openness to life in the family to his upcoming visit to the United States.
The briefing came at the conclusion of the Holy Father’s 12-19 Jan. tour of Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
The Pope told journalists he was impressed by the enthusiastic “gestures” of the Filipino people which he said are not based on protocol but rather come from the heart…
IS-SIBT 24 TA’ JANNAR
5.30pm Il-Kapitlu jilqa’ lil Monsinjur Isqof Charles J Scicluna
Amministtratur Appostoliku,
5.45pm Traslazzjoni tar-Relikwija tal-Appostlu Missierna.
6.00pm Quddiesa bl-Ewwel Għasar Pontifikali.
Dak in-nhar ser issir ukoll 31 anniversarju mill-mewt tal-
Arcisqof Mons Mikiel Gonzi
IL-ĦADD 25 TA’ JANNAR
8.55am Kant tal-Lawdi…
Saint Mark 2:23-28
As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to him, At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Saint of the Day: Saint Sebastian, martyr
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Pope Francis left Manila on Monday morning, after a weeklong trip to Asia which took him to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos lined the streets of Manila to catch a final glimpse of the Holy Father as he went to the airport.
Pope Francis drew over 6 million to his final Mass in Manila’s Luneta Park on Sunday, the largest crowd for a Papal event in history…
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held between today, Sunday 18th, and Sunday 25th January. The aim of this week of prayer is to overcome the differences which separate the members of different Christian Churches. This years’ theme will be “Jesus said to her: ‘Give me to drink’” (Jn 4, 7).
An Ecumenical Service will be held on Thursday 22nd January, at 6.30 p.m., at the Capuchins’ Church, Floriana…
Church without frontiers, Mother to all
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Jesus is “the evangelizer par excellence and the Gospel in person” (Evangelii Gaudium, 209). His solicitude, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized, invites all of us to care for the frailest and to recognize his suffering countenance, especially in the victims of new forms of poverty and slavery…
On Sunday 8th February, at 6.30 pm, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Bishop Scicluna will celebrate Mass for couples who will get married this year.
Għeżież koppji li żżewwiġtu fil-Mulej fis-sena 2014, huwa ta’ ferħ kbir għalija li ngħaddilkom messaġġ qasir f’din l-okkażjoni…
In-numru ta’ żwiġijiet fil-Knisja li ġew irreġistrati fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta fis-sena 2014 kien ta’ 1,387, żieda marġinali fuq iż-żwiġijiet irreġistrati fl-2013.
Mit-total ta’ żwiġijiet rreġistrati fl-2014, 1,183 żwieġ kienu bejn Maltin. Kien hemm ukoll 53 żwieġ bejn Maltin u barranin. Dawn kienu mqassmin hekk: 29 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Kattoliċi barrani; 20 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Insara mhux Kattoliċi barranin; 4 żwiġijiet ta’ Maltin ma’ barranin li mhumiex Insara…
