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26/12/2014

26/12/2014

On Wednesday 24th December 2014, Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, celebrated Midnight Mass at the Cathedral in Mdina. The Child’s Sermon (Priedka tat-Tifel) was held before the commencement of Mass.
Photos: Curia Communications Office

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24/12/2014

I invite you to the live crib which the residents of Lija organize annually. From this place, I would like to reflect upon the grotto at Bethlehem, the stable which was the birthplace of the Son of God made man, Jesus of Nazareth.

The stable brings to mind the fact that the family of Nazareth, upon its arrival in Bethlehem, did not find a room at an inn. The Gospel tells us: “he came to that which was his own but his own did not receive him” (Jn 1:11)…

24/12/2014

I invite you to the live crib which the residents of Lija organize annually. From this place, I would like to reflect upon the grotto at Bethlehem, the stable which was the birthplace of the Son of God made man, Jesus of Nazareth.

The stable brings to mind the fact that the family of Nazareth, upon its arrival in Bethlehem, did not find a room at an inn. The Gospel tells us: “he came to that which was his own but his own did not receive him” (Jn 1:11)…

23/12/2014

Matul ix-xhur ta’ Novembru u Diċembru, bħala parti mill-kampanja ġbir ta’ fondi għall-Istrina 2014, l-Eċċellenza tagħha l-President tar-Repubblika Marie Louise Coleiro Preca u anke r-raġel tagħha s-Sur Edgar Preca, żaru numru kbir ta’ skejjel tal-Knisja f’Malta u f’ Għawdex bil-għan li jħeġġu lit-tfal jipparteċipaw aktar f’din il-kampanja ta’ fejda għal mijiet ta’ familji Maltin li jitolbu l-għajnuna. Fl-istess ħin, din iż-żjara serviet ukoll biex titqajjem kuxjenza akbar fost l-istudenti dwar il-ġid kbir li jsir permezz ta’ din l-inizjattiva…

23/12/2014

On Monday 22nd December 2014, in the Clementine Hall the Holy Father held his annual meeting with the Roman Curia to exchange Christmas greetings with the members of its component dicasteries, councils, offices, tribunals and commissions. “It is good to think of the Roman Curia as a small model of the Church, that is, a body that seeks, seriously and on a daily basis, to be more alive, healthier, more harmonious and more united in itself and with Christ”…

22/12/2014

22/12/2014

On Friday, 19th December 2014, six seminarians were instituted in the Acolyte Ministry by Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator sede vacante, during a mass celebrated at St Joseph Parish Church, Kalkara.

The six new Acolytes are Sergio Fenech and Mark Mallia Pawley from St Sebastian’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, Claude Mifsud from the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Mosta, James Saydon from the Parish of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Naxxar, Andrew Schembri from the of St George’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, and Gilbert Scicluna from St Joseph’s Parish, Kalkara…

22/12/2014

Nhar il-Ħadd 21 ta’ Diċembru 2014, sar festin tal-Milied għat-tfal residenti fid-Djar tal-Knisja, fl-awditorjum tas-Seminarju, f’tal-Virtu’. L-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante, u l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona O.P. żaru dan il-festin u ltaqgħu mat-tfal preżenti. Din l-attività ġiet organizzata minn ‘RTK 4 Charity’ bħala parti mill-kampanja ‘Familji fil-Bżonn’.
Photos: Curia Communications Office

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22/12/2014

Pope Francis on Sunday invited the faithful to listen carefully when God knocks at their door. “Too often – he said – Jesus passes by in our lives, he sends an angel and we are so caught up in our thoughts and concerns we do not even notice”. Speaking to the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus Prayer, the Pope reflected on the liturgy of the last Sunday of Advent that tells of the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary and on how she simply, and humbly – with an attitude of total faith in the Lord – said “yes”…