News from the Church in Malta
A new pastoral year has just been launched at the Oratory MSSP in Birkirkara – a Catechetical and Liturgical Centre for Adults, Youths and children.
All those interested are invited – individuals or groups, to join and participate in the various liturgical functions and activities which are held throughout the year at the Oratory MSSP and to which all are welcome…
Pope Francis addressed the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday morning – the morning of their first full day of sessions. Below, please find Vatican Radio’s full English translation of the Holy Father’s remarks.
Dear Beatitudes, Eminences, Excellencies, brothers and sisters, The Church today takes up once again the dialogue begun with the announcement of the extraordinary Synod on the family, and certainly even long before that, to evaluate and reflect on the text of the Working Document (Lt. Instrumentum laboris), elaborated on the basis of the [Extraordinary Assembly’s] final report (Relatio Synodi) and the responses of the Bishops’ Conferences and from the other organizations with the right to contribute…
On Sunday 4th of October 2015, Pope Francis presided at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world.’Below is the Vatican-provided translation of the homily Pope Francis delivered during the Mass:
“If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us” (1 Jn 4:12)…
Joint Statement of Bishop Christopher Hill, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), and Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (ComECE)
The European family of nations finds itself confronting a humanitarian crisis on a scale without precedent in its post-war history. Civil war in Syria, widespread political instability in other areas of the Middle East and dire poverty in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa have forced upwards of two million people, many traumatised by war, others rendered hopeless by poverty, to seek asylum or the opportunity of a better life in Europe…
Missio, li hi l-organizzazjoni uffiċċjali tal-Knisja għall-missjoni, ser tniedi l-programm ta’ attivitajiet għax-xahar ta’ Ottubru. Il-Ġurnata Missjunarja, li hi l-qofol tal-attivitajiet, ser tiġi ċċelebrata fit-18 ta’ Ottubru. Biex tintwera solidarjetà ma’ dawn ħutna fil-bżonn, Missio ser jorganizza diversi attivitajiet matul ix-xahar t’Ottubru kollu.
Waqt konferenza stampa ingħata rendikont tad-dħul finanzjarju li nġabar fl-2014 mingħand il-poplu Malti u Għawdxi u xi proġetti saru…
The joy of the Lord is our strength, and in Him we discover who we really are: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ reflection following the readings of the day at Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning, the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Holy Father focused especially on the need to cultivate nostalgia – deep yearning – for God in the Christian life…
As from Friday 2nd of October 2015, Mass will be held at 7:30 a.m. in the chapel dedicated to St Caldedonius, at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana, from Monday to Friday, except Thursday. The general public, especially those who live and work in the vicinity are invited to attend.
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Il-Ħamis l-1 ta’ Ottubru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa għall-membri tal-ġudikatura fil-ftuħ tas-Sena Forensi 2015/2016. Il-Quddiesa saret fl-Oratorju tal-Kon-katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Din kienet l-ewwel darba li għal din il-Quddiesa annwali attendiet il-President ta’ Malta, l-E.T. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. Attendew ukoll il-Ministru għall-Ġustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali, l-Onor. Owen Bonnici, il-Prim Imħallef Silvio Camilleri, membri tal-ġudikatura u avukati…
