News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis met with the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors on Saturday. He urged them to resist “false compassion” and “witness by word and by example that human life is always sacred, valuable, and inviolable.”
I welcome you on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors. In particular, I address a cordial greeting to the chaplain, Msgr…
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il-website tal-Knisja f’Malta, www.thechurchinmalta.org.
B’kollox ser ikun hemm total ta’ 1,548 postijiet vakanti. L-applikazzjonijiet ser isiru f’diversi skejjel tal-knisja bejn Novembru u Frar. Min ser japplika għandu jieħu miegħu d-dokumenti meħtieġa u l-applikazzjoni timtelà dakinhar stess. Lista tad-dokumenti meħtieġa, u l-ġranet meta wieħed għandu jmur japplika u fejn, huma mniżżla fir-Regolamenti…
Din is-sena, fl-okkażjoni tal-festa liturġika ta’ Kristu Re, il-Knisja f’Malta ser tirringrazzja u ssellem lill-Arċisqof Emeritu, Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., għall-Episkopat tiegħu permezz ta’ tliet attivitajiet. L-attività ewlenija ser issir f’jum il-festa ta’ Kristu Re, il-Ħadd 23 ta’ Novembru, biċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-5.30 p.m. Il-Quddiesa ser titmexxa minn Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., filwaqt li l-Isqof Charles J…
The Kingdom of God is growing every day thanks to those who witness without making any “noise”, praying and living their faith in the family, at work, in communities, said Pope Francis at morning Mass, Thursday in Casa Santa Marta.
In the silence of a home, where there may only be 50 cents left until the end of the month, but where there is always prayer, care for children and grandparents, there is the Kingdom of God…
Pope Francis has appealed to international and local leaders to take action to protect and support persecuted Christians in various parts of the world; he expressed his closeness to the people of Mexico for the disappearance of a group of students who have allegedly been killed by drug traffickers; and he recalled the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty between Argentina and Chile invoking dialogue and peacemaking for all peoples locked in conflict.
In a series of appeals issued during the weekly General Audience, the Pope spoke off- the-cuff to various language groups present in St…
On Wednesday 12th November 2014, Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass with students from the University of Malta who are going to graduate during the coming weeks. Mass was held at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
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Nhar it-Tlieta 11 ta’ Novembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna mexxa iċ-ċerimonja annwali ta’ gradwazzjoni tal-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali fis-Seminarju, tal-Virtù. Matul din iċ-ċerimonja iggradwaw 142 persuna li, matul l-aħħar sena akkademika, temmew b’suċċess wieħed mit-13-il kors differenti li offra l-Istitut flimkien ma’ entitajiet ohra fil-Knisja. Iċ-ċerimonja tal-gradwazzjoni bdiet b’Quddiesa ta’ ringrazzjament, u wara saret il-presentazzjonijiet taċ-ċertifikati. Il-korsijiet li temmew il-parteċipanti kienu ta’ livelli erbgħa, ħamsa u u sitta tal-Malta Qualifications Framework (MQF) u tal-European Qualifications Framework (EQF) kif ġej:
• Human Experience of God (livell 4)
• General Education Award in Evangelisation (livell 4)
• General Education Award in Youth Leadership (livell 4)
• Higher Education Award in Adolescent and Youth Ministry (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Family Ministry (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Missiology (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Catholic Social Teaching (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Liturgy (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Christian Leadership II (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Parish Nursing (livell 5)
• Higher Education Award in Carmelite Spirituality (livell 5)
• Diploma in Spiritual Accompaniment (livell 5)
• Diploma in Christian Leadership (livell 6)
L-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali twaqqaf fl-2005 biex iwieġeb għas-sejħa li ħarġet mis-Sinodu Djoċesan li joffri formazzjoni lill-Insara għall-ħtiġijiet reali tas-soċjetà u joffri formazzjoni lil dawk il-persuni li iħossu l-bżonn li jimpenjaw ruħħom b’mod attiv fil-fidi tagħhom…
L-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona O.P. f’isem il-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija attenda komemorazzjoni li fakkret iċ-ċentinarju mill-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija. L-Arċisqof Emeritu flimkien ma’ Isqfijiet mill-Ewropa kollha attendew żewġ servizzi sempliċi, f’Verdun fil-Lvant ta’ Franza. Fiċ-ċimiterju ta’ Ossuaire de Douaumont, l-Isqfijiet poġġew lampi votivi fil-kappella fejn jistrieħu l-għadam ta’ 130,000 suldat mhux identifikati.
Il-pellegrinaġġ kompla fil-Katidral Notre Dame f’Verdun fejn tkantaw il-Vespri…
We must resist temptations that distance us from our service to others. Instead, like Jesus, we must serve without asking for anything in return and avoid transforming our service “into a power structure”. This was the focus of Pope Francis’s reflections at Mass Tuesday morning in Casa Santa Marta.
The Pope based his homily on the Gospel of the Day from St Luke which recounts Jess parable of the “unprofitable servant”…
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