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Right of reply to The Malta Independent online

01/11/2014

With reference to the article “Bishop ‘shocked’ on Xarabank: TMI has evidence he had documents on priest sexual abuse case in 2013”, published on The Malta Independent online, the Curia’s Communications Office would like to clarify the following.

When Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, was expressing his shock during Xarabank at learning about the case through the media, he was referring to the criminal case filed before the Courts and the fact that the priest had not appeared in Court on three occasions, an action by the priest for which Bishop Scicluna expressed his anger…

01/11/2014

Meeting of bishops with responsibility for social communications in Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences
Athens, Greece, 3-5 November 2014

What is the impact of digital communication on thinking and living the faith? Can the virtual encounter be communication and an opportunity for an authentic encounter? And how can Christian witness be expressed in the digital universe? These are some of the questions which the bishops with responsibility for social communications in Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, accompanied by their experts, will tackle in Athens in the light of Pope Francis’ Message for the 2014 World Communications Day…

31/10/2014

On Friday, 24th October, His Excellency Mons. Charles Scicluna celebrated a special mass at the Sacred Heart College in St. Julian’s. A good number of priests connecated with the school concelebrated with the Bishop. The Society of the Sacred Heart had been running this school since 1903, but passed it over to the Archdioce on 23rd July of this year…

31/10/2014

Pope Francis described Christian life as a continuous battle being waged against Satan, the world and the passions of the flesh. His comments came during his homily at Mass celebrated on Thursday morning at the Santa Marta residence. He stressed that the devil exists and we must fight against him with the armour of truth.

Pope Francis’s reflections during his homily were taken from the words of St Paul in his letter to the Ephesians where the apostle urged Christians to put on the full armour of God in order to resist Satan’s temptations. A Christian life, he said, has to be defended and it requires both strength and courage…

30/10/2014

“Often, we hear people say: the Church doesn’t do this …the Church doesn’t do that!’ ‘Tell me who is the Church? – ‘Well the Church is the priests, the bishops, the Pope …’ We are all the Church! All of us all of us Baptized! We are the Church, the Church of Jesus’”.

This was the message at the heart of Pope Francis’ general audience Wednesday, which he dedicated to the relationship between the visible and spiritual reality of the Church…

29/10/2014

- A new Childcare Centre called ‘Arzella’ is now open. The Centre’s opening hours are from 7am till 5pm. However, the team is quite flexible to accomodate special requests. Arzella follows the National Standards and registered with the DSWS. In addition, the childcare centre abides with the free childcare scheme.
  Arzella’s care workers are qualified enough and look forward to take care of new comers…

29/10/2014

Pope Francis on Tuesday exhorted Christians to feel they are an integral part of the Church.

Speaking during his homily at Mass in Casa Santa Marta, the Pope said that Jesus does not seek out man’s sins, but looks to his heart, and he invited all believers not to hover on the threshold of the Church, but to come right in…

28/10/2014

25 ta’ Ottubru 2014
Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù
Grazzi ta’ din il-preżentazzjoni tal-‘Code of Ethics for Volunteers and Voluntary Organisations of the Archdiocese of Malta’. Naħseb li fil-futur qarib ikollna wkoll verżjoni bil-Malti ta’ dan id-dokument, imma l-iżjed ħaġa importanti li għandna quddiemna hija li noħolqu l-kultura li fiha nkunu nistgħu nħaddmu dan il-Kodiċi ta’ Etika…

28/10/2014

At morning Mass on Monday Pope Francis said that a conscientious examination of our words will help us understand whether we are Christians of light, Christians of darkness or Christians of grey areas.

Reflecting on the First Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, the Pope said men are recognizable by their words. By inviting Christians to behave as children of light, and not as children of darkness, St…

27/10/2014

Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St Peter’s Square beneath the window of the Papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Sunday. In remarks ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion, the Holy Father offered some reflections on the Gospel reading of the day, which was taken from Gospel according to St. Matthew (22:34-40)…