News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis has made a heartfelt plea to Israelis and Palestinians to put an end to the violence which has plagued Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land in recent weeks. His appeal follows an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday in which 2 Palestinian men armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed three U.S.-Israeli rabbis and a British-Israeli man. An Israeli policeman later died of his wounds…
L-Erbgħa 19 ta’ Novembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, żar l-iskola Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary, in-Naxxar, fejn iltaqa’ mal-amministrazzjoni u l-istudenti tal-iskola. Matul din iż-żjara, l-Isqof Scicluna kellu l-opportunità jiddjaloga mal-istudenti u jwieġeb il-mistoqsijiet tagħhom dwar diversi temi u suġġetti. Iż-żjara ntemmet b’mument ta’ talb animat mill-istudenti tal-istess skola.
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“Every state of life leads to holiness, always”, but only if we are open to the grace of God’s gift, said Pope Francis Wednesday speaking of the universal call to holiness of all baptized at his general audience.
Below is the Holy Father’s catechesis:
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning.
A great gift of the Second Vatican Council was to have retrieved a vision of the Church founded on communion, and to have also embodied the principle of authority and hierarchy in this context…
Friday 21st November – MEETEEN opens the diocesan celebrations of the Christ the King weekend, with a lively programme for teens, at the Teatru Salesjan in Sliema. An annual occasion, MEETEEN brings together adolescents aged 12 – 16 and their group leaders for an entertaining and prayerful evening.
This edition is also a special opportunity for teens to thank and salute Archishop Emeritus Paul Cremona O.P., who will be present, for his pastoral dedication to young people during his years as Archbishop…
Human rights and Christian values in Europe and ecumenism and interfaith dialogue in Turkey top the Pope’s busy agenda next week as he prepares for his 5th and 6th pastoral visits abroad.
At a press conference on Monday morning, Father Federico Lombardi SJ, Director of the Vatican Press Office illustrated the Pope’s schedule for the last week in November which will take him to Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament and Council of Europe, and only two days afterwards to Ankara and Istanbul in occasion of the festivity of Saint Andrew…
Pope Francis on Monday confirmed he will be attending the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year.
“I wish to confirm according to the wishes of the Lord, that in September of 2015, I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families,” said Pope Francis. “Thank you for your prayers with which you accompany my service to the Church…
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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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…
