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Homily of Bishop Charles J. Scicluna on the occasion of the deposition of the army’s old colours of the Armed Forces of Malta

16/01/2015

  • Il-Ġimgħa 16 ta’ Jannar 2015, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, iċċelebra Quddiesa Solenni fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Gwann, il-Belt Valletta, fl-okkażjoni taċ-Ċerimonja tad-depozizzjoni tal-kuluri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta. 

    ​ L-Omelija fl-okkażjoni taċ-Ċerimonja tad-Depożizzjoni tal-Kuluri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta​

  • Eċċellenza Għażiż President tar-Repubblika,
    Kap Kmandant tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta,
    Personalitajiet Distinti,
    Uffiċjali u membri tal-Forzi Armati,

    Inġbarna hawn illum għal okkażjoni importanti u memorabbli – id-depożizzjoni tal-kuluri antiki, issa li l-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta għandhom kuluri ġodda li ġew ikkonsagrati lejn tmiem is-sena li għaddiet…

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Pope Francis to families: be examples of holiness and prayer

16/01/2015

  • Pope Francis told families in the Philippines Friday that they should take time to rest and to pray together and to be examples of holiness.  On the second day of his five day trip to the Asian archipelago, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered for a meeting with families that the world “needs good and strong families” to overcome threats of poverty, materialism, destructive lifestyles, and those caused by separation due to migration…

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Pope Francis arrives in Manila

15/01/2015

  • Early this morning the Holy Father travelled by car from the apostolic nunciature of Colombo to the airport, where he departed for Manila, capital of the Philippines. During the journey he stopped to visit the Benedict XVI Cultural Institute where he was received by Fr. Mahamale Quintus Fernando, rector of the Institute, and two hundred workers who had collaborated in building the centre in 2011…

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Parish Priests Live-in 2015 comes to an end

15/01/2015

  • Il-Ħamis 15 ta’ Jannar, il-kappillani kollha ta’ Malta u Għawdex, flimkien mal-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof Mario Grech, ikkonkludew live-in li matulu ddiskutew il-Quddiesa tal-Ħadd u l-bini tal-komunità Nisranija. Dan il-live-in annwali beda nhar it-Tlieta 13 ta’ Jannar 2015, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù. Ir-ritratti juru s-sehem ta’ familja, żgħażagħ u tfal, li qassmu l-esperjenza tagħhom mal-kappillani dwar il-Quddiesa tal-Ħadd. Il-live ta’ din is-sena ġie organizzat mill-Kunsill tal-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillani ta’ Malta u dak ta Għawdex…

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Padre Lombardi and the Francis effect on Sri Lankans

15/01/2015

  • Jesuit Father Louis Jerome is currently in Sri Lanka reporting on the first leg of the Apostolic journey of Pope Francis to Asia which takes him  to this island nation and then on to the Philippines on Thursday 15th of January.
    At the end of the second day of this visit on January 14th, Father Jerome asked his fellow Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi who heads the Vatican Press Office to highlight some of the events of the Pope’s second day there…

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Pope Francis in Sri Lanka: encounter, encouragement and prayer

14/01/2015

  • Pope Francis arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday morning, at the beginning of a week-long visit to Asia that will see him in both Sri Lanka and the Philippines. The Holy Father arrived to pomp and circumstance: traditional dancers, a children’s choir performing an especially composed hymn to mark the visit, as well as the execution of the anthems of the Holy See and Sri Lanka by the military band, along with a 21-gun salute…

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Live-in for Parish Priests 2015

13/01/2015

  • 70 kappillan tal-parroċċi f’Malta, u 15-il kappillan tal-parroċċi f’Għawdex, qegħdin jattendu għal-live-in annwali li qed isir fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù. It-tema għal-live-in ta’ din is-sena hi l-Quddiesa tal-Ħadd u l-bini tal-komunità Nisranija. Flimkien mal-kappillani qed jattendu għal dan il-live-in, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, u l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech.
     
    Il-live-in tal-kappillani beda llum, it-Tlieta 13 ta’ Jannar, u jintemm nhar il-Ħamis 15 ta’ Jannar 2015…

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Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka to thunderous welcome

13/01/2015

  • Pope Francis has just begun his Apostolic Visit to Sri Lanka. Radio Vatican’s envoy, Fr. Louis Xystus Jerome sent us this report:

    The moment he alighted from the flight, a boy and a girl welcomed the Holy Father with a garland of flowers – white and yellow in colour, signifying the colours of the Vatican.

    Then the new President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena and his wife welcomed him, followed by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and other dignitaries…

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Pope Francis’ address to the Diplomatic Corps

12/01/2015

  • On Monday, Pope Francis gave his traditional address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See. 

    Below, please find the full text of the Holy Father’s address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps: 

    Your Excellencies,
    Ladies and Gentlemen,
    I thank you for your presence at this traditional meeting, which allows me at the beginning of each new year to offer to you, your families, and the peoples you represent, my cordial greetings and best wishes…

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Pope Francis: economy must have human person at its heart

12/01/2015

  • The director of La Stampa’s Vatican Insidermagazine, Andrea Tornielli, has teamed with the Italian daily’s Vatican beat reporter, Giacomo Galeazzi, to write a book profiling the social teaching of the Church under the direction of Pope Francis. The Italian language volume, titled Papa Francesco. Questa economia uccide – “Pope Francis: this economy kills” – closes with an interview with the Holy Father, which the authors conducted in October of 2014, ample excerpts of which appeared in the Sunday edition of La Stampa  just ahead of the book’s scheduled January 13th release date…

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