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Communicating the family – the theme chosen for World Communications Day 2015

30/09/2014

- The Pontifical Council for Social Communications published a note today explaining the theme of World Communications Day 2015: “Communicating the family: a privileged place of encounter with the gift of love”. The theme follows in continuity with the previous year’s message, and dovetails with the central theme of the next two Synods on the family.
It is important to recall that World Communications Day, the only World Day established by Vatican Council II, is celebrated in many countries, upon the recommendation of bishops throughout the world, on the Sunday preceding Pentecost, and that the Holy Father’s Message for the event is traditionally published on the feast day of St…

30/09/2014

Today, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the president of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, who subsequently met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.

The cordial discussions focused on the good relations between the Holy See and Malta and highlighted the significant contribution made by the Catholic Church in the fields of education and welfare, especially in favour of the poor…

30/09/2014

Nhar it-Tnejn 29 ta’ Settembru 2014, ġiet iċċelebrata Quddiesa ta’ radd il-ħajr lil Alla, fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fl-okkażjoni tal-40 anniversarju mill-ordinazzjoni episkopali tal-Arċisqof Emeritu, Mons. Ġużeppi Mercieca. Il-Quddiesa tmexxiet mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP. In-Nunzju Appostoliku, Mons. Aldo Cavalli, l-Isqof Mario Grech, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof Joe Alessandro O.F.M. Kapp. ikkonċelebraw, filwaqt li l-Arċisqof Ġużeppi Mercieca assista matul il-Quddiesa.

Għal din l-okkażjoni, l-Arċisqof Cremona, f’isem il-Knisja, ippreżenta donazzjoni ta’ flus b’risq il-fond ta’ karità ta’ Mons…

29/09/2014

Nhar is-Sibt 27 ta’ Settembru 2014, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ingħata l-‘Unur Ħ’Attard’ mis-Sindku ta’ din il-lokalità, is-Sur Stefan Cordina. Dan ir-rikonoxximent jingħata mill-Kunsill Lokali ta’ Ħ’Attard, għall-kontribut li persuna tkun tat lil-lokalità. Huma r-residenti stess li jinnominaw lil residenti oħra, jew lil persuni li jkunu taw kontribut lil Ħ’Attard. L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona ilu mill-2007 residenti Ħ’Attard.
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29/09/2014

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 26 ta’ Settembru 2014, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona laqa’ lura liż-żgħażagħ li għamlu esperjenza ta’ volontarjat matul is-sajf, waqt l-attività ‘Volunteers’ Homecoming’. L-attività saret fiċ-Ċentru Animazzjoni Missjunarja, f’Santa Venera.

Din is-sena, ‘il fuq minn 500 voluntier minn 27 organiżżazzjoni differenti wettqu proġetti ta’ volontarjat f’aktar minn 30 belt madwar id-dinja, mifruxa f’erba’ kontinenti.

Din l-edizzjoni tal-Volunteers’ Homecoming ġiet organiżżata minn Youths4Mission, bil-kordinazzjoni tal-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Żgħażagħ (KDŻ)…

29/09/2014

Nhar il-Ħadd 28 ta’ Settembru 2014, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Charles J. Scicluna u l-President ta’ Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, attendew għall-mixja b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza. Għal din il-mixja attendew ukoll Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza u diversi Membri Parlamentari miż-żewġ naħat tal-Kamra tad-Deputati. L-attività “Mixja, Ġirja jew Qadfa bir-roti” ġiet organizzata mill-grupp taż-żgħażagħ tal-Gudja bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK 4 Charity.
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29/09/2014

A brilliantly sunlit St. Peter’s Square was the scene Sunday morning for a great gathering of senior citizens – and especially grandparents – who had come to Rome to be with Pope Francis, to exchange life stories and hear the Holy Father’s reflections on the importance, the struggles, and the beauty of life in the old age. People of every state in life were present: elderly clergy and religious, including Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI; single people; married couples, including a couple of elderly refugees from Iraq, Mubarak and Aneesa Hano, Christians from the country’s north who have been forced to flee their home by Islamic State militants; and widows and widowers…

27/09/2014

1. Like every year, World Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27. An event promoted annually by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the theme for this year’s commemoration is “Tourism and Community Development”. Keenly aware of the social and economic importance of tourism today, the Holy See wishes to accompany this phenomenon from its own realm, particularly in the context of evangelization…

26/09/2014

Nhar il-Ħamis 25 ta’ Settembru 2014, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona ltaqa’ ma’ membri tas-Soċjetà Ċivili, bħala parti miż-Żjara Pastorali fis-Siġġiewi.
Ir-ritratti tal-attivitajiet tal-Arċisqof jistgħu jinxtraw mill-ħanut PHOTOCITY, il-Belt. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected]

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26/09/2014

During his morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis warned us to beware of vanity, which takes us far from the truth and makes us seem like “soap bubbles.” Taking the first reading as his starting point, he emphasised that when they do good, Christians must avoid the temptation to “make themselves seen.”

If you “do not have something substantial, you too will pass like all things.” Pope Francis took his cue from the Book of Ecclesiastes to dwell on vanity…