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Appointment of Judicial Vicar

06/05/2015
    • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna has appointed Mgr Carmelo Zammit as Judicial Vicar. He will succeed Mons. Arthur Said Pullicino, who has submitted his resignation on reaching the age of eighty.

      Mons. Carmelo Zammit was born in Gudja, on the 19th December 1949, and was ordained to the priesthood on the 20th July 1974.

      He studied at the University of Malta between 1967 and 1974 where he obtained a B.A…

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The Archbishop’s Curia hosts the concert ‘Hearing Orpheus Today’

06/05/2015
  • A seminar and a concert on Maltese contemporary music – Contemporary composers diffuse the voice of Orpheus The events will be held in the Old Refectory, Archbishop Curia – Floriana. Hearing Orpheus Today is a musical event which consists of a seminar and a concert that will both be held on Saturday 9th May in the Old Refectory at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana…

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Presentation of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

06/05/2015
    • This morning in the Holy See Press Office, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, and Msgr. Graham Bell presented the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (8 December 2015 to 20 November 2016). The archbishop began, “The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, which continues be the programmatic outline for the pontificate of Pope Francis, offers a meaningful expression of the very essence of the Extraordinary Jubilee announced on April 11: ‘Such a community [the Church] has an endless desire to show mercy, the fruit of its own experience of the power of the Father’s infinite mercy…

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New Times New People

Christian Faith and Theology in a Post-Christian and Post-Secular context

06/05/2015

    • DISCERN is organising the Benjamin Tonna Lecture 2015 – NEW TIMES NEW PEOPLE. The lecture will be delivered by Lieve Boeve, Professor of Systematic Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven. 

      Date: 15th May 2015

      Time: 7:00 p.m.

      Venue: Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana 

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Pope visits the Roman parish of Santa Maria Regina Pacis

05/05/2015
  • Yesterday afternoon Pope Francis visited another parish in his diocese – Santa Maria Regina Pacis at the Ostia Lido. Before celebrating Mass, the bishop of Rome visited the community of the Little Sisters of Jesus, of Charles de Foucauld, also known as the “Luna Park Fraternity” since they live in caravans, and met with the elderly, the sick, and young scouts from the parish, as well as parents who have baptised their children this year…

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The Archbishop blesses the new building of the Maltese Parliament

04/05/2015

    • It-Tnejn 4 ta’ Mejju 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna bierek il-binja l-ġdida tal-Parlament Malti, fid-daħla tal-Belt Valletta, fil-preżenza tal-President ta’ Malta, l-Ispeaker tal-Kamra, id-deputati parlamentari u awtoritajiet ċivili oħra.

      L-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna ippreżenta lill-Onor. Speaker Anġlu Farrugia, il-pittura San Tumas More, patrun tal-politiċi, tal-artist Manuel Farrugia, xogħol biż-żejt fuq it-tila. Is-salib tal-weraq tal-palm li jidher fil-kantuniera mal-lemin huwa simbolu ta’ min imut martri għal Kristu (is-salib hu Kristu u l-palm huwa simbolu tal-martri). 

      Agħfas hawn sabiex tniżżel it-talba li għamel l-Arċisqof Charles J…

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Pope: Bear the fruits of membership in Christ and the Church

04/05/2015

  • On Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about Jesus’ parable of the vine and the branches – Jesus is the true vine, and we are the branches, dependent on Him. Through this parable, “Jesus wants us to understand the importance of remaining united to Him.” What is this new way, the Pope asked? Although Jesus is no longer with us as He was with the Disciples, we are able to remain united with Christ “in vital communion” through the Church…

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