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Auxiliary Bishop Mgr Charles J. Scicluna’s Homily on the occasion of the opening of the Forensic Year

02/10/2014

Oratorju tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
1 ta’ Ottubru 2014
Insellem lilek Eċċellenza Aġent President, u nirringrazzja lilkom ilkoll tal-preżenza tagħkom.

Jiena nixtieq nislet ftit ħsibijiet ispirati mill-kelma ta’ Alla li għadna kemm smajna. Il-kelma hija dik assenjata mill-Knisja għal din il-ġurnata, it-tlieta fis-26 ġimgħa ta’ matul is-sena. Illum infakkru wkoll il-festa ta’ Santa Tereżina tal-Bambin Ġesù, Tereża ta’ Lisieux…

02/10/2014

02/10/2014

On the eve of the one year anniversary of a devastating shipwreck, Pope Francis has called on the men and women of Europe to ‘open the doors of their hearts’ and welcome migrants who risk their lives at sea to flee war and poverty.
Around 370 people, most of them Eritrean and Syrian asylum-seekers, drowned on Oct. 3, 2013 when their smugglers’ boat capsized off the island of Lampedusa…

01/10/2014

On Wednesday 1st October 2014, Bishop Mario Grech, President of the Maltese Episcopal Conference, addressed a press conference, before leaving Malta to attend an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The Synod, which starts on Sunday 5th October and ends on Sunday 19th October, will be discussing the theme ‘Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the context of Evangelisation’…

01/10/2014

Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for the extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops on the Family due to open on Sunday. Around 150 Synod fathers from across the globe will take place in the meeting to discuss the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization. The Synod will last two weeks, ending with a conclusive Mass on Oct 19…

01/10/2014

With the Synod of Bishops on the family about to open on Sunday, the Vatican has revealed that the message for next year’s World Communications Day is also focused on the theme of the family as ‘a privileged place of encounter with the gift of love’.

‘Communicating the Family’ is the title of the message which is traditionally published in full on January 24th, feast day of St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers and journalists…

30/09/2014

On Tuesday 30th September 2014, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass on the occasion of the Day dedicated to the Elderly, at Christ the King Parish Church, Paola.

Present for this Mass were the Acting President of Malta H.E. Dolores Cristina, the Hon. Justyne Caruana, the Hon. Chris Fearne and the Hon. Mario Galea.
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30/09/2014

Ħafna katekisti, qassisin u missjunarji jkollhom jimxu kilometri twal fix-xemx u fix-xita biex imorru jaqdu l-ministeru tagħhom fil-vilaġġ li tiegħu jkunu reponsabli biex b’hekk iwasslu lil Ġesù għand dawn in-nies.

L-Uffiċċju Missjunarju qed jorganiżża mixja b’risq il-missjoni biex permezz tal-fondi miġbura jkompli jgħin diversi pajjiżi jkollhom ħajja aħjar, ikompli jgħin diversi katekisti u qasisin ikollhom mezz biex dawn jivjaġġaw minn post għall ieħor…

30/09/2014

Nhar il-Ħadd 28 ta’ Settembru 2014, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. iċċelebra Quddiesa fiċ-Ċentru Santissma Trinità u wara iltaqa’ man-nies miż-żona ta’ Kirċippu. Aktar tard iltaqa’ mal-adoloxxenti u ż-żgħażagħ ta’ Ħaż-Żebbuġ, bħala parti miż-Żjara Pastorali f’din il-parroċċa.
Quddiesa fiċ-Ċentru Santissma Trinità
Laqgħa maż-żgħażagħ u l-adoloxxenti
Ir-ritratti tal-attivitajiet tal-Arċisqof jistgħu jinxtraw mill-ħanut PHOTOCITY, il-Belt…

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…