News from the Church in Malta
Archbishop’s message on the occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination
Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
19 ta’ Jannar 2014 Ħuti, L-ewwelnett nirringrazzjakom talli qed tingħaqdu miegħi biex infaħħru lil Alla għal dak kollu li għamel miegħi…
On the 15th February, at 6.30 pm, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, the Archbishop will celebrate Mass for couples who will get married this year.
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Programme for the feast of the Conversion of St Paul at the Mdina Cathedral
IS-SIBT 25 TA’ JANNAR
5.30pm Il-Kapitlu jwassal lil Monsinjur Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P…
Sunday 19th January the Church marks the 100th World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
In his message to mark this occasion, Pope Francis urged countries to welcome and respect migrants and refugees and not to treat them as “pawns on the chessboard of humanity”.
In a world in which there are some 200 million migrants – 44 million of whom are refugees and internally displaced people – the Pope said “They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more.”
He also repeats his condemnation of “slave labour” and trafficking, develops his criticism of a “throwaway culture, and reiterates there must be a change in attitude on the part of host countries”…
In his meeting with the Finnish delegation yesterday, Pope Francis expressed his concern about God’s presence in Europe.
“In this time and age, the ecumenical path and the relations between Christians are also experiencing major change, due first and foremost to the fact that we are having to profess our faith in the context of societies and cultures that refer less and less to God and to all that refers to the transcending dimension of life…
L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ser jiċċelebra s-seba’ anniversarju tal-ordinazzjoni episkopali tiegħu b’Quddiesa Konċelebrata ta’ Radd il-Ħajr fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, nhar il-Ħadd 19 ta’ Jannar 2014, fil-5.30 p.m. Is-saċerdoti kollha huma mistiedna jikkonċelebraw u kulħadd huwa mistieden jattendi.
Ċirkulari tal-Kurja maħruġa minn Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, Isqof Awżiljarju u Vigarju Ġenerali, tħeġġeġ ukoll lill-membri tal-Knisja biex fil-jum proprju ta’ dan l-anniversarju, jiġifieri il-Ħadd 26 ta’ Jannar, l-Insara jiftakru b’mod speċjali fir-Ragħaj Spiritwali u fl-intenzjonijiet tiegħu, fit-talb tagħhom…
Vacant places in Church Schools in First Year Secondary and Sixth Year Primary
F’Novembru 2013 saru l-applikazzjonijiet skont l-ewwel kriterju għad-dħul fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja f’Settembru 2014. Hawn taħt se nagħtu rendikont ta’ kemm applikaw u kemm baqa’ postijiet vakanti għall-ewwel sena sekondarja u għas-sitt sena primarja…
Archbishop Tomasi and Bishop Scicluna on the Holy See’s committment to protecting children
The Holy See, will discuss on Thursday, 16th January 2014, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, a report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child…
