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Christmas and New Year functions at the Cathedral in Mdina 2013/2014

21/12/2013

  • Christmas and New Year functions at the Cathedral in Mdina 2013/2014

  • Lejlet  il-Milied – It-Tlieta  24  ta’  Diċembru         
    05.00pm              L-ewwel Għasar  kantat.
    06.00pm              Quddiesa tal-ħin.
    10.00pm              Qrar.
    11.00pm              Kant ta’ Għanjiet tal-Milied u Prietka tat-tifel…

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A Church who listens to the people

20/12/2013
  • A Church who listens to the people
  • Over the next few days, at the request of Pope Francis, the “Questionnaire for the Bishop’s Synod” will be sent out to all homes in Malta and Gozo.  This questionnaire aims to gather together information in preparation for the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops which will be held in 2014.  

    The Maltese Episcopal Conference has commissioned the Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times (DISCERN) to undertake this consultation in the Diocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo…

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The Birth of Jesus is not a Fairytale!

20/12/2013
  • The Birth of Jesus is not a Fairytale!

  • Vatican City
    20 December 2013

    “There is no play without You” is the slogan adopted by the children of Italian Catholic Action, who met with the Holy Father this morning in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The children exchanged Christmas greetings with the Pope, who encouraged them always to be “living stones united with Jesus” within the Church…

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Party organised by RTK4Charity

20/12/2013
  • Party organised by RTK4Charity

  • Il-Kampanja ta’ RTK4Charity b’risq Familji fil-bżonn tilħaq il-qofol tagħha bejn il-Ħamis u l-Ħadd 22 ta’ Dicembru.  Nhar il-Ħadd 22 ta’ Diċembru 2013, fl-Awditorju tas-Seminarju, madwar 250 tifel u tifla minn Familji fil-Bzonn jiltaqgħu għal party organizzat minn Radju RTK u li fih Father Christmas iqassmilhom ir-rigali.  Mons Arcisqof Cremona u l-Isqof Awziljarju Mons Scicluna mistennija jzuru lil dawn it-tfal.  Il-party jibda fid-9.30am…

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The Pope greets his football team

19/12/2013
  • The Pope greets his football team

  • Vatican City, 18 December 2013

    Among the participants in today’s general audience there was a delegation from the Buenos Aires football team “San Lorenzo de Almagro”, of whom Archbishop Bergoglio was an official supporter, the holder of card no. 88235N-0, and who won this year’s league championship in Argentina, a trophy they have not held since 2007…

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The Interdiocesan Commision for the Environment’s reaction to the draft ODZ Policy

19/12/2013

  • Il-Kummissjoni Ambjent tal-Knisja hija mħassba serjament dwar aspetti fundamentali ta’ din il-policy li bħalissa hija fl-istadju ta’ konsultazzjoni pubblika. Il-kummenti tal-KA huma kif ġej:

    1. Diskrezzjoni kbira għal min ser jiddeċiedi fuq l-applikazzjonijiet ta’ żvilupp

    Fl-Introduzzjoni tal-policy u b’ittri kbar qed jingħad li “PROPOSALS WHICH ARE NOT ADDRESSSED BY THIS POLICY DOCUMENT MAY BE CONSIDERED ON THEIR OWN MERITS BY THE DECIDING BODY IF IT FELT THAT THE PROPOSAL WILL GENERATE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA WHERE IT IS LOCATED”…

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Green Energy Project in 13 Church Schools

13/12/2013
  • Green Energy project in 13 Church Schools
  • 13 Church Schools, members of the Private Schools Association (PSA), with the aim of reducing the schools’ dependency and use of non-renewable energy sources, have embarked upon The Green Energy Schools (GES) project. This project, spread over a period of eighteen months (2012-2013), involved the installation of Photovoltaic Panel arrays in twelve schools and the installation of Intelligent Lighting systems in three schools…

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Mass for students to celebrate Christmas

13/12/2013
  • Mass for students to celebrate Christmas

  • Nhar it-Tlieta 10 ta’ Dicembru 2013, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-Konkatidral ta San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, għall-istudenti tal-iskejjel fl-okkażjoni tal-Milied.

  • Photos: Photocity
    www.photocitymalta.com

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Pope Venerates Immaculate Conception Statue

09/12/2013
  • Pope Venerates Immaculate Conception Statue

  • Following a tradition laid out by his predecessors, Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception by travelling to Piazza di Spagna where he venerated the statue named for the Marian Feast.

    The celebration began with a reading from the book of Revelation in which Mary is described as a “woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and around her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev…

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