News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis has asked people to accompany his visit to Albania this Sunday with prayer. Speaking at the end of his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father said:
“Next Sunday, with God’s help, I will go in Albania. I decided to visit this country because it has suffered so much because of a terrible atheist regime and is now realizing peaceful coexistence among its various religious components”…
At a briefing today, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, announced details of Pope Francis’ first Apostolic Voyage in Europe.
Pope Francis’ journey to Albania will be his fourth international voyage, and the first to European country outside of Italy.
Father Lombardi said one of the main reasons for the Pope’s visit was to honour the martyrs for the faith who lived in Albania, the victims of atheistic Communism…
The European Conference of Justice & Peace Commissions will meet from the 3rd to the 7th of October in Athens and Corinth for their annual International Workshop and General Assembly. The general theme of the meeting is “Human Dignity and Economic Crisis”. During the General Assembly, Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich from Luxemburg will take over from Bishop William Kenney, auxiliary bishop from Birmingham, as President of Justice and Peace Europe. 22 of the 30 European JP commissions will be represented in Athens…
The Church Schools Spiritual Development Unit within the Secretariat for Catholic Education, in conjunction with the Secretariat for the Clergy and the Spiritual Counselors Coordinator of the Church in Malta are inviting teachers, youth workers, social workers, counselors, psychologists, therapists and the general public for a series of two-hour seminars on the need to heal deep wounds inflicted by abuse…
To the simple strains of a harp, twenty grooms made their way up the central nave of St Peter’s Basilica with their mothers, followed by twenty brides dressed in white accompanied by their fathers.
All of the couples were from the diocese of Rome and had come to be married, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by the Pope himself…
Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan has issued an official invitation to Pope Francis to visit his country. Speaking to journalists on Friday, the head of the Vatican press office, Fr Federico Lombardi said the Holy See had received the invitation and was preparing for a papal visit to Turkey at the end of November. He added that the duration of the trip and the programme for the visit were still to be confirmed…
“Illum nitkellmu fuq il-mudell soċjali tad-diżabilità fejn flok ma naraw id-diżabilità bħala nuqqas, narawha bħala differenza. L-enfasi tal-mudell soċjali tad-diżabilità hi fuq il-persuna u l-abiltajiet tagħha u mhux fuq in-nuqqas.” Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, fl-okkazjoni tal-għoti ta’ trofew lir-rebbieħ u ċertifikati lil dawk kollha li ħadu sehem fil-kompetizzjoni għal disinn ta’ logo ġdid.
Huwa żied jgħid li llum nisħqu li l-kwalità tal-ħajja tal-persuni b’diżabilità tista’ titjieb biss jekk tinbidel l-attitudni tas-soċjetà u mhux jekk l-individwu jbiddel lilu nnifsu…
Mons. Victor Grech talab lill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. jirtira minn Delegat tas-Segretarjat Ħidma Soċjali u ta’ Karità, u Direttur tal-Caritas Malta. Monsinjur Arċisqof jirringrazzja lil Mons. Victor Grech għall-ħidma siewja fi ħdan il-Knisja f’Malta u s-soċjetà Maltija tul dawn l-aħħar 37 sena, b’mod partikolari li waqqaf l-Aġenzija Caritas u l-Fondazzjonijiet għar-Rijabilitazzjoni ta’ persuni bi problemi tad-droga u vittmi tal-użura.
L-Arċisqof innomina lil Mons…
With reference to media reports, the Secretariat for Catholic Education would like to clarify that an email was sent by the Secretariat, to heads of Church schools, on the 27th August 2014, requesting particulars of students who are taking any medication or need any other medical intervention not covered by any current job description. The list is required to assess the possible provision for such cases…
Today it was announced by the European Parliament that Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of President Martin Schulz to address the European Parliament during its plenary assembly in Strasbourg on 25 November 2014. The President of COMECE, His Eminence Reinhard Cardinal Marx, enthusiastically welcomed this news and has issued the following statement:
“It makes me very glad to hear today that Pope Francis, in response to the invitation of President Martin Schulz, is to visit Strasbourg on 25 November and address the plenary assembly of the European Parliament…
