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The Prelude for the Year of Faith

Nhar il-Ħamis 11 t’Ottubru 2012, fis-7pm, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona mexxa laqgħa ta’ talb għall-kleru fil-ftuħ tas-Sena tal-Fidi, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Pawl, ir-Rabat.  Ghal din l-okkazjoni kien hemm preżenti n-Nunzju Appostoliku, l-E.T. Mons. Tommaso Caputo, l-Arċisqof Emeritus, Mons. Ġuzeppi Mercieca u l-Isqof Awżiljarju-elett, Mons. Charles J. Scicluna. Matul din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni, b’mod simboliku, l-Arċisqof  xegħel id-dawl tal-fidi mill-lampier li jinsab fil-grotta ta’ San Pawl, u li jirrapreżenta l-wasla tal-fidi f’Malta… Read more »

Archbishop visits Kalkara M.U.S.E.U.M. Centre and various councils and commissions

On Tuesday 9th October 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the young boys who attend catechism at the Boys’ MUSEUM, in Kalkara. Afterwards the Archbishop met with the members of the Parish Pastoral Council and the Council for the Synod Implementation and the Parish Economic Council, at the Parish House, in the same village.

CLICK HERE to view more photos of the Archbishop’s Pastral Visit in Kalkara… Read more »

The Opening of the Year of Faith

Illum, il-11 t’Ottubru 2012, hija l-ewwel ġurnata li qiegħda timmarka l-bidu tas-Sena tal-Fidi, wara xewqa tal-Papa Benedittu XVI biex “mill-ġdid nikkonvertu b’mod awtentiku lejn Kristu, il-Feddej waħdieni tad-dinja”.

Bħalissa wkoll qiegħed iseħħ is-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet li beda fis-7 t’Ottubru u se jibqa’ għaddej sal-24 tal-istess xahar bit-tema tal-Evanġelizzazzjoni l-Ġdida. Minn Malta qed jattendi l-Isqof t’Għawdex Mons. Mario Grech.

Fi tmiem il-ġimgħa li għaddiet l-Isqfijiet Maltin għaddewlna l-kelma Appostolika tagħhom fuq is-sena speċjali li se nibdew illum… Read more »

Pope authorizes granting of indulgences for Year of Faith events

Year of Faith 2012-2013

Catholics who participate in events connected with the 2012-2013 Year of Faith can receive a special indulgence, the Vatican said. Pope Benedict XVI authorized the granting of a plenary, or full, indulgence in order to highlight the Year of Faith and encourage the “reading, or rather, the pious meditation on” the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a Sept… Read more »

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect Mgr Charles J. Scicluna meets Parish Priests

Nhar it-Tlieta 10 ta’ Ottubru 2012, l-E.T. Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Elett kellu l-ewwel impenn tiegħu meta filgħodu attenda għall-laqgħa tal-Kulleġġ tal-Kappillani ppreseduta mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., fid-Dar tal-Kleru f’Birkirkara.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratti biex tkabbar… Read more »

Two new Doctors of the Universal Church

Two tapestries of the new Doctors of the Church

Benedict XVI proclaimed St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church. He then went on to preside at a Eucharistic celebration during which he inaugurated the thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the theme of which is “The New Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith”… Read more »

Kalkara (St. Joseph) Pastoral Visit Opening Mass

On Sunday 7th October 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at Kalkara Parish Church, as the official opening of his pastoral visit to the parish. Later the Archbishop met the Family Commission, at the Parish House.

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Mgr Charles J. Scicluna arrives in Malta

Nhar it-Tlieta 9 t’Ottubru 2012, fil-12:15pm, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P, in-Nunzju Appostoliku Mons. Tommaso Caputo u l-Arċisqof Emeritus Ġużeppi Mercieca,  laqgħu lill-Eċċellenza Tiegħu, Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, Isqof Awżiljarju elett ta’ Malta, mal-wasla tiegħu minn Ruma, fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratti biex tkabbar. Ir-ritratti tal-attivitajiet tal-Arċisqof jistgħu jinxtraw mill-ħanut PHOTOCITY, il-Belt. Tel: 21236723. Email: [email protected] Read more »

Bishop Mario Grech attends the Bishop’s Synod in Rome

L-Isqof t’Għawdex Mons. Mario Grech flimkien ma’ 265 Isqof minn madwar id-dinja qiegħdin jiltaqgħu għat-13-il Assemblea Ġenerali tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet. L-Evanġelizazzjoni l-Ġdida, hija t-tema li l-Papa Benedittu XVI għażel għal dan is-Sinodu li jaħbat f’għeluq il-50 anniversarju mill-Konċilju Vatikan II. Fi kliem l-Mons. Grech, “il-bniedem tal-llum qed jipprova kollox u jibqa’ jħoss il-vojt, u propju f’dak il-vojt għandna nerġgħu inxandru u ngħinuh jiltaqa’ ma’ Kristu.”

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During the Year of Faith: ‘Cherish the Rosary’

Pope reciting the Rosary

Before praying the Angelus Sunday morning, Benedict XVI recalled that the traditional annual “supplication”, in which thousands of faithful around the world participate, is taking place today at the Italian shrine of Pompei, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.

“As we too spiritually unite ourselves to that choral invocation, I would like to invite everyone to cherish the Rosary during the forthcoming Year of Faith… Read more »