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“Jesus is the GPS of our life” – Sr Bartholomea turns 100

16/01/2024

Sr Bartholomea Gauci fit-12 ta’ Jannar għalqet 100 sena!

“Għandna bżonn nidħlu fil-GPS ta’ Ġesù għax dik hija l-unika triq li twasslek għall-ġenna,” hekk stqarret Sr Bartholomea meta Newsbook.com.mt iltaqa’ magħha lejliet għeluq sninha. Il-ġurnal skopra minn fejn ġiet is-sejħa tagħha, l-involviment tagħha fil-parroċċa ta’ San Bastjan u l-imħabba ferventi li għandha għal Kristu. Magħha kantajna wkoll ‘happy birthday’ u għoddejna sal-100! … Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Rediscover the joy of Jesus’ disciples

14/01/2024   Saint Peter's Square, The Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today the Gospel presents Jesus’ encounter with the first disciples (cf. Jn 1:35-42). This scene invites us to remember our first encounter with Jesus. Each one of us has had the first encounter with Jesus, as a child, as an adolescent, as a young person, as an adult… When did I encounter Jesus for the first time? … Read more »

Benedictine Nuns move into Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

12/01/2024

Six nuns of the Benedictine Order from the Abbey of Santa Scholastica in Victoria, Argentina, accompanied by their Abbess, are welcomed in the Vatican by the president of the Governorate. They will form a monastic community in the Monastery, which served as Benedict XVI’s home after his resignation and until his death.

The Argentine Benedictine nuns invited by Pope Francis to reside in Mater Ecclesiae, the monastery in the heart of the Vatican Gardens that was the home of the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, for almost a decade after his historic resignation, arrived on Wednesday morning, January 3rd… Read more »

Catholics celebrate Mass at Qatar’s first Christian place of worship

13/01/2024

The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, Bishop Aldo Berardi, celebrates Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary in Doha, the first official Christian place of worship in Qatar.

The Catholic Church in Qatar celebrated a solemn Mass intended as a symbol of hope and unity for its diverse Catholic community, which is made up of individuals from various ethnicities, nationalities, languages, and Catholic rites… Read more »

Maltese priest named member of an international ecumenical commission

12/01/2024

The Holy See has named Mgr Professor Hector Scerri to be a member of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. 

Mgr Hector Scerri, 58, has been a Consultor to the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, at the Vatican, since 2014. He is a professor of dogmatic theology and ecumenism at the Faculty of Theology, University of Malta, and the head of the Ecumenical Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta and of the Doctrinal Commission of the Maltese Episcopal Conference… Read more »

Pope to secular missionary priests: Be in the world, for the world

12/01/2024

Pope Francis meets with members of an Institute of secular priests, stressing that secularity means “serving and bearing witness to the Kingdom of God in this world.”

“The Church, and every baptized person, is in the world, is for the world, but is not of the world.”

Those were Pope Francis’ words on Thursday morning as he met with members of the Secular Institute of the Missionary Priests of the Kingship of Christ… Read more »

The warmth of human care is an important aspect of any therapy – The Archbishop

Archbishop’s speech at the opening of Capua Ward

10/01/2024   St James Hospital, Sliema

Message from Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

Before we pray, I would like to share a few comments, inspired, also, by what you have told us. This is a symphony of skills, entrepreneurship, but also vision, and this is also a hymn to one of the blessings in our national anthem, this prayer that gives us identity. Dun Karm, in 1922, asked for this blessing from the Lord: ‘saħħa’ – ‘health’.   … Read more »

Centesimus Annus Foundation offers new courses on Catholic Social Doctrine

11/01/2024

The ‘Centesimus Annus Pro Pontefice’ Foundation opens registrations for new in-person and online courses to explore the contribution of the Social Doctrine of the Church to our world’s ongoing transformation and crises.

The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontefice Foundation has announced new courses on the Social Doctrine of the Church, under the theme “The Contribution of the Church’s Social Doctrine in a World Between Crisis and Transformation.”

The courses take place from 20 January to 23 March 2024, both in-person and online, under the academic direction of Monsignor Guy-Réal Thivierge… Read more »

Meeting face-to-face relieves a lot of pain – The Archbishop to married couples

Mass for couples married in 2023

06/01/2024   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Wieħed mill-aspetti kommoventi ta’ din il-festa hu l-misteru kbir tal-imħabba ta’ Alla, li ħerqana li tinfirex mat-trufijiet tal-art, u tlaqqa’ mal-ħniena ta’ Alla lill-ġnus kollha. Illum nistgħu ngħidu li qed niċċelebraw l-inklussività, u l-universalità tal-imħabba u tal-ħniena ta’ Alla. Din it-tarbija ċkejkna li twieldet fil-belt ta’ David, mhijiex biss imwielda għall-poplu Lhudi, imma hi wkoll ta’ salvazzjoni għall-ġnus. Ta’ 40 jum, Ġesù jkun f’dirgħajn Xmun fit-Tempju ta’ Ġerusalemm, u li dan “ir-raġel ġust u tajjeb, li kien jistenna l-faraġ ta’ Iżrael” (Lq 2:25), u jara l-Messija tal-Mulej, imdawwal mill-Mulej stess, iħares lejn din it-tarbija, u jirringrazzja lil Alla li qed jaraha b’għajnejh, qed jaraha wiċċ imb wiċċ, u jgħid, din hi “dawl biex idawwal il-ġnus, u glorja tal-poplu ta’ Iżrael” (Lq 2:32)… Read more »

Archbishop Emeritus Pawlu Cremona recovering in hospital

05/01/2024

L-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona jinsab l-Isptar Mater Dei fejn ilu rikoverat minn nhar it-Tlieta li għadda, iżda l-kundizzjoni ta’ saħħtu qed titjieb tant li mistenni jiġi rilaxxat fil-jiem li ġejjin.

Newsbook.com.mt huwa infurmat li Mons. Cremona rrisponda tajjeb għall-kura li ngħatatlu, u l-aħħar testijiet mediċi li sarulu juru li l-kundizzjoni tiegħu qalbet għall-aħjar.

L-aħbar li Mons. Cremona jinsab rikoverat fl-Isptar Mater Dei wasslet għal numru ta’ parroċċi jappellaw online għat-talb tal-pubbliku… Read more »