Press Releases

New archpriest and parish priest for Siġġiewi and Ħ’Attard parishes

16/02/2019
  • Arċipriet ġdid għall-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi

     

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Josef Mifsud bħala l‑Arċipriet tal‑parroċċa ta’ San Nikola, is‑Siġġiewi.

      Dun Josef Mifsud twieled fil‑15 ta’ Mejju 1981 u trabba s‑Siġġiewi fejn irċieva l‑ewwel edukazzjoni tiegħu fl-iskola primarja tas-Siġġewi. Huwa kiseb l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju Minuri tal-Arċisqof, Tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat, u kompla l-istudji terzjarji fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl-Università ta’ Malta…

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Owners or guardians? Moral and ecological significance of ‘Laudato Si”

Public lecture by the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

13/02/2019

  • The Interdiocesan Environment Commission is holding a public lecture on the rights, freedoms and responsibilities towards the environment in the light of Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si’.

    Prof.  José Carlos De Miranda, from the Catholic University of Portugal and the University of Lisbon – Centre of Philosophy, will discuss the theme: “Owners or Guardians? Moral and Ecological Significance of Laudato Si’”…

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Does our environment have to endure this much?

Statement by the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

09/02/2019

  • The Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) cannot understand why some are surprised that our country is facing a crisis when it comes to construction waste. What has long been crystal clear to people with a strategic vision, does not seem to have been so obvious to whoever was or is responsible for generating such waste and to the authorities who should have devised plans to avoid ending up in the situation we are in today long ago…

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Two thirds of marriages between Maltese nationals and between Maltese nationals with foreign nationals are Church marriages

Analysis of statistics of marriages in 2018

05/02/2019

  • The number of Church marriages in 2018 stands at 1,192. This figure includes 62 convalidated marriages in Malta which are not included in the total of Church marriages given in Parliament. A convalidated marriage means that a couple who had only married civilly would have subsequently chosen to also get married in Church. This total does not include Church marriages celebrated in Gozo…

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Launch of the Voluntary Solidarity Fund

The Archdiocese of Malta with the first contribution in aid of the fund

04/02/2019

  • Twaqqaf uffiċjalment fond għal solidarjetà volontarja (Voluntary Solidarity Fund ‑ VSF) bl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta tkun l‑ewwel kontributur biex din l‑inizjattiva tibda titħaddem. L‑għan ta’ dan il‑fond, li twaqqaf wara ħidma li saret fi ħdan il‑Fondazzjoni Pontifiċja Centesimus Annus, hu li jgħin lil dawk il‑persuni li qegħdin f’riskju li jaqgħu lura biex jegħlbu l‑isfidi tagħhom billi jsiru iktar produttivi. Dan jista’ jsir ukoll b’sostenn mogħti mill‑VSF lil dawk li jixtiequ jibdew in‑negozju tagħhom iżda m’għandhomx il‑kapital u r‑riżorsi inizjali…

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United for the protection of human life

Mass on the occasion of the Day for Life 2019

03/02/2019

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  • Homily by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

     


  • St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
    3rd February 2019

    A few days ago, the attention of many people in Europe was on the heart-breaking story of a little boy, Julen Rosello, who fell in a borehole in Spain…

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EU funded restoration works start in 15 parishes

01/02/2019

  • Restoration and conservation works have commenced on a number of projects in 15 different parishes in Malta with a capital investment of €2.2 million, co-financed by the European funds. This was announced during a press conference earlier today in front of the Naxxar Parish Church, addressed by the Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta Michael Pace Ross and the Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue Aaron Farrugia…

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Inauguration of the Judicial Year of the Maltese Ecclesiastical Tribunals

28/01/2019

  • The Ecclesiastical Tribunals of Malta and Gozo celebrated the inauguration of the Judicial Year. This inauguration which was at the Archbishop’s Palace in Valletta, was motivated by the desire of Pope Francis that the Church’s tribunals be always more accountable, and ever closer to the faith community they serve.

    This year, the special guest was His Excellency Monsignor Maurice Monier, the Pro-Dean of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota who was actively involved in the commission that in recent years reformed canonical procedures for matrimonial nullity through the papal document Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus…

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New Episcopal Vicar for Clergy and Parishes

26/01/2019

    • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Noel Vassallo bħala Vigarju Episkopali għall-Kleru u l-Parroċċi. Huwa ser jieħu post Mons. Frans Abdilla.

      Dun Noel Vassallo twieled l-lmġarr fit-23 ta’ Diċembru 1957. Huwa ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-29 ta’ Ġunju 1984. L-ewwel impenn pastorali tiegħu kien fid-djar tat-tfal tal-Knisja waqt li kien jgħin ukoll fil-parroċċa tal-lmġarr. Fl-1991 inħatar direttur tad-djar tat-tfal tal-Knisja fejn serva għal sitt snin…

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The Signs of the Times

Statement by the Interdiocesan Environment Commission

25/01/2019

  • A prominent characteristic of the current Maltese skyline is undoubtedly the excessive number of cranes soaring high above our towns and villages, likened by many to monsters eating away what is left of our spaces and buildings of historical value. The irony of it all is that whoever is interested in simply swelling his coffers tries to have everyone believe that Malta cannot do without such development as this is a sign of progress…

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