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Archbishop’s Vlog: Christian or pagan village feasts

29/06/2019

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08/06/2019

Fifty days after Easter, after the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the disciples united in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus. As narrated by St Luke in the Acts of the Apostles, this experience is described as a strong wind that filled the upper room where the disciples were gathered, and as tongues of fire that appeared on each and every one of them…

06/06/2019

Following an increase in support for far-right movements, some of which base their arguments on the need to protect our ‘Catholic identity’ as well as recent statements by the Guardian for Future Generations, who justified his call to exclude migrants and Muslims in particular by invoking his desire to live and die in a Catholic country,[1] the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta feels the need to speak out on our duty as Catholics to resist politics of hate and exclusion…

27/04/2019

Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valeltta
27th April 2019
- “This is the day the Lord has made: let us be glad and rejoice in it. Hallelujah”
  (Ps 118:24).
  
  These last days, which in the Liturgy of the Church count as one day, we have been repeating the words of Psalm 118, verse 24…

20/04/2019

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11/04/2019

L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jistieden lill‑Insara biex jieħdu sehem fiċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet tal‑Ġimgħa Mqaddsa li matulhom l‑Knisja Kattolika tfakkar il‑passjoni, il‑mewt u l‑qawmien ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu. Jistieden ukoll lill‑Insara jattendu għaċ‑ċelebrazzjonijiet li ser jippresiedi fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta.

Nhar il‑Ħadd li ġej, 14 ta’ April, il‑Knisja tagħti bidu għall‑Ġimgħa Mqaddsa biċ‑ċelebrazzjoni ta’ Ħadd il‑Palm u l‑Passjoni tal‑Mulej…

10/04/2019

Il-Via Sacra Djoċesana mmexxija mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser issir nhar l-Erbgħa, 17 ta’ April 2019. Il-Via Sacra tibda fis-7:00 p.m. minn ħdejn l-istatwa ta’ Kristu Re (quddiem il-lukanda Phoenicia), u tintemm quddiem il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

It-test li se jinqara matul il-Via Sacra ta’ din is-sena huwa adattament tal-Via Sacra li l-Papa Franġisku mexxa s-sena l-oħra fil-Kolossew, f’Ruma, fil-Ġimgħa l-Kbira…

04/04/2019

29/03/2019

- Il‑Knisja f’Malta se tagħti bidu għall‑kawża tal‑beatifikazzjoni u l‑kanonizzazzjoni tal‑Qaddej ta’ Alla, Bro. Louis Camilleri F.S.C. Dan wara li l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna laqa’ t‑talba ta’ Bro. Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, Postulatur Ġenerali tal‑Ordni tal‑Aħwa tal‑Iskejjel Insara, biex jitwaqqaf tribunal li jisma’ l‑kawża tiegħu. Dan se jsir nhar il‑Ħadd, 31 ta’ Marzu 2019, fil‑11:00 a.m, waqt ċelebrazzjoni u Quddiessa mmexxija mill‑Arċisqof fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta…

28/03/2019

Madwar 130 żagħżugħ u żagħżugħa pparteċipaw f’seminar ta’ ġurnata bl‑isem ta’ ‘Boost’, li ġie organizzat mill‑entità tal‑Knisja għaż‑żgħażagħ ‘MCYN’ (Malta Catholic Youth Network). L‑attività saret f’Esplora, iċ‑Ċentru tax‑Xjenza Interattiva, f’Bighi.

L‑għan tas‑seminar kien li ż‑żgħażagħ ikollhom l‑opportunità jiddiskutu temi attwali u jaqsmu l‑esperjenzi ta’ kif iwasslu l‑fidi lil żgħażagħ oħra biex ikunu missjunarji tal‑Bxara t‑Tajba. Għas‑seminar attendew żgħażagħ u youth leaders impenjati fil‑Knisja minn diversi gruppi taż‑żgħażagħ f’Malta u Għawdex…