News from the Church in Malta
The Church Environment Commission (KA) is one of the entities who was in favour of the splitting up of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) into two separate authorities[1], to ensure that environmental interests would take priority over other interests which do not contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of all citizens…
Every year, on the Second Sunday of Lent, the Church proclaims the Gospel narrative of Christ and his three chosen disciples, that took place on a high mountain. We call this event the experience of the Transfiguration.
The Gospel according to Saint Mark narrates that “Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, and his garments became glistening, intensely white”…
This evening, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna was discharged from San Carlos de Apoquindo Hospital, in Santiago, Chile, where he was hospitalised for the past three days.
Mgr Scicluna will be recovering at the Apostolic Nunciature of Chile, where he is also expected to continue his work related to the mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis.
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Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna was hospitalised in San Carlos de Apoquindo Hospital, in Santiago, Chile, and is undergoing surgery on the gallbladder.
Updated at 18:00 with the medical bulletin issued by the San Carlos de Apoquindo Catholic University Hospital
With reference to the current state of health of Archbishop Charles J…
The human person, not the ‘god of money’, must be at the centre of our social and economic systems, if social justice is to prevail.
This is the key message of a document published by the Justice and Peace Commission and the Emigrants’ Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta to mark World Day of Social Justice, today February 20th…
The Church Environment Commission (KA) would like to highlight the current opportunities and risks facing Marsa and the inner Grand Harbour area, and is recommending that an updated vision and a masterplan, based on a sound public consultation process, be drawn up for this important area to enable it to reach its full potential in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner in the best public interest…
The Church Tribunals of the Maltese Ecclesiastical Province have welcomed Pope Francis’ invitation to be more open to a great number of Christian faithful who seek to enlighten their consciences, but are often kept back from the juridical structures of the Church because of physical or moral distance. Therefore, mindful of this, the Church Tribunals in Malta and Gozo would like to highlight that charity and mercy demand that the Church, like a good mother, be near to her children who feel themselves estranged from her…
Fid‑dawl tas‑Sinodu tal‑Isqfijiet dwar “Iż‑Żgħażagħ, il‑Fidi u d‑Dixxerniment Vokazzjonali” li sejjaħ il‑Papa Franġisku f’Ottubru li ġej, il‑kappillani tas‑70 parroċċa ddiskutew ir‑realtà taż‑żgħażagħ waqt il‑live‑in annwali tal‑kappillani. Dan sar bejn it‑Tlieta, 9 ta’ Jannar u l‑Ħamis, 11 ta’ Jannar 2018, fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, Tal‑Virtù.
Matul il‑live‑in, li għalih kien preżenti l‑Arċisqof Charles J…
On the occasion of World Town Planning Day (8th November 2017) the Church Environment Commission (KA) reflects on the current state of development planning in the country and is concerned, as it has been for the last years, about the direction that planning in Malta has taken. If we do not consider the wellbeing of future generations, we run the risk of even forgetting the current one and give an implicit or explicit licence to the powerful few to trample over the rights of everybody else, particularly the weak and vulnerable…
L‑Erbgħa 1 ta’ Novembru, Festa tal-Qaddisin kollha, fil‑5:00 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa li matulha jagħlaq il‑proċess Djoċesan għall‑kawża tal‑Beatifikazzjoni tal‑Qaddej ta’ Alla Patri Avertan Fenech OC, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Il-Quddiesa tibda fis‑6:00 p.m. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tixxandar live fuq il‑Youtube Channel tal‑Knisja f’Malta.
Il‑Ħamis 2 ta’ Novembru, fl‑10:00 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fit‑Tifkira Solenni tal‑Mejtin kollha, fil‑Knisja taċ‑Ċimiterju tal‑Addolorata, Raħal Ġdid…
