Nhar il-Ġimgħa, 24 ta’ Ottubru, l-Eċċellenza tiegħu Mons. Charles Scicluna iċċelebra quddiesa speċjali fis-Sacred Heart College f’San Ġiljan. Għadd sabiħ ta’ saċerdoti li għandhom xi sehem fl-iskola kkonċelebraw mal-Isqof. Din l-iskola, li kienet ilha mmexxija mis-Soċjetá tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesú sa mill-1903, għaddiet f’idejn l-Arċidojoċesi ta’ Malta fit-23 ta’ Lulju ta’ din is-sena. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni saret bil-parteċipazzjoni sħiħa tal-istudenti kollha, għalliema, ħaddiema u kollaboraturi oħra, membri tal-Bord tad-Diretturi, il-PTA tal-iskola u numru sabiħ ta’ sorijiet tas-Sacred Heart…

Pope Francis described Christian life as a continuous battle being waged against Satan, the world and the passions of the flesh. His comments came during his homily at Mass celebrated on Thursday morning at the Santa Marta residence. He stressed that the devil exists and we must fight against him with the armour of truth.

Pope Francis’s reflections during his homily were taken from the words of St Paul in his letter to the Ephesians where the apostle urged Christians to put on the full armour of God in order to resist Satan’s temptations.  A Christian life, he said, has to be defended and it requires both strength and courage…

“Often, we hear people say: the Church doesn’t do this …the Church doesn’t do that!’ ‘Tell me who is the Church? – ‘Well the Church is the priests, the bishops, the Pope …’ We are all the Church! All of us all of us Baptized! We are the Church, the Church of Jesus’”.

This was the message at the heart of Pope Francis’ general audience Wednesday, which he dedicated to the relationship between the visible and spiritual reality of the Church…

Pope Francis on Tuesday exhorted Christians to feel they are an integral part of the Church.

Speaking during his homily at Mass in Casa Santa Marta, the Pope said that Jesus does not seek out man’s sins, but looks to his heart, and he invited all believers not to hover on the threshold of the Church, but to come right in…