April 2015 Archives

Il-Papa: Il-Knisja tal-lum hija l-Knisja tal-Martri

22/04/2015

“Today the Church is the Church of martyrs”. And among these martyrs are “our brothers whose throats were cut on the beach of Libya; that young man burned alive by companions for being a Christian; those immigrants on the high seas thrown overboard for being Christians; those Ethiopians assassinated for being Christians”. In the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Friday morning, 21 April, recounting the story of the first martyr, St Stephen, Pope Francis recalled the many present-day martyrs: including those whose names we do not know, who are suffering in prisons or who are defamed and persecuted “by so many modern Sanhedrins”, or for living “the faith within their own family”…

21/04/2015

An activity for all 4th Form Church School students will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd April 2015, in four different schools contemporarily, starting at 9:00 a.m. Over 1,200 students from 16 schools will be participating. The schools where the activities will be held are: St Monica in Gzira, St Agatha in Rabat, St Michael’s in St Venera and the Archbishop’s Seminary in Rabat…

21/04/2015

Press statement of the President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Reinhard Cardinal Marx, on the tragedy in the Mediterranean.

“We cannot allow the Mediterranean to become a vast cemetery!” This was the call of Pope Francis to the European States, in his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 25 November 2014, in which he encouraged “mutual support” and warned for the risk of “particularistic solutions”…

21/04/2015

Il-Kurja tixtieq tavża li l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jinsab Ruma biex mil-lum, it-Tlieta 21 ta’ April 2015, jagħti kors dwar il-Proċeduri Penali skont il-Liġi tal-Knisja, fil-Pontificia Università Gregoriana. L-Arċisqof ser jattendi wkoll għal-laqgħa regolari tal-Kongregazzjoni għad-Duttrina tal-Fidi, fil-Vatikan. Mons. Scicluna mistenni lura Malta nhar il-Ħadd 26 ta’ April 2015.

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21/04/2015

Il-Knisja f’Malta hija mnikkta bit-traġedji umani li qed iseħħu madwarna fil-baħar Meditteran. In-Nisrani konvint ma jistax jibqa’ indifferenti quddiem dak li qed jiġri lil tant bnedmin li, bit-tama li jfittxu ħajja aħjar, qed jispiċċaw jitilfu l-ikbar rigal li tagħna Alla, il-ħajja. L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ddeskriva ritratt xokkanti li qed jiċċirkola fil-media, tal-ġisem mejjet ta’ tifel b’idejħ miftuħin fuq ix-xtut Libjani, bħala “l-kurċifiss modern”…

21/04/2015

May the witness of the martyrs help us to avoid the temptation of transforming our faith into power. Those were Pope Francis’ words during his homily at the morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta on Monday, as he reflected on the Gospel story of the crowds who come searching for Jesus following the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes…

21/04/2015

Il-Fakulta’ tat-Teoloġija u l-Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija qed jorganizzaw it-taħdita Annwali ta’ San Tumas t’Akwinu, li se ssir nhar il-Ħamis 23 ta’ April fis-7:00 p.m., fl-awditorium tal-Università l-Qadima, il-Belt Valletta.

Rev. Prof William Henn O.F.M. Cap., mill-Universita’ Pontifiċja Gregorjana ta’ Ruma, se jitkellem fuq Tumas t’Akwinu, Yves Congar u l-Unita’ fil-Fidi.

Agħfas hawn għal iktar informazzjoni.

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20/04/2015

Nhar it-12 t’April 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna iċċelebra quddiesa għall-Professjoni Solenni ta’ Sr Lilian Borg u l-25 Sena mill-Professjoni ta’ Sr Christine Borg fil-Festa tal-Ħniena Divina, fil-Monasteru ta’ Sant’Ursola l-Belt Valletta.

L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof
Il-Madre Prijura Sr Celina Sultana OSJ u Sr Christine Borg jakkumpanjaw lil Sr Lilian Borg fl-okkażjoni tal-investitura tagħha fil-15 ta’ Novembru 2009 (Ritratt: www.orderofmalta-malta.org.mt).

Monasteru ta’ Sant’ Ursola, Valletta

12 ta’ April 2015

Sr Lilian, ippermettili nindirizzalek ħsieb qasir mibni fuq frażi ċkjejkna mill-Vanġelu (Ġw 20,19-31) li għadna kemm smajna…

20/04/2015

Pope Francis has appealed to the international community to take swift and decisive action to avoid more tragedies of migrants seeking a better life. His heartfelt cry to the world came following news of the sinking of yet another boat carrying migrants in the Mediterranean Sea in which it is feared 700 people may be dead.

The Pope was speaking on Sunday morning after the Regina Coeli prayer in St…

19/04/2015