• Nhar il-Ġimgħa 3 ta’ Lulju 2015, Festa ta’ San Tumas Appostlu, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jordna erba’ saċerdoti ġodda (tlieta djoċesani u wieħed reliġjuż) waqt Quddiesa fil-Kon-katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tibda fis-6:30 p.m.
    L-erba’ djakni li ser jiġu ordnati saċerdoti huma: Rev. Carlo Calleja mill-Parroċċa ta’ Stella Maris, Tas-Sliema, Rev. Christopher Ellul mill-Parroċċa ta’ Kristu Re, Raħal Ġdid, Rev…

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• On the feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis urged 46 new metropolitan archbishops to hear the first apostles’ call to prayer, to faith and to witness. The Pope’s words came during his homily at Mass in St Peter’s Basilica which included several significant ecumenical initiatives. Every year on June 29th, solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, a high level delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul travels to the Vatican to celebrate this great feast of the patron saints of the Church in Rome…

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• On Monday 29th June 2015, Pope Francis delivered the homily at Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Patrons of Rome. The Mass also saw the ceremonial gift of the Pallium – the peculiar sign of the office of a Metropolitan Archbishop. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna received the pallium with other Archbishops.

  The Homily by the Holy Father

• The reading, taken from the Acts of the Apostles, speaks to us of the first Christian community besieged by persecution…

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• • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llum ser iħalli Malta għal Ruma biex nhar it-Tnejn li ġej, Solennità tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl, jirċievi l-pallium mingħand il-Papa Franġisku. Il-pallium ser jingħata privatament lill-Arċisqof flimkien ma’ Arċisqfijiet oħra minn madwar id-dinja, qabel Quddiesa kkonċelebrata mmexxija mill-Papa Franġisku, fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru, fil-Vatikan. Il-pallium jintlibes mill-Arċisqfijiet bħala simbolu tal-komunjoni tagħhom mas-Suċċessur ta’ San Pietru fit-tmexxija tal-Poplu ta’ Alla…

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• “The true authority of the Church of Rome is the charity of Christ.” That was the message of Pope Francis to members of the Pontifical Eccesiastical Academy, the “Accademia” – the Roman institution responsible for preparing priests for the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
    It is only the charity of Christ that makes the Church of Rome “universal and credible” to human beings and to the world…

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• Nhar l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna iltaqa’ mal-partecipanti tal-Lifecycle Challenge, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat. L-isfida ta’ din is-sena għaċ-ċiklisti tal-Lifecycle ser tibda fit-3 ta’ Lulju u tintemm fis-17 ta’ Lulju, fl-Iżlanda, fi vjaġġ ta’ 2,000km.

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• Nhar l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ppreżenta l-punti prinċipali tal-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’” (Tkun imfaħħar int, [Mulej]) fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat. Għal din l-attività attendew mijiet ta’ nies fosthom il-Ministru tal-Ambjent l-Onor. Leo Brincat, Membri Parlamentari oħra miż-żewġ naħat tal-Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti, Sindki, rappreżentanti tal-għaqdiet mhux governattivi li jaħdmu favur l-ambjent, numru ta’ kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja u tal-Istat, kappillani u lajċi mpenjati fil-parroċċi…

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• The self-inflicted wounds of the family and the need to put aside anger and friction to protect the couple’s children were at the heart of Pope Francis’ message to thousands of pilgrims gathered for the weekly General Audience on Wednesday. Speaking under overcast skies in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel reading from Matthew (Mt 18,6) in which Jesus says to his disciples, “unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” And, Christ’s grave warning: “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” A family’s wounds and end of conjugal love a “landslide” burying children No family is immune to words and actions – or lack there-of – which “diminish or even worse, mortify love,” the Pope said…

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