Pope Francis says the Church is a mother and must have that loving and tender maternal feeling and human warmth as otherwise all that remains is rigidity and discipline. That was the message at the heart of the Pope’s homily on Tuesday (15th September) at the Mass celebrated in the Santa Marta Residence. Tuesday’s Mass was also attended by the C-9 Cardinals who are meeting in the Vatican this week…

Grupp ta’ 27 resident/a tad-Dar tal-Providenza, flimkien mal-carers tagħhom, iltaqgħu ma’ Papa Franġisku dalgħodu wara r-reċita tal-Angelus biswit Casa Santa Marta. Magħhom kien hemm l-Arċisqof Mons Charles J. Scicluna, l-Arċisqof Emeritus Pawl Cremona OP, Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, l-amministrazzjoni u l-carers tad-Dar. Il-Papa kellem, ħa b’idejn u ċċajta mar-residenti u għannaq lil Frankie Bonello, wieħed mir-residenti li kien għadu kif ippreżentalu kallotra bajda f’isem ir-residenti kollha tad-Dar tal-Providenza…

L-inizjattiva ta’ evanġelizzazzjoni li bdiet f’Malta kienet u għada inizjattiva importanti fit-tixrid tal-Evanġelju fl-erbat’irjieħ tad-dinja. Hekk qal il-Kardinal Peter Turkson, il-President tal-Kunsill Pontifiċju tal-Ġustizzja u Paċi tal-Vatikan li ġie Malta għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni li saret ilbieraħ fil-Knisja ta’ San Franġisk f’Birkirkara biex tfakkar il-bidu tal-Institute for World Evangelization – ICPE Mission tletin sena ilu. Il-Kardinal Turkson kompla jgħid li l-Knisja mingħajr missjoni m’hijiex il-Knisja vera nisranija u  li d-dinja għandha bżonn kbir ta’ persuni b’mod partikolari lajċi li jiddedikaw ħajjithom kompletament biex iwasslu ‘l Kristu lill-oħrajn…

If we want to move forward “on the path of Christian life” we must fall, just as Jesus did when he carried the Cross.

This was the message at the heart of Pope Francis’ homily on Monday morning during Mass at Casa Santa Marta.

The Mass, which took place on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, was also attended by the C9 Cardinals who are meeting in the Vatican until September 16…

Nhar il-Ħamis 10 ta’ Settembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa mal-membri tal-komunità Marana thà, f’għeluq l-40 anniversarju ta’ din il-komunità mmexxija minn Dr John Bonnici Mallia. Il-Quddiesa saret fiċ-Ċentru Parrokkjali ta’ Raħal Ġdid.

Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

Ċentru Parrokkjali, Raħal Ġdid

10 ta’ Settembru 2015

Jiena ser nieħu l-qari li l-Mulej ipprovdilna llum, li huwa mill-Ħamis tat-Tlieta u Għoxrin ġimgħa ta’ matul is-sena, bħala l-profezija fuqkom, fuqek għażiż Dr John u fuqna…

Pope Francis met on Saturday with directors and employees, along with their families, of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (the BCC) of Rome, an Italian credit union, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of its foundation.

In his address, Pope Francis spoke of the importance of cooperatives, noting that these kinds of groups are frequently referenced in the Church’s social teaching, including in his own Encyclical Laudato sì…