Pope Francis on Monday urged the “abolition of war” while meeting participants in a training course for military chaplains jointly organized by the Congregation for Bishops, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

The course explored some of the current challenges of international humanitarian law regarding the protection of human dignity during internal armed conflicts and the so-called “new conflicts.”

Pope Francis told the participants the issue is “unfortunately, very topical” due to the increased violence and armed conflicts in different parts of the world, such as Africa, Europe, and the Middle East…

On Monday 26th October 2015, The Għaqda Studenti tat-­Teoloġija (Għ.S.T.) celebrated 70 years and organised a debate about the the local Church and the Second Vatican Council, as part of the Foundation Day celebrations at The Archbishop’s Seminary, ir­-Rabat, under the patronage of the Archbishop of Malta.

The panel consisted of Rev. Dr Joe Galea Curmi, the Vicar General who was secretary to the Synod Implementation Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta between 1999 and 2004, and editor of the synod documents; Dr Pauline Dimech, a former member of the central Commission for the Diocesan Synod and of the Secretariat for the Laity, is also a member of the Society of Christian Doctrine; and Rev…

Nhar it-Tnejn 26 ta’ Ottubru 2015, Mons. Mario Grech, Isqof ta’ Għawdex u President tal-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija, indirizza konferenza tal-aħbarijiet mal-wasla tiegħu Malta minn Ruma, fejn attenda għas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet.

L-14-il Assemblea Ġenerali Ordinarja tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet, li bdiet fl-4 ta’ Ottubru 2015, intemmet ilbierah b’Quddiesa Solenni mmexxija mill-Papa Franġisku, fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru, il-Vatikan. It-tema ta’ dan is-Sinodu kienet “Il-vokazzjoni u l-missjoni tal-familja fil-Knisja u fid-dinja tal-lum”…

On Sunday 25th October 2015, lines of faithful spiraled around St. Peter’s Square from early on Sunday awaiting their chance to enter St. Peter’s Basilica for the closing Mass of the Synod on the Family. The Mass, presided over by Pope Francis, marked the end of the second gathering of the Synod of Bishops to discuss “The Mission and Vocation of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World.”

Families from all over the world filled the Basilica…

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 30 ta’ Ottubru 2015, sitt seminaristi u fra tal-Ordni tal-Minuri Konventwali ser jiġu ordnati djakni mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, waqt Quddiesa li tibda fis-6:30pm, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Sebastjan Martri, Ħal Qormi.

Ser jiġu ordnati djakni: Fra Allister Marija Aquilina OFM Conv., Sergio Fenech u Mark Mallia Pawley mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Sebastjan Martri, Ħal Qormi, Claude Mifsud mill-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta, James Saydon mill-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Bambina, In-Naxxar, Andrew Schembri mill-Parroċċa ta’San Ġorġ Martri, Ħal Qormi, u Gilbert Scicluna mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp, il-Kalkara…

Today, at the beginning of the afternoon General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops, the Holy Father made the following announcement:

“I have decided to establish a new Dicastery with competency for Laity, Family and Life, that will replace the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. The Pontifical Academy for Life will be joined to the new Dicastery. To this end, I have constituted a special commission that will prepare a text delineating canonically the competencies of the new Dicastery…

Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience this Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square. In his remarks to the faithful gathered in the Square, Pope Francis returned to the theme of the family, and specifically to the promises a man and a woman make to each other when they form a family in marriage.

The Holy Father began his main catechesis with a reflection on the family as founded on a promise…