• On Sunday 4th of October 2015, Pope Francis presided at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: ‘The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world.’Below is the Vatican-provided translation of the homily Pope Francis delivered during the Mass:

  “If we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us” (1 Jn 4:12)…

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• Joint Statement of Bishop Christopher Hill, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), and Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (ComECE)

  The European family of nations finds itself confronting a humanitarian crisis on a scale without precedent in its post-war history. Civil war in Syria, widespread political instability in other areas of the Middle East and dire poverty in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa have forced upwards of two million people, many traumatised by war, others rendered hopeless by poverty, to seek asylum or the opportunity of a better life in Europe…

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• Missio, li hi l-organizzazjoni uffiċċjali tal-Knisja għall-missjoni, ser tniedi l-programm ta’ attivitajiet għax-xahar ta’ Ottubru. Il-Ġurnata Missjunarja, li hi l-qofol tal-attivitajiet, ser tiġi ċċelebrata fit-18 ta’ Ottubru. Biex tintwera solidarjetà ma’ dawn ħutna fil-bżonn, Missio ser jorganizza diversi attivitajiet matul ix-xahar t’Ottubru kollu.

  Waqt konferenza stampa ingħata rendikont tad-dħul finanzjarju li nġabar fl-2014 mingħand il-poplu Malti u Għawdxi u xi proġetti saru…

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• Għeżież, Qed niktbilkom din l-ittra qasira qabel nitlaq lejn Ruma għas-Sinodu. Għal dawn it-tliet ġimgħat li ġejjin, ser inkun ma’ għadd ta’ isqfijiet mid-dinja kollha biex, flimkien mal-Papa Franġisku, nistħarrġu x’inhu jgħid l-Ispirtu s-Santu lill-Knisja dwar is-sejħa u l-missjoni tal-familja llum. Hemm ħafna stennija dwar x’ser ikun ir-riżultat ta’ dan is-Sinodu. Jien konvint li mhux biss il-familji huma ħerqana biex jixorbu “inbid ġdid”, imma Alla wkoll jixtieq jarana aktar miftuħin għat-tnebbiħ tiegħu…

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• The joy of the Lord is our strength, and in Him we discover who we really are: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ reflection following the readings of the day at Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning, the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Holy Father focused especially on the need to cultivate nostalgia – deep yearning – for God in the Christian life…

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• B’effett mit-2 t’Ottubru 2015, il-Quddiesa fil-kappella ddedikata lil San Kalċedonju, fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana, ser tibda ssir fis-7:30 a.m., mit-Tnejn sal-Ġimgħa minbarra l-Ħamis. Il-pubbliku, speċjalment dawk li jgħixu jew jaħdmu fil-viċinanzi huma mistiedna jattendu.

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