Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his reflections on family life, focusing especially on the importance of finding time for prayer.

Greeting visitors from many different countries, gathered for the weekly General Audience in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said families often experience difficulty in devoting time for prayer. But he said a heart filled with the love of God can make even a silent thought or small gesture of devotion into a moment of prayer…

Cardinal Peter Turkson has renewed the call for radical changes in thinking and attitudes towards environment, ecology and creation.  In a message delivered to the second international gathering for talks on climate change, organised by the Peruvian government in Lima, the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal Turkson, invited participants “[to] assume a new ecological spirituality which favors the bond between man and environment, through an integral, ecological, community conversion.”

The 5-day event, starting on the 24th of August, is the second appointment of the COP20 forum, a global initiative which gives nations the opportunity to showcase plans to reduce carbon emissions in preparation for the Paris conference on climate change due to take place later in the year…

X’sens fiha l-ħajja? Veru jeżisti Alla? Wara din id-dinja, jispiċċa kollox? Tixtieq tiddiskuti fuq mistoqsijiet bħal dawn? Jekk ‘iva’, nistednuk tieħu sehem fl-Alpha Course. Għall-ewwel darba f’Malta, dan il-kors ser isir għall-koppji.


L-Alpha Course huwa okkażjoni ta’ riflessjoni u diskussjoni għal dawk li qegħdin jistaqsu mistoqsijiet dwar is-sens tal-ħajja. Jipprova joffri tweġibiet għal dawk il-mistoqsijiet il-kbar li wieħed jista’ jkollu dwar il-fidi Nisranija…

Following the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis made a new appeal for peace in Ukraine. “With deep concern, I am following the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has accelerated anew in these last weeks,” the Pope said. “I renew my appeal that the commitments undertaken to achieve peace might be respected; and that, with the help of organizations and persons of good will, there might be a response to the humanitarian emergency in the country.” The Holy Father concluded his appeal with the prayer, “May the Lord grant peace to Ukraine, which is preparing to celebrate tomorrow the national holiday [Independence Day]…

Nhar is-Sibt 22 ta’ Awwissu 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra l-Quddiesa tal-Vġili tal-Festa ta’ Sidtna Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, f’Ħad-Dingli.

Knisja Parrokjali, Ħad-Dingli

22 ta’ Awwissu 2015

Ħieni l-ġuf li ġabek u s-sider li rdajt” (Lq 11, 27)…

L-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali (IFP) għalaq għaxar snin nhar it-8 ta’ Lulju li għadda. Biex jitfakkar dan l-anniversarju b’radd ta’ ħajr lil Alla, kien organizzat mument ta’ talb fil-kumpless ta’ Sant’ Agata, ir-Rabat, nhar il-Ġimgha 21 ta’ Awwissu. Għalih kienu preżenti l-membri ta’ Bord – kemm dawk preżenti, kif ukoll li taw sehem fil-passat. Ġew mistiedna wkoll dawk li qed jaħdmu bħalissa fuq xi proġett tal-Bord…