Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday morning. Following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the place of poverty in the Gospel, saying that the Gospel becomes incomprehensible if poverty is removed from it, and that it is unfair to label priests who show a pastoral concern for the poor as, “Communists”…

Pope Francis said on Monday that  oil and weapons seem to weigh more on the scale of economic interests than the  lives of thousands of Christians in the Middle East, and while proclaiming peace and justice the world tolerates traffickers of death.

The Pope’s  words of condemnation were pronounced as he greeted participants of ROACO’s 88th Plenary Assembly in the Vatican. The Assembly, scheduled to last until June 17, gathers representatives of aid projects of the “Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches” (ROACO). It includes a special session dedicated to Syria with attention also given to Iraq in view of the recent tragic developments in that region…

Il-Ħadd, 28  Ġunju, fit-3.00p.m. ir-Relikwija  tittieħed  l-Isptar Mater Dei u tiġi esposta fil-Kappella ghat-talb tal-pazjenti u qraba.

It-Tnejn, 29 ta’ Ġunju f’nofsinhar, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, Vigarju Ġenerali jqaddes fil-Kappella u jmexxi talb għall-morda. Fil-5.00p.m. tittieħed lura fil-Knisja tal-Ġiżwiti li fiha l-Beatu Nazju Falzon waqqaf il-Kongregazzjoni tar-Rużarju  għall-membri tas-Servizzi u kien jiġborhom għat-talb u l-Qrar qabel joħorgu għall-gwerra u fejn ħejja għall-Magħmudija aktar minn 650 persuna…

• L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Kan. Dun Charles Carmel Attard bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa San Piju X, Santa Luċija.  Dun Charles Attard twieled fid-9 ta’ Diċembru 1965. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja f’Birkirkara, u l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fil-Higher Secondary, in-Naxxar. Fl-1990 beda l-istudji tiegħu f’Ruma u ġie ordnat saċerdot fit-18 ta’ Ottubru 1996. Dun Charles beda l-ħidma pastorali tiegħu f’Malta, u fl-1999 beda jservi fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Catania, Sqallija, fejn ħadem f’diversi parroċċi…

Il-Ħamis 11 ta’ Ġunju 2015, intemm l-Aġġornament tal-Kleru għas-saċerdoti djoċesani u reliġjużi, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof. Lejn tmien il-Kors, l-Arċisqof indirizza lis-saċerdoti preżenti. 

Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof

Is-Seminarju, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat
11 ta’ Ġunju 2015

Kif innotajtu, jiena għażilt li ma nitkellimx f’dawn it-tlett ijiem li għaddew, anke għaliex inħoss li l-proporzjon bejn il-kelma tiegħi u s-smigħ għandu jkun dan, li jiena nisma’ iżjed milli nitkellem, u li biex nitkellem u jkolli d-dritt nitkellem irrid nisma iżjed…

Journey, service and giving freely of oneself:  true Christian witness encompasses all of these characteristics.  That’s what Pope Francis stressed in his Homily at Santa Marta Thursday.  The Pope said that followers of Jesus are called to serve and to proclaim the Gospel freely – and not to be deceived by the belief that Salvation comes through worldly things.

In his Homily, the Pope drew inspiration from the Gospel passage in which Jesus sends out his disciples to proclaim the Good News…

Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family on Wednesday at his weekly General Audience, focusing on the issue of sickness in the family.

Illness is an issue that affects everyone, Pope Francis said, and when someone in our family is sick, we feel it even more deeply. It is harder for a mother or a father to see their child fall ill than to be sick themselves…