• F’Novembru 2014, is-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija ħabbar li se jkun hemm erba’ u sittin post għas-subien u wieħed u disgħin post għall-bniet għall-ewwel sena kindergarten fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja.
    F’Novembru stess saru l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju, ta’ dawk li jieħdu post mill-ewwel għax, per eżempju, għandhom ħuthom diġà fi skola tal-Knisja. F’Jannar, is-Segretarjat kien ħareġ stqarrija għall-istampa, kif jagħmel kull sena, fejn spjega kemm kienu l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju u konsegwentement kemm kien baqa’ postijiet, jiġifieri ħamsa u għoxrin għas-subien u tletin għall-bniet…

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• Il-Ħamis 16 t’April 2015, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna iċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni taz-żjara statali tal-Eminenza Tiegħu Fra Matthew Festing, Granmastru tal-Ordni Sovran, Militari u Ospitalier ta’ San Ġwann, fil-KonKatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. 

• L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

• Your Excellency Madame President,

  Most Eminent Highness, Your Excellencies, members of the Order,

  The Maltese are very familiar with four words in Latin that represent the ethos of the Order, which, we Maltese note with pride, takes its name from our country-  The four words are: Tuitio Fidei; Obsequium Pauperum, the defence of the faith, respect, or rather, veneration of the poor…

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• The number of Catholics in the world and the number of priests and permanent deacons rose slightly in 2013, while the number of men and women in religious orders declined, according to Vatican statistics. For the second year in a row, the number of candidates for the priesthood also decreased.

  The numbers come from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, which was completed in February and published in March…

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• Nhar it-Tlieta 14 ta’ April 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna iċċelebra Quddiesa fid-Dar tal-Kleru, Fleur-de-lys. Ikkonċelebraw miegħu dawk is-saċerdoti li din is-sena qed jiċċelebraw il-50 sena mill-ordinazzjoni presbiterali tagħhom.

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• The image of God is not only displayed in man and woman individually but also together as a couple. These were the words of Pope Francis during his General Audience today in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father said that today’s catechesis and the following will reflect on the sacrament of marriage and the complementarity between man and woman.

  The Pope began his catechesis by recalling the story of creation in which God, after creating the universe and all living things, created his masterpiece: mankind. “As we all know, sexual difference is present in many forms of life, in the long ladder of the living,” he noted…

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• On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis proclaimed the great Armenian Saint Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Universal Church. The solemn proclamation took place during the introductory rites at the beginning of a Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the massacre of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey.

  The Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, made the formal request for the proclamation, recalling the similar declaration, almost one hundred years ago, of another Eastern Saint, Ephrem the Syrian, as a Doctor of the Church…

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• L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u Fr Joe Galea Curmi, Vigarju Ġenerali, illum, it-Tlieta 14 ta’ April 2015, f’nofsinhar, ltaqgħu mal-Provinċjal tal-Provinċja Dumnikana Maltija, Patri Frans Micallef O.P., u ma’ Patri Mark Montebello O.P., fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Matul il-laqgħa kordjali, l-Arċisqof inkoraġixxa lil Patri Mark biex ikompli bil-ħidma pastorali tiegħu ma’ persuni omosesswali, u talbu jkompli jsegwi l-prassi u d-dixxiplina tal-Knisja fil-ministeru tiegħu, speċjalment fiċ-ċelebrazzjoni ta’ riti sagri u fir-ritwali tal-Knisja…

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• • Għandi bżonnok…

    Għal snin twal u f’setturi differenti tal-ħajja tagħna, il-Knisja f’Malta kienet pijuniera fl-għajnuna lill-batut, lill-abbandunat, lill-emarġinat, lil dak li waqa’ u biex iqum u jkompli miexi kellu bżonn isib id li tgħinu, twennsu u tagħtih l-għodda biex ikompli l-vjaġġ ta’ ħajtu b’pass aktar sod.

    Kienet pijuniera fil-ftuħ ta’ djar għal persuni b’diżabbiltà, għal djar li jilqgħu fihom tfal abbandunati, għal Djar tal-Anzjani, għal organizzazzjonijiet b’diversi servizzi speċjalizzati bħalma hi l-Caritas bid-diversi servizzi li toffri, u s-Segretarjat Assistenza Soċjali, għal Djar li jilqgħu fihom żgħażagħ bi problemi, u għal organizzazzjonijiet oħra li joffri diversi servizzi ta’ counselling u servizzi oħra ta’ appoġġ, fosthom mal-ħabsin u mar-refuġjati…

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• The Church is a place of “openness” where people should say things with frankness.  That’s what Pope Francis said at the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Monday.  The Pontiff added that only the Holy Spirit is able to change our attitude, the story of our lives, and to give us courage – just as the Apostles were inspired by Christ’s Resurrection…

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