• Pope Francis on Wednesday morning celebrated Mass for the French priest of Rouen, Fr. Jacques Hamel, whom he described, is part of the chain of Christian martyrs that runs throughout the history of the Church.

  Father Hamel was murdered while celebrating Mass in his Parish Church by two men swearing allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in July.

  To the congregation gathered at Santa Marta and which included Archbishop Dominque Lebrun of Rouen, along with 80 other pilgrims from the diocese, Pope Francis said that “to kill in the name of God is satanic”…

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• L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Mons. Lino Grech bħala Vigarju Ġudizzjali Aġġunt tat‑Tribunal Reġjonali tat‑Tieni Istanza, u lil Dun Brendan Gatt bħala Vigarju Ġudizzjali Aġġunt tat‑Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta (l‑Ewwel Istanza).
• Mons. Lino Grech twieled fid‑9 ta’ Lulju 1945. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni primarja għand is‑sorijiet Agostinjani u l‑Iskola tal‑Gvern fil‑Mosta, u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana. Fl‑1961 daħal is‑Seminarju Maġġuri fejn studja l‑letteratura, il‑filosofija u t‑teoloġija…

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• L-Erbgħa 7 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna inawgura u bierek faċilità ġdida tal-ippakkeġġjar ġdida, fil-fabbrika ta’ Farsons, l-Imrieħel. 
• Ritratti: Antoinette Caruana

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• Divisions destroy the Church, and the devil seeks to attack the root of unity: the celebration of the Eucharist. That was the message of Pope Francis on Monday morning at the daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, on the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Commenting on the reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians — where St Paul rebuked the Corinthians for their contentiousness, Pope Francis said, “The devil has two very powerful weapons to destroy the Church: divisions and money.” And this has happened from the beginning: “ideological, theological divisions that lacerate the Church…

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• Il-Ħadd 11 ta’ Settembru 2016, saret Quddiesa ta’ Radd il-Ħajr, wara l-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali ta’ Mons. Carmel Zammit, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Gudja. Il-korteo, li kien immexxi mill-Isqof Carmelo Zammit, telaq mill-M.U.S.E.U.M. tas-subien, akkumpanjat minn qraba u miż-żewġ baned tal-Gudja, il-Banda La Stella u l-Banda Marija Assunta, li wasslu lill-Isqof għall-Knisja Arċipretali ta’ Marija Assunta, il-Gudja. Wara, l-Isqof Zammit iċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il-Ħajr lil Alla, flimkien mal-poplu tal-Gudja…

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• Il‑Ħadd 11 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil‑festa tal‑Madonna tal‑Grazzja, fil‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħaż Żabbar.   Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
• Parroċċa ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar 10 ta’ Settembru 2016   Għeżież Personalitajiet distinti, għeżież Żabbarin, jiena nirringrazzjahom bil-qalb tal-ħidma tagħhom u aħna lkoll nirringrazzjawkom f’isem Sidtna Marija u Binha Ġesu. Nirringrazzja ħafna lill-personalitajiet distinti li għoġobhom jiġu biex jiċċelebraw magħna, insellem lilek Onorevoli Ministru Dalli, Onorevolu Ministru Mizzi, is-Segretarju Parlamentari Stefan Buontempo, kif ukoll is-Sindku…

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•  Is-Sibt 10 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa mal-membri żgħażagħ li ġeddew l-impenn tagħhom fiċ-Ċentru tal-Vokazzjonijiet, is-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù.  

  Diversi adoloxxenti u żgħażagħ inġabru għal din l-okażjoni biex iroddu ħajr lil Alla għal dak li rċivew matul is-sajf fil-laqghat u live-ins, fejn wara ġeddew l-impenn tagħhom bħala membri taċ-Ċentru. Il-ġenituri kienu wkoll mistiedna biex jattendu flimkien ma’ wliedhom…

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• Speaking before the Marian Prayer in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis recalled Sunday’s Gospel from Luke, considered to be the chapter of Mercy. In these parables of the lost sheep, the coin, and the prodigal son the Pope explained that “Jesus wants to make us understand that God the Father is the first to have a welcoming and merciful attitude toward sinners.”The Pope added that all these parables express joy and rejoicing, not sadness and sorrow. Pope Francis underlined the Gospel reading gives hope, continuing, “there is no sin in which we have fallen, from which, by the grace of God, we cannot rise again; there is no individual beyond redemption, no one is beyond redemption, because God never ceases to want our good, even when we sin”   Source: Vatican Radio

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