• 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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• Pope Francis warned against a “false freedom” which has created “many new forms of slavery” during his Jubilee Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. The Holy Father’s catechesis focused on the word ‘redemption,’ which he said is “little used, but it is important because it points to the most radical liberation God is able to perform for us, for all humanity, and for the entirety of creation.” “It appears that the people of today no longer love to think of being liberated and saved by the intervention of God; in fact, people today are under the illusion that their liberty is a force with which to obtain all things…

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• Pope Francis says today’s society “is increasingly showing its need of mercy” and described Benedictine monasteries “as oases of spirituality” where people can obtain that mercy. The Pope’s comments came on Thursday during an address to participants of the International Congress of Benedictine Abbots and Abesses taking place in Rome. Pope Francis said when we talk of our world needing more mercy, this is not “a slogan or a recipe” but instead something that comes from the very heart of Christian life making that person “more attentive to the needy and showing solidarity with them.” This, he declared, is the concrete quality of the love that shows “the authenticity and credibility” of the Church’s message…

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• In May 2015, Pope Francis issued his second encyclical, namely the Encyclical Laudato Sì, On Care for our Common Home. Even though various Church leaders had spoken about environmental issues before, this is the first encyclical letter to specifically address concerns about the environment. The encyclical starts off with an environmental assessment, followed by a theological reflection on creation and an outline of the core causes of the ecological crisis…

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• Il-Ħamis 8 ta’ Settembru 2016, Festa Solenni tan-Natività ta’ Marija, saret l-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali tal-Isqof il-ġdid ta’ Ġibiltà, Mons. Carmel Zammit. Fid-9:15 a.m., l-Eminenza Tiegħu l‑Kardinal Vincent Nichols, l-Eċċellenza Tiegħu l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, l-Eċċellenza Tiegħu l-Isqof Ralph Heskett u l-Eċċellenza Tiegħu Mons. Carmelo Zammit, imxew mill-Palazz tal-Arċisqof sal-Katidral tal-Imdina fejn ġew milqugħa mill-membri tal-Kapitlu tal-Katidral, u mxew sal-Kappella tas-Santissmu Sagrament għal mument qasir ta’ talb.  Fid-9:30 a.m., bdiet il-Quddiesa Solenni…

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• L-Erbgħa 7 ta’ Settembru 2016, wara nofsinhar, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof-elett Mons. Carmel Zammit laqgħu lil Cardinal Vincent Nichols, fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta. Laqgħuh ukoll l-Isqof Ralph Heskett, l-On. José Herrera MP, u l-organizzaturi tal-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali ta’ Mons. Zammit. 
• Ritratti: Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni, Kurja

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