• In his address to European leaders, Pope Francis spoke about embracing the past, but also looking to the future with hope.

  Referring to the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties – the occasion for the meeting – Pope Francis said “Returning to Rome, sixty years later, must not simply be a remembrance of things past, but the expression of a desire to relive that event in order to appreciate its significance for the present.” He said, “We cannot understand our own times apart from the past, seen not as an assemblage of distant facts, but as the lymph that gives life to the present.”

  Calling attention to the founding fathers of the European project, whom he quoted repeatedly, the Pope said Europe is not “a conglomeration of rules to obey” but “a way of life, a way of understanding man based on his transcendent and inalienable dignity.” And so, he said, it was clear from the outset “that the heart of the European political project could only be man himself.” But this outlook, he continued, depends on solidarity…

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• Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u l-programm tal-Viżta Pastorali li tibda għada fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Sebastjan, Ħal Qormi.

  
  Agħfas hawn għal aktar informazzjoni dwar il-Viżta Pastorali fl-Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta. 

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• Għada, is-Sibt, 25 ta’ Marzu 2017, tista’ ssegwi l-Live streaming tal-Poloz ta’ Partecipazzjoni tal-applikanti għall-Form 1 subien u bniet, fl-iskola St Michael’s, St Venera. Il-polza tal-bniet tibda fid-9:00 a.m. u dik tas-subien fid-9:30 a.m.

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• Agħfas Subscribe biex tara iktar attivitajiet u ċelebrazzjonijiet Liturġiċi tal-Knisja f’Malta.

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• Pope Francis has officially recognized the miracle attributed to the intercession of two Fatima children – Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto. He also approved the canonizations of 30 Brazilian and 3 Mexican martyrs.

  The Pope will visit Fatima in Portugal on 12-13 May. Click here to see the schedule of his visit.

  During an audience on Thursday with Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the following decrees:

  – the miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Angelo da Acri (né Luca Antonio Falcone), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born 19 October 1669 and died 30 October 1739);

  – the miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Francisco Marto, born on 11 June 1908 and died on 4 April 1919, and Blessed Jacinta Marto, born 11 March 1910 and died 20 February 1920, children of Fátima;

  – the martyrdom of Servants of God José Fernández Sánchez and 32 companions, priests and coadjutor brothers of the Congregation of the Mission, alongside six laypeople of the Association of the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady, killed in hatred of the faith during the Spanish civil war;

  – the martyrdom of Servant of God Regina Mariam Vattalil (née Rani Maria), professed sister of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation, killed in hatred of the faith on 25 February 1995;

  – the heroic virtues of Servant of God Daniele da Samarate (né Felice Rossini), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, born 15 June 1876 and died 19 May 1924;

  – the heroic virtues of Servant of God Macrina Raparelli (né Elena), founder of the Congregation of the Basilian Sisters, daughters of Saint Macrina, born 2 April 1893 and died 26 February 1970;

  – the heroic virtues of Servant of God Daniela Zanetta, layperson, born 15 December 1962 and died 14 April 1986…

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