• L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun René Vella bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Santa Luċija, l‑Imtarfa.

  Dun René Vella twieled fis‑6 ta’ Diċembru 1957. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni primarja fl‑Iskola ta’ Santa Monika, Birkirkara, u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Kulleġġ ta’ San Alwiġi, Birkirkara, u kompla l-istudji terzjarji fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl-Università ta’ Malta.

  Dun René ġie ordnat saċerdot fid‑29 ta’ Ġunju 1984…

• L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Reuben Micallef bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Pembroke.  

  Dun Reuben twieled fid‑29 ta’ Lulju 1977. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola primarja Immaculate Conception f’ Ħal Tarxien, fil‑Kulleġġ De La Salle, fil‑Junior College (G.F. Abela) l‑Imsida, u kompla l‑istudji terzjarji fil‑Fakulta tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta…

Pope Francis met on Thursday with hundreds of Italians from the archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia, devastated by a series of powerful earthquakes over the past six months. The central Italian town of Amatrice and surrounding areas were hit by a 6.3 magnitude quake in August which killed nearly 300 people. Other powerful quakes caused major damage in the same region on October 26th and 30th, with the latest tremors reported in Spoleto last Monday, January 2nd…

Erba’ seminaristi fil‑ħames sena ta’ preparazzjoni fis‑Seminarju tal‑Arċisqof, ser jitolbu lill‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna biex jaċċetthom uffiċjalment bħala Kandidati għall‑Ordinazzjoni Djakonali u Sacerdotali, nhar il‑Ħadd 8 ta’ Jannar 2017. Din iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni ser issir waqt il‑Quddiesa tal‑Epifanija, fil‑Konkatridral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, fid‑9:15 a.m.

Peter Ellul mill‑Parroċċa ta’ San Pawl Nawfragu, il‑Belt Valletta, Jean Gové mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Marija Mtellgħa s‑Sema, il‑Mosta, Aayrton‑Ray Muscat mill‑Parroċċa ta’ Santa Luċija, l‑Imtarfa, u Matthew Pulis mill‑Parroċċa tal‑Familja Mqaddsa, l‑Iklin, ser jistqarru pubblikament ir‑rieda tagħhom li joffru lilhom infushom lill‑Knisja biex iservu bħala saċerdoti…

Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his series of reflections on Christian hope, speaking of the inconsolable pain of a parent losing a child. The Pope focused his words on the Old Testament figure of Rachel, wife of Jacob, who is described by the prophet Jeremiah as weeping bitter tears for her children in exile.

In the book of Genesis, we learn that Rachel died in childbirth, giving life to her second son, Benjamin…