• Welcoming the invitation of the respective heads of state and bishops, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Visit to Myanmar from 27 to 30 November 2017, visiting the cities of Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, and to Bangladesh from 30 November to 2 December 2017, visiting the city of Dhaka. The programme for the Visit will be published shortly.

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• Pope Francis gave an important address on the liturgical reform on Thursday, speaking to participants of the 68th Italian National Liturgical Week.

  The liturgical reform, he said, did not “flourish suddenly,” but was the result of a long preparation. It was brought to maturity by the Second Vatican Council with the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, “whose lines of general reform respond to real needs and to the concrete hope of a renewal; it desired a living liturgy for a Church completely vivified by the mysteries celebrated.”

  The direction marked out by the Council, the Pope continued, found expression in the revised liturgical books promulgated by Blessed Paul VI…

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• Dalgħodu, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri fil-Knisja ta’ Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù (Ta’ Ġieżu), ir-Rabat, wara li matul il-lejl li għadda sfronda parti mis-saqaf ta’ fuq l-artal maġġuri. Mons. Arċisqof, filwaqt li esprima d-dieqa tiegħu quddiem il-ħsara li saret, irringrazzja lil Alla li ħadd ma weġġa f’dan l-inċident, u rringrazzja wkoll lill-Gvern ta’ Malta talli offra l-għajnuna biex isiru x-xogħlijiet ta’ tiswija fuq il-Knisja kemm jista’ jkun malajr…

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• The Vatican has released the official logo and motto for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Chile, which takes place on 15-18 January 2018.

  The Pope visits Chile ahead of his trip to Peru on 18-21 January.

  Motto

  “My peace I give you” is the motto for his visit to Chile, taken from the Gospel of John 14:27…

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• Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees  

• Dear brothers and sisters!

  “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34).

  Throughout the first years of my pontificate, I have repeatedly expressed my particular concern for the lamentable situation of many migrants and refugees fleeing from war, persecution, natural disasters and poverty…

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