Il-Qdusija Tiegħu, il-Papa Franġisku, ħatar lill-Arċisqof Joseph Spiteri, Arċisqof Titulari ta’ Serta u preżentament Nunzju Appostoliku fil-Kosta tal-Ivorju, bħala n-Nunzju Appostoliku l-ġdid għas-Santa Sede fil-Libanu.

Mons. Joseph Spiteri twieled Tas-Sliema fl-1959 u ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-1984. Wara l-istudji tiegħu fil-Liġi Kanonika, huwa ngħaqad mal-korp diplomatiku tas-Santa Sede, fejn ta servizz fil-Panama, l-Iraq, il-Messiku, il-Portugall, il-Greċja u l-Venezwela.

Fl-2009 Mons…

God has a life project for everyone! Yesterday as today, Christ calls men and women to respond to their personal “call from God”. In Tirana, about fifty delegates representing their Catholic Bishops’ Conferences, coming from 17 European countries, gathered at the invitation of H.E. Msgr. Ottavio Vitale, Bishop of Lehzë and delegate for the vocational ministry of the Albanian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, to talk about the beauty of the Christian vocation…

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič’s third statement defends the rights of children. This statement follows one consisting in the affirmation of the role of culture in society and a second covering freedom of religion or belief.

25% of children suffer from humanitarian disasters

Responding to the High Commissioner’s Report on the protection of children’s rights in humanitarian situations, Archbishop Jurkovič says that the Holy See believes that while there has been some progress, “we are deeply concerned by the fact that, in 2017, around 535 million children were affected by humanitarian disasters; this represents one child out of four in the world.”

The growing number of humanitarian situations—war, local crises, natural disasters—affect “too many people, especially our children, our future.” As a result, a growing number of children are refugees, migrants, internally displaced, orphaned…

On Thursday, International Women’s Day, the Faculty of Theology and Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija will hold a discussion on the role and achievements of women in Theology.

 Held between 6pm and 7pm, at the Faculty of Theology’s boardroom (Room 317), the event will bring together past and present students to foster a spirit of dialogue and acknowledge the contribution of women studying, practising and living Theology locally…