The Synod on Synodality

How to be a missionary synodal Church? That’s the question at the heart of the Instrumentum laboris (IL) for the upcoming session of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place from October 2 to 27.

It will be the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly, following the one in 2023. The IL – published today, Tuesday, July 9, and presented at the Holy See Press Office – does not offer any “pre-packaged answers” but rather “indications and proposals”… Kompli aqra »

Il-jiem ta’ mistrieħ għall-Kandidati ta’ Malta u Għawdex saru bejn is-27-30 ta’ Ġunju 2024 fl-Għarb, Għawdex. Din kienet esperjenza fejn il-Kandidati kellhom iċ-ċans jgħixu ftit jiem flimkien fi spirtu Museumin. Minkejja li l-Kandidati jkunu ġejjin minn diversi oqsma minn Malta u Għawdex, dawn il-ġranet jgħinu biex huma jsiru jafu iktar lil xulxin u fuq kollox jitgħallmu minn xulxin kemm f’mumenti formali u ta’ riflessjoni, kif ukoll f’ħinijiet iktar soċjali… Kompli aqra »

L-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali temm sena akkademika oħra b’quddiesa ta’ radd il-ħajr ċelebrata mill-Isqof Joseph Galea Curmi f’Ġunju li għadda. Matul is-sena li għaddiet saru 28 kors li għalih attendew 1,052 parteċipant. Wara l-quddiesa sar riċeviment li fih tnieda l-prospectus għas-sena akkademika 2024/2025 bit-tema ‘Nitħarrġu għall-Missjoni’. Fost il-korsijiet ġodda li se jingħataw dis-sena hemm: ‘Introduzzjoni għal AI f’kuntesti pastorali: Għodda u Prattiki’, ‘Introduzzjoni għall-Iskrittura Mqaddsa’ u ‘Living beyond Sunday’… Kompli aqra »

In response to the rapid digital transformation impacting European societies, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has released a comprehensive contribution of its consultative body, Youth Net, stressing the importance of EU policies that better support families in the digital age to reduce the negative effects of the new media on younger generations.

Digital Challenges for Families in Europe

The document, entitled “Digital Challenges for Families in Europe”, addresses the dual nature of the digital revolution pointing to both the benefits and risks of enhanced connectivity and, therefore, to the need for EU policymakers to ensure that technological advances reinforce family values and and harmonise with the Christian ethos… Kompli aqra »

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has strongly condemned a raid launched by Israeli forces against its Holy Family School in Gaza City on Sunday morning, which reportedly killed at least four people.   

Four victims reported

The air strike targeted two classrooms on the ground floor of the school sheltering a large number of displaced Palestinian families.  Among those killed was a senior Hamas administration official, Ihab al-Ghusain, the group’s deputy labour minister… Kompli aqra »