Dear Brothers and Sisters, Merry Christmas!

I would like to bring to everyone the message that the Church proclaims on this feast with the words of the prophet Isaiah: “To us a child is born, to us a son is given” (Is 9:6)

A child is born. A birth is always a source of hope; it is life that blossoms, a promise of the future… Kompli aqra »

With Italy under a new lockdown for the holidays, Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Mass “during the Night” in a near empty Saint Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening. Millions of people were able to follow the ceremony through radio, television and the various means of social communications.

In his homily, Pope Francis said, “The birth of Jesus is the ‘newness’ that enables us to be reborn each year, and to find, in Him, the strength needed to face every trial.”

Jesus is born “for us”

Jesus’ birth, the Pope said, is for us; and he noted how often the word “for” appears “on this holy night.”

“Yet what do these words — ‘for us’ — really mean?” he asked… Kompli aqra »

Mill-Ħamis 24 ta’ Diċembru sal-Ħadd 3 ta’ Jannar (iż-żewġ ġranet inklużi), il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof fil-Furjana u t-Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku fil-Belt Valletta, se jkunu magħluqa. Se jiftħu mill-ġdid għall-pubbliku mit-Tnejn 4 ta’ Jannar 2021. Kompli aqra »

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The Servant of God, Judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the mafia in 1990. 

During an audience granted to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis authorized the publication of Decrees regarding:

 – the martyrdom of the Servant of God Rosario Angelo Livatino, layman; born 3 October 1952 at Canicatti, Italy; killed, in hatred of the faith, on the highway between Canicatti and Agrigento on 21 September 1990;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacán, Mexico; born around 1470 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain; died in Pátzcuaro, Mexico on 14 March 1565;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Bernardino Piccinelli (né Dino), of the Order of the Servants of Mary [Servites], titular Bishop of Gaudiaba and Auxiliary of Ancona; born 24 January 1905 at Madonna dei Fornelli, in the municipality of San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy; died at Ancona, Italy on 1 October 1984;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Antonio Vincenzo González Suárez, diocesan Priest; born 5 April 1817 at Agüimes, Spain; died at Las Palmas, Spain, on 22 June 1851;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Antonio Seghezzi, diocesan Priest; born 25 August 1906 in Premolo, Italy; died at Dachau, Germany, on 21 May 1945;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Bernardo Antonini, diocesan Priest; born 20 October 1932 at Cimego, Italy; died at Karganda, Kazakhstan on 27 March 2002;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Ignazio Stuchlý, Priest of the Society of Saint Francs de Sales [Salesians]; born 14 December 1869 in Bolesław, in what is now Poland; died in Lukov, Czech Republic on 17 January 1953;

 – the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Rosa Staltari, professed Religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Most Holy, Co-Redemptrix; born 3 May 1951 at Antonimina, Italy; died in Palermo, Italy, on 4 January 1974… Kompli aqra »

Katekeżi fuq il-Milied

Għeżież ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba!

F’din il-katekeżi, hekk qrib tal-Milied, nixtieq noffrilkom xi spunti għar-riflessjoni bi tħejjija għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Milied. Fil-Liturġija tal-Lejl tal-Milied se tidwi l-aħbar tal-anġlu lir-ragħajja: “Tibżgħux, għax araw, qiegħed inħabbrilkom ferħ kbir, ferħ li se jkun għall-poplu kollu. Illum, fil-belt ta’ David, twildilkom Salvatur, li hu l-Messija, il-Mulej. U bħala sinjal ikollkom dan; issibu tarbija mfisqija u mimduda f’maxtura” (Lq 2:10-12)… Kompli aqra »

“It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”

Due to the situation of the ongoing pandemic, “all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive.”

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) made these statements in a note signed by the Prefect, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, and the Secretary, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi… Kompli aqra »

Pope Francis led the prayer of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on the fourth and final Sunday of Advent.

Reflecting on the day’s Gospel of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38), the Pope said the invitation to become the Mother of the Messiah carried with it both pure joy and great trial.

According to the Gospel, Mary was betrothed to Joseph, and faced the death penalty if found to be pregnant… Kompli aqra »

Dalgħodu l-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna bierek l-estensjoni l-ġdida taċ-Ċimiterju tal-Addolorata f’Raħal Ġdid. Hu kien akkumpanjat mid-Deputat Prim Ministru u Ministru għas-Saħħa Chris Fearne. Waqt iż-żjara, Mons. Arċisqof iltaqa’ wkoll mal-ħaddiema li qed jaħdmu fuq din iż-żona l-ġdida tac-ċimiterju. Kompli aqra »

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Din is-sena, il-Premju Dun Mikiel Azzopardi ngħata lil Gordon Hewitt, voluntier tad-Dar tal-Providenza, u anke lill-ħaddiema kollha tad-Dar tal-Providenza b’ħajr u rikonoxximent għall-ħidma ddedikata u straordinarja tagħhom matul dawn ix-xhur iebsin tal-pandemija Covid 19 biex iżommu lir-residenti u lill-kollegi tagħhom ħielsa minn dan il-virus.

Fl-1989 Gordon Hewitt kellu jirtira kmieni mix-xogħol biex jieħu ħsieb lil ommu li kienet marida serjament. Wara l-mewt tagħha, fl-1994 Gordon iżżewwġ lil Angie Aronica u fis-sena 2000 ġew joqogħdu f’Malta fir-raħal ta’ Ħaż-Żebbuġ… Kompli aqra »