The New Bishop
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Bishop Scicluna appointed Judge of the Congregation of the Faith
Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna was this morning appointed Judge of the Congregation of Faith by an official degree from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI during High Mass at the Mosta Rotunda. The appointment was made by Archbishop Gerhard...
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I promise to give my life to you all – Mgr Scicluna
A smile still lighting up his eyes, Mgr Charles Scicluna solemnly walked up the aisle of St John’s Co-Cathedral to be anointed as one of Malta’s new shepherds. In his first words at the end of his Episcopal Ordination as Auxiliary Bishop, the...
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‘He’ll be like our own Pope John XXIII’
As the bells pealed at noon the sound of solemn organ music filled the air and some 300 priests and friars spilled out of St John’s Co-Cathedral. The Episcopal ordination ceremony had come to an end: priests in their black cassocks and collars and...
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A journey in Mgr Charles Scicluna’s footsteps
Listening is the first mission of Malta’s new shepherd, Mgr Charles Scicluna, who was yesterday anointed Auxiliary Bishop. The man who constantly drops jokes about his short stature, stands tall on his mission to stamp out clerical sex abuse and Mgr...
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Sharing in shepherding mission
The Episcopal Ordination of a new Auxiliary Bishop brings great joy to the Archdiocese of Malta. On November 29, 2011, we were deeply shocked by the sudden death of Auxiliary Bishop Mgr Annetto Depasquale, a loyal servant of the Church. We lost a...
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His undivided attention
Monsignor John Kennedy would walk into the Vatican’s chief prosecutor office and the short man sitting behind the desk would stop and listen. An Irishman from Dublin, Mgr Kennedy, 44, would want some advice on the wording of a letter dealing with a...
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The man who mingles with everyone
Mgr Charles Scicluna is the type of man who knows how to be around people and respects whoever he is with, and that is the type of person a bishop should be, according to former Archbishop Joseph Mercieca. “He entered the seminary when I was...
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From the streets of Paola to the corridors of the Curia
Mgr Anton Gouder was parish priest in Paola when a young deacon with a good sense of humour was assigned pastoral work under his wing. It was June 1984 and the European Cup finals were soon to start in France. Mgr Gouder headed a team of 14 priests...
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He loves his pies
Emanuel Scicluna was painting his house’s internal doors when his son, who was helping him, started playing a cassette of what sounded to him like music sung by nuns in a convent. “When the cassette finished he played it again. I said nothing. It...
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Chronicles of Mgr Scicluna’s life...
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Episcopal Ordination in pictures
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Scicluna’s passion and humour recalled by law contemporaries
Mgr Charles Scicluna loved law almost as much as he loved religion and his University contemporaries instantly recall his passion of both subjects. Lawyer Max Ganado always saw Mgr Scicluna as a man with a big vision,honour and a great sense of...
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A friendship soldered with the canonisation of Dun Ġorġ
As the newly ordained Fr Charles Scicluna broke bread and blessed wine, the friends who had joined him in celebrating Mass at Dun Ġorġ Preca’s Santa Venera home closed their eyes in prayer. To the 27-year-old Fr Scicluna, the ceremony represented a...
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Small in stature but big in spirit
His friends unfailingly talk of his charisma, sense of humour and no-nonsense attitude. Kristina Chetcuti speaks to the people who have worked and shared their lives with Mgr Charles Scicluna. Fr David Gauci, 47 A large framed photo of three smiling...
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In his own words...
Possessing the innate ability of wise scrutiny, Mgr Charles Scicluna has never shied away from saying it how it really is. Ariadne Massa traces some of his significant quotes. “The Catholic Church knows well that whenever one of its ministers...
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Supplement on Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna out tomorrow
A 16-page supplement on Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna will be distributed with The Sunday Times tomorrow. It will include extensive coverage of Mgr Scicluna’s ordination today, as well as interviews with family and friends for an insight into...
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New Auxiliary Bishop ordained
Mgr Charles Scicluna has been ordained Auxiliary Bishop, succeeding the late Mgr Annetto Depasquale, who passed away last November. The ceremony began with the reading out of an official proclamation by the Pope followed by Mgr Cremona’s homily in...
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Biography: From law course graduate to bishop
Mgr Charles J. Scicluna was born to Emanuel and Maria Carmela née Falzon in Toronto, Canada, on 15 May 1959. The Scicluna family moved to Qormi, in 1960 and to Lija, in 1976. Mgr Scicluna was educated at Saint Sebastian Primary School, Qormi,...
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He will be the ‘prop’ for Church in Malta
(First published on October 7) Noon church bells peal daily to announce the Angelus, summoning devotees to say a little prayer, but in Lija yesterday the bells pealed for almost an hour at midday, in joyous celebration. Right after the Angelus...
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‘The Church is here to propose... not impose’
Ahead of his ordination as Auxiliary Bishop, Mgr Charles Scicluna spoke to Steve Mallia about the Church’s challenges as well as cracking a joke or two about his height. This interview was first published in The Sunday Times of October 14. When did...
