{"id":5893,"date":"2022-04-08T16:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T16:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2022-04-09T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T10:30:09","slug":"the-visit-of-pope-francis-to-malta-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terciariascapuchinas.org\/en\/the-visit-of-pope-francis-to-malta-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"The visit of Pope Francis to Malta in april"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5893\" class=\"elementor elementor-5893\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae4c967 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae4c967\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52d3674\" data-id=\"52d3674\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1827c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b1827c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pope will have a two-day apostolic journey to the Republic of Malta from 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> April 2022, visiting the cities of Valletta, Rabat, Floriana, and the island of Gozo. Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of its President, the civil authorities, and the Catholic Church of this country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pope was supposed to visit Malta on 31<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 May 2020, but that apostolic journey was postponed due to the situation of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The theme of the apostolic journey of the Pope, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey showed us unusual kindness\u201d, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">refers to the hospitality shown to St. Paul by the Maltese people when a ship carrying him to Rome was shipwrecked there in 60 AD.\u00a0It\u00a0 highlights the plight of the migrants crossing the Mediterranean toward Europe, and it wants to be a source of encouragement for a new evangelization in the island nation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are other Popes who have made apostolic visits to Malta:\u00a0\u00a0Pope St. John Paul II visited Malta in the year 1990 and 2001 and Pope Benedict XVI also visited the island in 2010. Pope St. John Paul II beatified George Preca, who became Malta\u2019s first Saint in 2007.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pope will have a two-day apostolic journey to the Republic of Malta from 2nd to 3rd April 2022, visiting the cities of Valletta, Rabat, Floriana, and the island of Gozo. Pope Francis has accepted the invitation of its President, the civil authorities, and the Catholic Church of this country. 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