1. Charles Jude Scicluna was born on 15 May 1959 and is a Canadian-Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Malta since 2015.
14 Facts About Charles Scicluna
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Charles Scicluna held positions in the Roman Curia from 1995 to 2012, when he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Malta.
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Charles Scicluna was born to Maltese parents in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 15 May 1959.
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Charles Scicluna's family moved to Qormi in Malta when he was 11 months old.
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Charles Scicluna went to the University of Malta in 1976 and obtained a Doctor of Laws degree in civil law there in 1984.
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Charles Scicluna served as chaplain to the local Convent of St Catherine.
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Charles Scicluna taught as Invited Professor at the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
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Charles Scicluna provided a brief history of the activities of the CDF with respect to abuse cases in a June 2010 interview.
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In 2005, Ratzinger tasked Charles Scicluna with collecting testimony about the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Rev Marcial Maciel, amid allegations of abuse.
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At a prayer service for priests in St Peter's Basilica in May 2010, Charles Scicluna addressed the clerical vocation and said:.
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Charles Scicluna described the pastoral needs of those abused, "the radical need of the victim to be heard attentively, to be understood and believed, to be treated with dignity as he or she plods on the tiresome journey of recovery and healing", and highlighted the special care needed by those who find themselves unable to recover, "who seem to have identified 'self' simply with 'having been victims'".
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Charles Scicluna was consecrated bishop on 24 November 2012 by Archbishop Paul Cremona, at St John's Co-Cathedral.
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Charles Scicluna was installed on 21 March 2015 in St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina.
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In January 2024, Charles Scicluna supported married priests in Roman Catholic church.