2014 Archives

Celebrations presided over by Bishop Charles J. Scicluna during the month of November 2014

29/10/2014

Fl-okkażjoni tas-solennità tal-Qaddisin kollha u t-Tifkira Solenni tal-Mejtin kollha, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, ser jiċċelebra l-Quddies li ser isir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

Is-Sibt l-1 ta’ Novembru 2014, Solennità tal-Qaddissin kollha, l-Isqof Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa fit-8.30 a.m., filwaqt li l-għada, l-Ħadd 2 ta’ Novembru, l-Għid tal-Imwiet, l-Isqof ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa li tibda fid-9.15 a.m.

Fid-9 ta’ Novembru, Jum it-Tifkira, Mons…

29/10/2014

Pope Francis on Tuesday exhorted Christians to feel they are an integral part of the Church.

Speaking during his homily at Mass in Casa Santa Marta, the Pope said that Jesus does not seek out man’s sins, but looks to his heart, and he invited all believers not to hover on the threshold of the Church, but to come right in…

28/10/2014

25 ta’ Ottubru 2014
Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù
Grazzi ta’ din il-preżentazzjoni tal-‘Code of Ethics for Volunteers and Voluntary Organisations of the Archdiocese of Malta’. Naħseb li fil-futur qarib ikollna wkoll verżjoni bil-Malti ta’ dan id-dokument, imma l-iżjed ħaġa importanti li għandna quddiemna hija li noħolqu l-kultura li fiha nkunu nistgħu nħaddmu dan il-Kodiċi ta’ Etika…

28/10/2014

25 ta’ Ottubru 2014
Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù

Grazzi ta’ din il-preżentazzjoni tal-‘Code of Ethics for Volunteers and Voluntary Organisations of the Archdiocese of Malta’. Naħseb li fil-futur qarib ikollna wkoll verżjoni bil-Malti ta’ dan id-dokument, imma l-iżjed ħaġa importanti li għandna quddiemna hija li noħolqu l-kultura li fiha nkunu nistgħu nħaddmu dan il-Kodiċi ta’ Etika…

28/10/2014

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Direttur: David Dobkin
Atturi: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, Vera Farmiga
Ħin: 141 minuti

Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 15
Klassifika tal-Knisja: 18

Hank Palmer huwa avukat ta’ fama f’Chicago. Meta ommu tmut huwa jmur lura lejn pajjiżu, Carlinsville, belt rurali żgħira f’Indiana. Il-ħsieb tiegħu jkun li jmur għal funeral t’ommu u jerġa’ jitlaq jiġri lejn Chicago, l-iktar minħabba li xejn ma jkollu relazzjoni tajba ma’ missieru, l-Imħallef irrispettat Joseph Palmer, li ilu ma jkellmu minn mindu telaq lejn Chicago…

28/10/2014

At morning Mass on Monday Pope Francis said that a conscientious examination of our words will help us understand whether we are Christians of light, Christians of darkness or Christians of grey areas.

Reflecting on the First Reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, the Pope said men are recognizable by their words. By inviting Christians to behave as children of light, and not as children of darkness, St…

27/10/2014

Pope Francis prayed the Angelus with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St Peter’s Square beneath the window of the Papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Sunday. In remarks ahead of the traditional prayer of Marian devotion, the Holy Father offered some reflections on the Gospel reading of the day, which was taken from Gospel according to St. Matthew (22:34-40)…

26/10/2014

Pope Francis said the institution of Christian marriage has never been attacked so much as nowadays where a temporary or throw-away culture has become widespread. He said marriage should not be seen just a social rite and urged priests to stay close to couples and especially children experiencing the trauma of a family break-up. The Pope was replying to questions put to him on a range of topics during an audience with more than 7000 pilgrims belonging to the Schoenstatt movement, an international Marian and apostolic organization that is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in Germany. The movement now embraces members, both lay and clerics, from dozens of nations around the world…

26/10/2014

Nhar is-Sibt 25 t’Ottubru 2014 ġie ppreżentat Il-Kodici ta’ Etika għall-Voluntiera u għall-Għaqdiet Volontarji tal-Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta lill-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, waqt seminar li sar fis-Seminarju, tal-Virtù, organizzat mill-Uffiċċju Djoċesan tal-Volontarjat. Dan id-dokument tħejja mill-istess Uffiċċju, ppreżentat lill-Isqof mid-Direttur tal-uffiċċju, is-Sur Tony Micallef. Madwar 100 persuna li huma nvoluti f’oqsma differenti tal-volontarjat attendew għal dan is-seminar bit-tema: ‘Għall-qadi tal-bniedem: Il-viżjoni tal-Papa Franġisku’…

24/10/2014

Pope Francis on Thursday called on all men and women of good will to fight for the abolishment of the death penalty in “all of its forms” and for the improvement of prison conditions.

The Pope was addressing a group of members of the International Association of Criminal Law whom he received in the Vatican.

In his discourse the Pope also addressed the need to combat the phenomena of human trafficking and of corruption…