Monthly Archives: May 2015

The Duff

26/05/2015
  • *** Direttur: Ari Sandel Atturi: Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Bianca A. Santos, Skyler Samuels, Romany Malco, Chris Wylde555, Allison Janney u Ken Jeong Ħin tal-Film: 101 min Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 12A Klassifika tal-Knisja: 12A Bianca Piper hi tfajla ntelliġenti  li qegħda tagħmel ħiltha biex tilħaq il-livell li s-soċjeta` tallum titlob miż-żgħażagħ fejn tidħol is-sbuħija u l-kompatibilita`  romantika tal-individju. Bianca kienet tgawdi l-ħbiberija ta’ żewġ iħbieb Jess u Casey, it-tnejn iktar popolari minnha…

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Good Kill

26/05/2015
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    Direttur: Andrew Niccol

    Atturi: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Jake Abel u Bruce Greenwood

    Ħin tal-Film: 104 min

    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 15

    Klassifika tal-Knisja: 18

    Il-Maġġur Thomas Egan, membru fil-Forza tal-Ajru Amerikana, llum –il ġurnata jinsab f’bażi ġewwa LAS Vegas, ittajjar drones minflok ajruplani tal-gwerra    hekk kif sar iktar effiċjenti u inqas ta’ riskju li jintużaw drones minflok ajrupani biex jiġġieldu l-għadu…

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Hot Tub Time Machine

26/05/2015
    • * Direttur: Steve Pink Atturi: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase, Collette Wolfe, Gillian Jacobs, Christine Bentley u Kellee Stewart Ħin tal-Film: 93 min. Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 15 Klassifika tal-Knisja: 18 Wara ħames snin minn mindu dehru fuq il-liżar taċ-ċinema, Lou Dorchen, it-tfel  Jacob u l-ħabibtu antik, Nick Webber għexu ħajja li waslithom għal fama iżda fl-istess waqt dejjem f’sitwazzjonjiet  li żammew l-istima tagħhom…

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Tomorrowland

26/05/2015
  • **** Direttur: Brad Bird Atturi: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Thomas Robinson Ħin: 130 minuti Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: PG Klassifika tal-Knisja: 12A Il-prologu jippreżenta lil Frank, tifel ġenju li jivvinta affarijiet, qed iżur in-New York World’s Fair fl-1964 meta jingħata badge ta’ Tomorrowland minn tifla Ingliża misterjuża. B’din il-badge Frank jagħmel rikba speċjali li tieħdu f’dinja sigrieta tal-futur. Lura fil-preżent, Casey, żgħażugħa intelliġenti minn Florida, bint engineer tan-Nasa, tingħatha wkoll badge ta’ Tomorrowland li x’ħin tmissha teħodha fid-dinja tal-futur; ma tmurx hemm fiżikament iżda tara din id-dinja qiesha qedha hemm…

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Confirmation and Holy Communion for Emigrants’ Children

25/05/2015

  • Il-Kummissjoni Emigranti tixtieq tavża li l-Ewwel Tqarbina u l- Grizma tal-Isqof għall-ulied ta’ emigranti Maltin matul ix-xhur tas-sajf se tinżamm nhar:

    L-Erbgħa 29 ta’ Lulju

    L-Kummissjoni Emigranti tavża li biex ulied l-Emigranti jkunu jistgħu jersqu għal dawn is-Sagramenti jkun meħtieġ:

    1. li t-tfal ikollhom seba’ snin magħluqa għall-Ewwel Tqarbina u tnax il-sena magħluqa għall-Griżma tal-Isqof.

    2. li jippreżentaw iċ-ċertifikati:

    • tal-Magħmudija
    • tal-Ewwel Tqarbina jekk tkun ser issir il-Griżma 

    3. permess bil-miktub tal-Kappillan tal-Parroċċa tagħhom barra minn Malta…

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Pope Francis: the gift of the Holy Spirit renews the earth

25/05/2015
  • Pope Francis against the backdrop of St Peter’s Basilica and dressed in scarlet vestments, celebrated Mass on Pentecost Sunday. In his homily, the Holy Father began by focusing on Sunday’s readings saying that, “the word of God, tells us that the Spirit is at work in individuals and communities filled with the Spirit. Expanding on this theme of the Spirit, Pope Francis said that, in the Gospel, Jesus promises his disciples that, when he has returned to the Father, the Holy Spirit will come to guide them into all the truth…

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Laudato si’

Encyclical Letter by Pope Francis on the care for our common home

24/05/2015

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Chapter 1

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMON HOME

  1. Pollution and Climate Change
    Pollution, waste and the throwaway culture [20-22]
    Climate as a common good [23-26]
  2. The issue of water [27-31]
  3. Loss of biodiversity [32-42]
  4. Decline in the quality of human human life and the the breakdown of society [43-47]
  5. Global Inequality [48-52]
  6. Weak Responses [53-59]
  7. Variety of Opinions [60-61]

Chapter 2

  1. The light offered by faith [63-64]
  2. The wisdom of the Biblical accounts [65-75]
  3. The mystery of the universe [76-83]
  4. The message of each creature in the harmony of creation [84-88]
  5. A universal communion [89-92]
  6. The common destination of goods [93-95]
  7. The gaze of Jesus [96-100]

Chapter 3

THE HUMAN ROOTS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS

  1. Technology: creativity and power [102-105]
  2. The globalisation of the technocratic paradigm [106-114]
  3. The crisis and effects of modern anthropocentrism [115-121]

Practical relativism [122-123]
The need to protect employment [124-129]
New biological technologies [130-136]

Chapter 4

INTEGRAL ECOLOGY

  1. Environmental, economic and social ecology [138-142]
  2. Cultural Ecology [143-146]
  3. Ekoloġija tal-ħajja ta’ kuljum [147-155]
  4. Il-prinċipju tal-ġid komuni [156-158]
  5. Il-ġustizzja bejn il-ġenerazzjonijiet [159-162]

Chapter 5

LINES OF APPROACH AND ACTION

  1. Dialogue on the environment in the international community [164-175]
  2. Dialogue for new national and local policies [176-181]
  3. Dialogue and transparency in decision-making [182-188]
  4. Politics and economy in dialogue for human fulfilment [189-198]
  5. Religions in dialogue with science [199-201]

Chapter 6

ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY

  1. Towards a new lifestyle [203-208]
  2. Educating for the covenant between humanity and the environment [209-215]
  3. Ecological conversion [216-221]
  4. Joy and peace [222-227]
  5. Civic and political love [228-232]
  6. Sacramental signs and the celebration of rest [233-237]
  7. The trinity and the relationship between creatures [238-240]
  8. Queen of all creation [241-242]
  9. Beyond the sun [243-245]

A prayer for our earth [246]
A Christian prayer in union with creation

INTRODUCTION

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”… Read more »

The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the occasion of the feast of Pentecost

24/05/2015
  • Nhar il-Ħadd 24 ta’ Mejju 2015, Monsinjur Arċisqof iċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tas-solennità ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin, u amministra s-sagrament tal-Griżma tal-Isqof lill-adoloxxenti tal-parroċċi tal-Belt, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof
  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta 24 ta’ Mejju 2015 Ippermettuli nibda billi ngħid ftit kliem ta’ kuraġġ lil dawn iż-żgħażagħ li llum se jirċievu s-sagrament tal-Griżma…

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The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the occasion of the feast of Pentecost

24/05/2015

  • Nhar il-Ħadd 24 ta’ Mejju 2015, Monsinjur Arċisqof iċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tas-solennità ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin, u amministra s-sagrament tal-Griżma tal-Isqof lill-adoloxxenti tal-parroċċi tal-Belt, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

    The Archbishop’s Homily

  •   ↵ Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta 24 ta’ Mejju 2015 Ippermettuli nibda billi ngħid ftit kliem ta’ kuraġġ lil dawn iż-żgħażagħ li llum se jirċievu s-sagrament tal-Griżma…

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H.E. Mgr Mario Roberto Cassari appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

22/05/2015
  • Today, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed His Excellency Monsignor Mario Roberto CASSARI, Titular Archbishop of Tronto and currently Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Malta.

    On the nomination by the Holy Father of His Excellency Monsignor Aldo Cavalli as the Apostolic Nuncio in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the 21st March 2015, the post of Apostolic Nuncio to Malta has since been vacant…

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