Monthly Archives: June 2015

Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’: on the Care of our Common Home’

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      the Encyclical “Laudato Si’”

      Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Only by radically reshaping our relationships with God, with our neighbours and with the natural world, he says, can we hope to tackle the threats facing our planet today. 

  • Science, he insists, is the best tool by which we can listen to the cry of the earth, while dialogue and education are the two keys that can “help us to escape the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us”…

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The Encyclical “Laudato Si'” presented by the Archbishop

  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jippreżenta l-punti prinċipali tal-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’” (Tkun imfaħħar int, [Mulej]). Il-preżentazzjoni ser issir nhar l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, fis-7:00 p.m., fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat.

    Għal din l-attività ġew mistiedna l-Membri Parlamentari, rappreżentanti tal-għaqdiet mhux governattivi li jaħdmu favur l-ambjent, il-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja u tal-Istat, il-kappillani, rappreżentanti lajċi minn kull parroċċa f’Malta u rappreżentanti minn għadqiet impenjati fil-Knisja…

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Reaction to the proposed shooting ranges complex at Busbesija in Mosta

  • The Interdiocesan Commission for the Environment (KA) is deeply concerned about the proposed complex of shooting ranges on around 70 tumoli of land which include agricultural land at Busbesija, Mosta. The area which is outside development zone (ODZ) is an area of high landscape value as designated in the Central Local Plan. The KA’s view is that the use of such land for the proposed project amounts to a substantial negative impact on the Maltese countryside…

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Pitch Perfect 2

    • *** Direttur: Elizabeth Banks Atturi: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Adam DeVine, Alexis Knapp, Flula Borg u Hana Mae Lee Ħin tal-Film: 115 min. Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: PG Klassifika tal-Knisja: 12 Sentejn wara l-ewwel il-ġrajjiet tal-ewwel film, il-grupp ta’ kantanti u żeffiena: Barden Bellas, taħt id-direzzjoni ta’ Beca Mitchell u Chloe, wara li rebħu t-titlu nazzjonali capella,  jiġu mistiedna biex jagħtu wirja ġewwa Washington quddiem il-President Barack Obama u martu Michelle…
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Two by Two

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    Diretturi: Toby Genkel u Sean McCormack

    Ilħna: Callam Maloney,  Alan Stanford, Carla Becker, Ava Connolly, Lotta Doll, Tina Echmann, Patrick FitzSymore, Tara Flyn u  Robert Kotulla

    Ħin tal-Film: 87 min

    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: U

    Klassifika tal-Knisja: U

    Hekk kif ikun hemm twissija li f’qasir żmien sejjer ikun hemm għargħar, b’riżultat ta’ diżastru katastrofiku u anke t-tmiem ta’ ħafna kreaturi, l-annimali bdew jaħsbu li jivvjaġaw lejn Arka li nbniet apposta biex tevvita l-qerda ta’ tant speċi…

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Pope Francis: the theology of poverty

  • Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday morning. Following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the place of poverty in the Gospel, saying that the Gospel becomes incomprehensible if poverty is removed from it, and that it is unfair to label priests who show a pastoral concern for the poor as, “Communists”…

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The Pope: oil and weapons weigh more than human lives

  • Pope Francis said on Monday that  oil and weapons seem to weigh more on the scale of economic interests than the  lives of thousands of Christians in the Middle East, and while proclaiming peace and justice the world tolerates traffickers of death. The Pope’s  words of condemnation were pronounced as he greeted participants of ROACO’s 88th Plenary Assembly in the Vatican…
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Reliquary Exposition during the liturgical feast of Blessed Nazju Falzon

  • Il-Ħadd, 28 ta’ Ġunju, fid-9.00a.m. ir-Relikwija  tal-Beatu Nazju Falzon se tiġi esposta fil-Knisja ta’ Santa Barbara, Triq ir-Repubblika, Valletta.  Ħinijiet tal-Quddies: 10:00 a.m., 11:00a.m. u nofsinhar.

    Il-Ħadd, 28  Ġunju, fit-3.00p.m. ir-Relikwija  tittieħed  l-Isptar Mater Dei u tiġi esposta fil-Kappella ghat-talb tal-pazjenti u qraba.

    It-Tnejn, 29 ta’ Ġunju f’nofsinhar, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi, Vigarju Ġenerali jqaddes fil-Kappella u jmexxi talb għall-morda. Fil-5.00p.m…

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The Archbishop addresses priests at the end of the In-Service Course 2015

  • Il-Ħamis 11 ta’ Ġunju 2015, intemm l-Aġġornament tal-Kleru għas-saċerdoti djoċesani u reliġjużi, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof. Lejn tmien il-Kors, l-Arċisqof indirizza lis-saċerdoti preżenti.  Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof
  •   ↵ Is-Seminarju, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat

    11 ta’ Ġunju 2015

     

    Kif innotajtu, jiena għażilt li ma nitkellimx f’dawn it-tlett ijiem li għaddew, anke għaliex inħoss li l-proporzjon bejn il-kelma tiegħi u s-smigħ għandu jkun dan, li jiena nisma’ iżjed milli nitkellem, u li biex nitkellem u jkolli d-dritt nitkellem irrid nisma iżjed…

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