Yearly Archives: 2015

The Archbishop’s message on the occasion of ‘Milied Flimkien’

  • Is-Sibt 19 ta’ Diċembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna wassal il-messaġġ tiegħu flimkien mal-ogħla awtoritajiet tal-Istat, fl-okkażjoni ta’ ‘Milied Flimkien’, fi Pjazza de Valette, il-Belt Valletta.

    Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • Pjazza de Valette, il-Belt Valletta

    19 ta’ Diċembru 2015

    Il-Milied huwa sabiħ jekk niskopru ta’ kull sena s-sinjifikat veru tiegħu: li niċċelebraw flimkien it-twelid ta’ tarbija f’għar f’Betlehem, li ngħatat l-isem ta’ Ġesù li jfisser Alla jsalvana…

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The Archbishop’s message on the occasion of ‘Milied Flimkien’

  • Pjazza de Valette, il-Belt Valletta

    19 ta’ Diċembru 2015

     

    Il-Milied huwa sabiħ jekk niskopru ta’ kull sena s-sinjifikat veru tiegħu: li niċċelebraw flimkien it-twelid ta’ tarbija f’għar f’Betlehem, li ngħatat l-isem ta’ Ġesù li jfisser Alla jsalvana. Isem ieħor ta’ din it-tarbija huma Għimmanu-El, Alla magħna.

    Kif tafu, fil-Knisja Kattolika qegħdin niċċelebraw Sena Ġubilari tal-Ħniena…

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Refugees, Migrants, Integration: Proposals of the European Bishops to the EU

  • COMECE welcomes in principle the conclusions of the European Council on 17 December 2015 and the concrete steps they entail for the implementation of measures concerning the reception, support and relocation of refugees in the European Union. Nevertheless it is to be regretted that the Member States were not encouraged to take further steps for the integration of the asylum seekers…
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Aerial footage of the Opening of the Door of Mercy at Mdina

  • Filmat miġbud mill-ajru waqt il-ftuħ tal-Bieb tal-Ħniena fil-Katidral tal-Imdina ġibed l-attenzjoni ta’ eluf ta’ nies hekk kif s’issa ntwera aktar minn 10,000 darba. Il-filmat juri xeni tal-kongregazzjoni mmexxija mill-Arċsiqof Charles J. Scicluna f’purċissjoni li bdiet mill-Knisja ta’ San Mark, ir-Rabat. Il-produzzjoni tal-filmat hija tal-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Kurja.

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Pastoral Letter at the beginning of the Jubilee of Mercy – Merciful Like The Father

  • “Merciful like the Father”. This is the important message which the Jubilee of Mercy, inaugurated by Pope Francis, wants to convey to us all. Jesus himself declared that we should “be merciful just as the Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36).

    Mercy: a sign of God’s love

    The Good News may be summarised in Jesus’ own words: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16)…

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Season’s Greetings to the Bishops

  • Fl-okkażjoni tal-festi ta’ żmien il-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, u l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., ser jilqgħu lil kull min jixtieq iżurhom għal bdil tal-awguri tal-istaġun, nhar il-Ħadd 27 ta’ Diċembru, bejn l-10.00 a.m. u nofsinhar. Il-bdil tal-awguri ser isir fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Minħabba raġunijiet ta’ aċċessibilità, ser ikun miftuħ il-bieb ta’ San Kalċedonju fi Triq Vinċenzo Buġeja…
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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta to be declared a Saint

  • Blessed Teresa of Calcutta is to be made a Saint. Pope Francis on Thursday authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree regarding a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa (nee Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu).

    Blessed Teresa, known around the world as Mother Teresa was born August 26, 1910 and died September 5, 1997…

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EU Parliament: “surrogate motherhood” condemned. “Protecting women”

  • A seventy-page document, signed by Romanian MEP Cristian Dan Preda and named “Yearly Report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2014 and related EU policies”. A text approved today, before closing the plenary meeting of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, which deals with breaches of human rights in the world. But one of the most controversial points, which divided the floor and the political groups, was the one at number 114, about surrogate motherhood…

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Pope to open Holy Door at Rome homeless centre

  • Pope Francis will on Friday open a Holy Door at a newly refurbished homeless centre run by the Church near Rome’s main train station. Lydia O’Kane went along to see the newly completed project which offers a bed, a meal and ray of hope to hundreds of people every night.

    As you arrive at the Holy Door of the Caritas centre for the homeless at Rome’s Termini Station you can’t fail to notice the mosaic logo of the Year of Mercy depicting Jesus the Good Shepherd by Marko Ivan Rupnik. The door will be opened by Pope Francis on December 18th and he will also have the chance to see for himself the newly refurbished night hostel and canteen which are named after Caritas Rome founder Don Luigi Di Liegro and Pope Saint John Paul II. Speaking at the inauguration of the new centre which he described as a place of dignity and welcome, the present Director of Caritas Rome, Monsignor Enrico Feroci quoted the words of Don Luigi who said, “a city in which one man suffers less is a better city”…

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

  • *****

    Direttur: J. J. Abrams

    Atturi: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis u Domhnall Gleeson

    Ħin tal-Film: 135 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

     

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: PG

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 12A

    Film Amerikan tant mistenni minn ħafna deletanti ta’ din is-sensiela ta’ films li ħarġu matul is-snin…

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