Yearly Archives: 2015

Jupiter Ascending

16/02/2015
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      Diretturi: Lana u Andy Wachowskis
      Atturi: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne
      Ħin: 127 minuti
       
      Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 12A
      Klassifika tal-Knisja: 15

      Jupiter Jones hija emigrant Russa li toqgħod f’Chicago u taħdem bħala seftura biex tgħin lil familja tagħha. Mingħajr ma taf, iżda, hija tiġi mmarkata minn aljeni li jridu jeqirduha. Tlett aħwa tal-familja rjali Abrasax, Balem, Kalique, u Titus, li jgħixu x’imkien fl-univers, wara l-mewt ta’ ommhom li kienet ilha tirrenja għal żmien twil, jibdew jiġġieldu bejniethom dwar min għandu jieħu post ommhom bħala l-mexxej ta’ l-univers…

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50 Shades of Grey

16/02/2015

    • Direttur: Sam Taylor-Johnson
      Atturi: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eloise Mumford, Luke Grimes, Rita Ora, Victor Rasuk, Max Martini, Dylan Neal, Callum Keith Rennie u Jennifer Ehle
      Ħin tal-Film: 125 min.
       
      Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 18
      Klassifika tal-Knisja: AR

      Anastasia “Anna” Steele, studenta tal-letteratura, tintervista lil Christian Grey, sinjur kbir. Dan tagħmlu bħala favur għal Kate Kavanagh li kienet taqsam kamra magħha…

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The Church in Malta welcome three new candidates for the priesthood

16/02/2015

  • Nhar il-Ħadd 15 ta’ Frar 2015, tliet seminaristi talbu lill-Knisja sabiex tilqagħhom uffiċjalment bħala kandidati għall-Ordni tad-Djakonat u tal-Presbiterat waqt konċelebrazzjoni li tmexxiet mill-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, il-Gżira.

    It-tliet seminaristi, li bħalissa jinsabu fil-ħames sena tal-formazzjoni fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, huma Sinclair Bugeja mill-Parroċċa tal-Familja Mqaddsa, l-Iklin, Ryan Lee Pace mill-Parroċċa tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, il-Gżira, u Mark Spiteri mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Filep, Ħaż-Żebbuġ…

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Pope Francis: The blood of murdered Copts a “witness that cries out”

16/02/2015

  • Pope Francis on Monday denounced the murder of 21 Coptic Christians by ISIL militants in Libya. The Islamist terrorist organization released a video of the killings on Sunday. Speaking in Spanish to an ecumenical delegation from the Church of Scotland, the Holy Father noted those killed only said “Jesus help me.”

    “They were murdered just for the fact they were Christians,” Pope Francis said. “The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out,” said the Pope.  “If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important: They are Christians…

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Consistory: Cardinals from the peripheries

16/02/2015

  • Among the 20 new cardinals created by Pope Francis Saturday are men drawn from churches on the peripheries of the ecclesial and geographical world. 

    Just how far do the peripheries of the Church extend? 
    For an answer, you could go to Google maps or get out your world atlas. Or you could simply look at the countries from which the 20 new cardinals come, and see for yourself: from Mozambique to Mexico, from Thailand to Tonga…

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Pastoral Message for Lent 2015

14/02/2015
  • Fasting: Waiting – Anticipation – Feeling at Home – Forgiveness

  • Dear Christian brethren,

    At the start of Holy Lent 2015, and in preparation for the journey we shall make together during this time, I wish to share this short message with each and every one of you.

    On one occasion, the Pharisees and Scribes questioned Jesus as to why his disciples were not fasting…

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Retired British cardinal shares hopes for Vatican reforms

14/02/2015

  • Church leaders have been arriving in Rome from around the world for a two day meeting of the College of Cardinals which precedes the public consistory taking place on today and tomorrow.

    During the closed door meeting in the Synod Hall, which opened on Thursday morning, the Church leaders will be discussing proposed reforms of the Curia that the Group of 9 cardinals has been working on earlier this week…

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Celebration on the occasion of the Day of the Sick

13/02/2015

  • Nhar l-Erbgħa, 11 ta’ Frar 2015, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, iċċelebra Quddiesa għall-morda fit-tifkira tal-ewwel dehra tal-Madonna f’Lourdes u fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Morda, fis-Santwarju ta’ Santa Tereża, Birkirkara.

    L-Omelija tal-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna fil-Quddiesa ta’ Jum il-Morda

  • Santwarju Santa Tereża, Birkirkara
    11 ta’ Frar 2015

    Insellem lill-Aġent President ta’ Malta…

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Reform of the Curia, at the centre of the Extraordinary Consistory

13/02/2015

  • A total of 165 cardinals participated in yesterday’s first session of the Extraordinary Consistory with the Holy Father. Twenty-five were unable to attend due to illness or other serious problems, according to a report from the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., following the morning meeting.

    Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga explained that the meeting of the Council of Cardinals (the so-called “C9”) which came to an end on Wednesday afternoon, focused primarily but not exclusively on the reform of the Curia; other themes addressed were the regulation of the Synod, the work of the Commission for the Protection of Minors, and relations with the economic entities of the Holy See (COSEA and IOR)…

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Three new candidates for the priesthood

12/02/2015

  • On Sunday 15th February 2015, three seminarians will ask the Church to accept them officially as candidates for their Ordination to the Diaconate and the Presbiterate, during a concelebrated Mass presided over by Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, at the Parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gzira, at 6:00pm.

    The three seminarians, who are in their fifth year of formation at the Archbishop’s Seminary, are Sinclair Bugeja from the Parish of the Holy Family, Iklin, Ryan Lee Pace from the Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gzira, and Mark Spiteri from the Parish of Saint Philip, Ħaz-Żebbuġ…

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