Yearly Archives: 2015

Black Sea

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    Direttur: Kevin Macdonald
    Atturi: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Karl Davies, Konstantin Khabensky, Grioiriy Dobrygin, Tobias Menzies, Ben Mendelsohn u Jodie Whittaker
    Bin tal-Film: 115 min.
     
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 15
    Klassifika tal-Knisja: 15
     
    Robinson, kaptan tas-sottomarin, sfortunatament, is-sejħa biex ibaħħar swietlu ħafna. Tletin sena ta’ tbaħħir swietlu l-imħabba ta’ martu Chrissy u ta’ binhom…

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Into the Woods

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    Direttur: Rob Marshall
    Atturi: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski u Johnny Depp
    Ħin tal-Film:    124 min.
     
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: PG
    Klasifika tal-Knisja: 12A
     
    Furnar u martu xtaqu ħafna li jkollhom tarbija iżda sfortunatament kienu jinsabu taħt saħer li ġiet mqegħda fuq il-familja Baker mis-Saħħara wara li missier il-furnar, tant żmien ilu,  kien inqabad jisraq mill-ġnien tas-saħħara meta l-mara kienet tqila…

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Mr Turner

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    Direttur: Mike Leigh
    Atturi: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson
    Ħin: 149 minuti
     
    Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 12A
    Klassifika tal-Knisja: 15

    Fl-1826 il-pittur famuż Ingliż Joseph Mallord William Turner kellu 51 sena u jkun qed isir dejjem aktar populari bħala  pittur. Huwa jpinġi l-aktar fl-istudio li jkollu fid-dar tiegħu f’Londra, fejn jgħix ma’ missierhu William Sr., u ma Hannah li teħdilhom ħsieb id-dar…

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Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka to thunderous welcome

  • Pope Francis has just begun his Apostolic Visit to Sri Lanka. Radio Vatican’s envoy, Fr. Louis Xystus Jerome sent us this report:

    The moment he alighted from the flight, a boy and a girl welcomed the Holy Father with a garland of flowers – white and yellow in colour, signifying the colours of the Vatican.

    Then the new President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena and his wife welcomed him, followed by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith and other dignitaries…

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Pope Francis’ address to the Diplomatic Corps

  • On Monday, Pope Francis gave his traditional address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See. 

    Below, please find the full text of the Holy Father’s address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps: 

    Your Excellencies,
    Ladies and Gentlemen,
    I thank you for your presence at this traditional meeting, which allows me at the beginning of each new year to offer to you, your families, and the peoples you represent, my cordial greetings and best wishes…

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Pope Francis: economy must have human person at its heart

  • The director of La Stampa’s Vatican Insidermagazine, Andrea Tornielli, has teamed with the Italian daily’s Vatican beat reporter, Giacomo Galeazzi, to write a book profiling the social teaching of the Church under the direction of Pope Francis. The Italian language volume, titled Papa Francesco. Questa economia uccide – “Pope Francis: this economy kills” – closes with an interview with the Holy Father, which the authors conducted in October of 2014, ample excerpts of which appeared in the Sunday edition of La Stampa  just ahead of the book’s scheduled January 13th release date…

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Pope baptizes 33 infants to commemorate Jesus’ Baptism

  • Pope Francis will observe a papal tradition on Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of Lord, baptizing 33 infants during a Mass amid the splendor of Michelangelo’s ‎frescos in the Vatican’s famed Sistine Chapel.  The 12 male and 21 females are children of Vatican ‎employees.   Pouring water over their heads, he will formally welcome the babies as members of the Catholic Church.  The commemoration of the Baptism of Jesus by St…

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The Pope receives a delegation of Yezidi

  • On Thursday Friday 8th January 2014, the Holy Father received in audience a delegation from the World Community of Yezidi, according to the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. The delegation was led by the Head of all the Yezidi, Mir Tahsin Said Ali Beg, and their supreme spiritual Head, the “Baba Sheikh”, Sheikh Khato, both resident in Iraqi Kurdistan…

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Bishop Charles J. Scicluna meets with married and engaged couples

  • Nhar is-Sibt 17 ta’ Jannar, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, jistieden lill-koppji kollha li żżewġu matul l-2014 għal Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa flimkien. Din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni ser issir fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u tibda fis-6:30 p.m.

    Fit-8 ta’ Frar, l-Isqof Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa li għaliha qed jistieden lill-koppji għarajjes li ser jiżżewġu din is-sena. Din ser issir fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, u tibda fis-6:30 p.m…

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Tak3n

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    Direttur: Olivier Megaton
    Atturi: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Fumke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell u Leland Orser
    Ħin tal-Film: 108 min
     
    Klassfika taċ-Ċensura: 12A
    Klassifika tal-Knisja: 12
     
    Bryan Mills, għamel żmien jaħdem bħala aġent  sigriet għall-gvern Amerikan. Illum jinsab irtirat u qiegħed jagħmel ħiltu biex jirrikonċilja ma’ Leonore, martu, li fi żwieġ tagħhom kellhom lil Kim,  illum żagħżugħa u tinsab tgħix ma’ ommha…

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