Monthly Archives: January 2016

Pope Francis: speech to diplomatic corps

12/01/2016

  • Pope Francis delivered an address to the Corps of Diplomats Accredited to the Holy See on Monday morning, during the course of his traditional exchange of New Year’s greetings with the diplomats at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Below, please find the full text of the official English translation of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks.

    ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

    TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

    Monday, 11 January 2016

    Your Excellencies,

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    I offer you a cordial welcome to this annual gathering.  It allows me to offer you my best wishes for the New Year and to reflect with you on the state of our world, so loved and blessed by God, and yet fraught with so many ills.  I thank your new Dean, His Excellency Armindo Fernandes do Espírito Santo Veira, the Ambassador of Angola, for his kind greeting in the name of the entire Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See.  In a special way, I would also like to remember the late Ambassadors of Cuba, Rodney Alejandro López Clemente, and Liberia, Rudolf P…

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Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Oratory adjacent to the Basilica in Senglea

11/01/2016
    • Nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Jannar 2016, fis-6:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena fl-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss (fejn hemm meqjuma x-xbieha devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur) mal-Bażilika ta’ Marija Bambina, l-Isla. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni bdiet fil-Bażilika b’purċissjoni lejn l-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss. Hemmhekk, l-Arċisqof fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena u wara li l-ġemgħa għaddiet mill-Bieb, ġiet ċċelebrata l-Quddiesa fil-Bażilika. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni għalqet b’tislima lil Marija Bambina, bis-Salve Regina.

      Dan huwa t-tielet u l-aħħar Bieb tal-Ħniena li infetaħ fl-Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta, wara dak tal-Katidral tal-Imdina u tas-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa…

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The alleged mystical phenomena in Borġ in-Nadur

09/01/2016

  • The Church in Malta has concluded that the origin of the alleged apparitions, the alleged messages and the alleged phenomena associated with Mr Anġelik Caruana and the locality known as Borġ in-Nadur in Birżebbuġa, is not divine and is not supernatural.  

    The Church authorities reached this conclusion following detailed investigations instructed by Archbishop Emeritus Mgr Pawlu Cremona O.P., on all the circumstances regarding the case…

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Speech by Mons. Charles J. Scicluna during a Conference about Marian apparitions on the 19th May 2009

09/01/2016

  • Il-Knisja tqis id-dehriet li jistgħu jkunu ta’ Ġesù, tal-Madonna jew tal-qaddisin, bħala don, bħala kariżma speċjali tal-Ispirtu. Għalhekk, aħna l-Insara rridu naċċettawhom, nilqgħuhom u nistħarrġuhom bħalma nistħarrġu bi gratitudni kbira u b’umiltà, kull don tal-Ispirtu. Tifhmu għalhekk li qegħdin nitkellmu fuq teżor kbir, u li rridu nużaw reqqa kbira biex nagħżlu dak li hu tajjeb minn dak li hu ħażin għax huwa qarrieqi…

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Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Oratory adjacent to the Basilica in Senglea

09/01/2016
    • Nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Jannar 2016, fis-6:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena fl-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss (fejn hemm meqjuma x-xbieha devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur) mal-Bażilika ta’ Marija Bambina, l-Isla. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni bdiet fil-Bażilika b’purċissjoni lejn l-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss. Hemmhekk, l-Arċisqof fetaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena u wara li l-ġemgħa għaddiet mill-Bieb, ġiet ċċelebrata l-Quddiesa fil-Bażilika. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni għalqet b’tislima lil Marija Bambina, bis-Salve Regina…

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Pope Francis urges Christians not to live a mediocre life

07/01/2016

    • Pope Francis said on Wednesday the experience of the Magi urges us not to settle for mediocrity and not to scrape a living but instead examine with passion the great mystery of life. He also said the Magi teach us to recognize the majesty in humility and learn how to knee in front of it. The Pope’s comments came during his Angelus address to the crowds gathered in St…

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Joy

06/01/2016
  • ****

    Direttur:  David O. Russell

    Atturi: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen

    Ħin: 124 minuti

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Limited

     

    Klassifika tal-Gvern: 12A

    Klassifika tal-Knisja: 15

    Darba kien hemm tifla żgħira li kienet tħobb toqgħod tagħmel l-affarijiet, tirrakkonta Mimi, in-nanna ta’ Joy Mangano…

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Carol

06/01/2016
  • **** Direttur: Todd Haynes Atturi: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler Ħin: 118 minuti Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Limited Klassifika tal-Gvern: 15 Klassifika tal-Knisja: 18 Therese Belivet hija tfajla li qedha tagħmel xogħol temporarju tbiegħ il-pupi f’department store tal-ġugarelli fi New York fis-snin 50, xogħol li ma tantx hu għal qalbha għax l-ambizzjoni tagħha hija li ssir fotografu…

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Opening of the Door of Mercy at the Oratory adjacent to the Basilica in Senglea

06/01/2016

    • Nhar is-Sibt 9 ta’ Jannar 2016, fis-6:00 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiftaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena fl-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss (fejn hemm meqjuma x-xbieha devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur) mal-Bażilika ta’ Marija Bambina, l-Isla.

      Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tibda fil-Bażilika b’purċissjoni lejn l-Oratorju tal-Kurċifiss. Hemmhekk, l-Arċisqof jiftaħ il-Bieb tal-Ħniena u wara li l-ġemgħa tgħaddi mill-Bieb, tidħol lura fil-Bażilika u tkompli l-Quddiesa. Iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tagħlaq b’tislima lil Marija Bambina, bis-Salve Regina…

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In the Heart of the Sea

06/01/2016
  • ****

    Direttur: Ron Howard

    Atturi: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw u Brendan Gleeson

    Ħin tal-film: 121 min.

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 12A

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 12

    Fis-sena 1850, l-awtur Herman Melville jagħmel żjara lil Thomas Nickerson,  l-uniku baħri li kien għadu ħaj u li salva  fi vjaġġ li vapur tas-sajd għall-balieni: Essex kien għamel u li ntemm b’telf ta’ ħajja u tal-vapur stess…

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