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15/12/2016

15/12/2016

Saint Luke 7:24-30
When the messengers of John the Baptist had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. “What did you go out to the desert to see–a reed swayed by the wind? Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine garments? Those who dress luxuriously and live sumptuously are found in royal palaces…

14/12/2016

The spirit of clericalism is an evil that is present in the Church today, Pope Francis said, and the victim of this spirit is the people, who feel discarded and abused. That was the Pope’s message in the homily at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.

Among those taking part in the Mass were the members of the Council of cardinals, who are meeting with the Pope this week in Rome…

14/12/2016

Nhar it-Tlieta 13 ta’ Diċembru 2016, f’Jum ir-Repubblika, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Monsinjur Pawlu Cremona ingħata l-unur ta’ Kumpann fl-Ordni Nazzjonali tal-Mertu. Dan huwa l-ogħla ġieħ fl-ogħti ta’ midalji u unuri b’għarfien mill-Istat għas-seba’ snin li mexxa l-Knisja f’Malta bħala Arċisqof, fix-Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika.
Is-Sorijiet Franġiskani tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù, sorijiet li jagħtu s-servizz tagħhom f’Londra ingħataw ukoll midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika…

14/12/2016

Saint Luke 7:19-23
At that time John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” When the men came to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’” At that time he cured many of their diseases, sufferings, and evil spirits; he also granted sight to many who were blind…

13/12/2016

Saint Matthew 21:28-32
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ He said in reply, ‘I will not,’ but afterwards he changed his mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order…

12/12/2016

Wara li l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna rritorna Malta minn Ruma, fejn attenda għall-inawgurazzjoni tal-presepju Malti fil-pjazza ta’ San Pietru fil-Vatikan, il-Ħadd filgħodu żar l-istatwa ta’ Marija Immakulata li tinsab meqjuma fil-Knisja Kolleġġjata ta’ Bormla. Fi tweet, l-Arċisqof iddeskriva lil Marija bħala “l-opra tal-ħniena ta’ Alla għall-umanità” u li “s-sbuħija ġewwinija tagħha twassalna għand Ġesù”.
Ritratti: Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni; @BishopCJScicluna (Twitter)

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12/12/2016

Pope Francis has prayed for the victims of several terrorist attacks which had taken place in the hours before his Sunday Angelus.

In Egypt, a bomb outside St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo killed at least 25 people on Sunday morning; in Somalia, a suicide bomber killed over a dozen people in Mogadishu on Sunday morning; and in Turkey, at least 38 people were killed in twin bomb attacks outside a football stadium in Instanbul on Saturday evening…