Monthly Archives: August 2017

Maltese altar boys at the Vatican meet Pope Francis

  • Grupp ta’ abbatini Maltin u Għawdxin bħalissa qed ikomplu tradizzjoni li ilha għaddejja għal dawn l-aħħar 53 sena, hekk kif jinsabu fil-Vatikan biex jaqdu fil-liturġija tal-Bażilka San Pietru.

    B’sorpriża kbira, l-abbatini ltaqgħu mal-Papa Franġisku wara l-Anġelus tal-Ħadd, fejn sellmilhom wieħed wieħed, irringrazzjahom tas-servizz u ħa ritratt magħhom kollha.

    Flimkien mal-abbatini hemm Mons. Frans Bonnici, li hu d-Direttur tal-Għaqda Nazzjonali tal-Abbatini, Dun Mark Ellul u s-seminarista Matthew Bajada…

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2016 Financial Report of the Archdiocese of Malta: The surplus is distributed among social and charitable entities

  • In 2016 the Archbishop’s Curia registered a surplus of €752,000 that was distributed through subsidies to Church entities that carry out social and charitable work.

    During the presentation of the financial report for the Archdiocese of Malta for 2016, the Administrative Secretary, Michael Pace Ross, said that as a result of this surplus, the Church can continue its pastoral work with children, young people, families, the elderly, people with disability, and those in need…

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“Let us pray for those who would rather have the Church bound by chains of silence because they despise what the Church is saying” – The Archbishop

Mass on the occasion of the 1950th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Peter the Apostle

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    L-Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Birżebbuġa

    2 ta’ Awwissu 2017

    “Int Xmun bin Ġwanni”. Fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann din l-espressjoni ta’ Ġesù nsibuha fil-bidu ta’ dan l-episodju li għadna kemm smajna u li qara Fr John Berry, u lejn l-aħħar tal-Evanġelju meta Ġesù jgħid lil Pietru, “Xmun, Bin Ġwanni, tħobbni inti?” (Ġw 21, 15)…

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Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi dies at age of 83

  • Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi passed away on Saturday at the age of 83 after a long illness.

    He served as Archbishop of Milan, Italy from 2002 until 2011.

    Born in the northern Italian town of Renate on 14 March 1934, he entered the Seminary of Venegono Inferiore and received priestly ordination for the Archdiocese of Milan in 1957…

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Photos: The Apostolic Nuncio arrives in Malta

  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, Bishop Mario Grech, Mgr Joe Galea Curmi and Mgr Simon Sanchez greet H.E. Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico, the new Apostolic Nuncio, on his arrival yesterday, Friday 4th August 2017, at the Malta International Airport.

    H. E. Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico was born in Frattamaggiore in Naples, Italy, on the 18th November 1950.

    He was ordained priest on 24th March 1974 and he was incardinated in the Diocese of Aversa…

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Girls Trip

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    Direttur:          Malcolm D. Lee

    Atturi:              Regina Hall,  Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifah, Larenz Tate, Mike Colter, Kofi Siriboe u Kate Walsh

    Ħin tal-Film:    122 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                  15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                       18

    Erba’ nisa huma ħbieb kbar ta’ xulxin minn meta kienu għadhom il-kulleġġ flimkien…

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The Emoji Movie

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    Direttur:         Tony Leondis

    Ilħna:               T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera u Patrick Stewart

    Ħin tal-Film:    86 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:      U

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:           U

    Gene, emoji jgħix f’Textopolis, belt diġitali fit-telefon ta’ Alex, tifel li kien jammira ħafna tifla fl-iskola fejn kien imur…

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The Big Sick

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    Direttur:               Michael Showalter

    Atturi:                   Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, Anupam Kher,

    Zenobia Shroff  u Bo Burnham

    Ħin tal-Film:        124 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                         12

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                              15

    Kumail hu emigrant mill-Pakistan minn ċkunitu…

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Euthanasia responsible for 4.5 per cent of deaths in the Netherlands

  • Euthanasia has become a common way to die in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5 percent of deaths, according to researchers who say requests are increasing from people who are not terminally ill.

    In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country in the world that made it legal for doctors to help people die. Both euthanasia, where doctors actively kill patients, and assisted suicide, where physicians prescribe patients a lethal dose of drugs, are allowed…

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The launching of the first phase of the multimedia project at Mdina Cathedral, Museum and Archive

  • At the beginning of this year, the Mdina Metropolitan Chapter launched a program to modernise the Cathedral, the Museum and the Archives. This program is intended not only to preserve the rich heritage one could find in these three entities, but also to make these entities more accessible for the general public. The project further enhances the Maltese touristic product by offering a better experience of these three unique places…

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