Yearly Archives: 2017

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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First human embryos edited in the USA

  • Researchers in Oregon have announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in the United States, but Catholic ethicists warn that the procedure was morally objectionable for many reasons.

    “Very young humans have been created in vitro and treated not as ends, but as mere means or research fodder to achieve particular investigative goals,” said Fr…

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12 Jesuit inventions and discoveries that might surprise you

  • If not for the Society of Jesus, we would not be enjoying some basics taken for granted in the modern world. Nerdy academic Jesuits and their swashbuckling, globe-trotting missionary brothers have made significant contributions not only in astronomy, seismology, mathematics and technology, but also in theatre, botany, medicine and international cuisine.

    1. The Calender   Christopher Clavius, S.J. (1538–1612), was a renowned German mathematician and astronomer who modified Aloysius Lilius’ initial proposal for the Gregorian Calendar, the internationally-accepted civil calendar we use today, which was promulgated in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII…

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