2017 Archives

In surprise ‘mercy Friday’ visit, Pope Francis blesses homes of Rome’s poor

22/05/2017

On Friday Pope Francis made a Year-of-Mercy style visit to a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome, blessing the houses of a dozen people, as parish priests do every year during the Easter season.

According to a May 19 Vatican communique, the Pope wanted to continue the “Mercy Friday” visits he made during the Jubilee of Mercy, which are signs “inspired by the corporal and spiritual works of mercy” he performed during the Holy Year…

21/05/2017

21/05/2017

20/05/2017

Fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena mill-mewt ta’ Franġisk Mercieca, jew kif inhu magħruf bħala Frenċ tal-Għarb, id-dar tiegħu, li tinsab fit-triq iddedikata għalih, ilbieraħ infetħet għall-pubbliku mingħajr ħlas. Id-dar hi mimlija b’diversi oġġetti u memorji ta’ Frenċ u f’daru stess filgħodu, ġie rreċtat ukoll ir-rużarju. Bħala parti miċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet ta’ dan l-anniversarju, fis-7pm saret quddiesa għal ruħ Frenċ, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali u Bażilika tal-Gharb, segwita b’serata kommemorattiva fi Pjazzetta Nikol G…

20/05/2017

Pope Francis met COMECE Standing Committee in Santa Martha at the Vatican last Tuesday in preparation of “Rethinking Europe”, the major high-level Forum of Dialogue that COMECE is organizing in collaboration with the Holy See in Rome between 27-29 October 2017, marking the 60th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome. During a two-days visit to Rome and the Vatican City, COMECE Standing Committee met several European and Vatican authorities in order to discuss the main challenges of the European Union and the ways the Church can support the European project in a moment in which Europe itself seems to be at a crossroads…

19/05/2017

Għada s-Sibt, 20 ta’ Mejju 2017, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jibda l-viżta pastorali fil-Parroċċa tan-Naxxar, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ tal-parroċċa, ma’ dawk involuti fil-festa, u mal-operaturi pastorali u l-katekisti fil-komunità tan-Naxxar fost l-oħrajn.

Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ u tara l-programm tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-parruċċani tan-Naxxar.

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19/05/2017

Catholic Action members, residents and friends of Id-Dar tal-Providenza attended a Eucharistic Celebration at the Home’s chapel to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Mons Mikiel Azzopardi. Dun Mikiel, as he was popularly referred to, was born in Valletta on February 10th, 1910 and died on May 13th, 1987. This Catholic Action initiative started eight years ago and has since become an annual event…

19/05/2017

“The Path of the Holy Family,” the route tradition says was taken when Mary and Joseph fled with Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod, is about to earn its place on the map of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites. This is what Adel Gindy, general head of the international relations of the Egyptian tourism development Authority reported to national media.

Such a designation would be seen as a boon to tourism in a country that has suffered a steep decline in visitors because of terrorism and instability in the region…

18/05/2017

No one knows who killed Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik.

A young nun who was on a year’s leave of absence, Sister Cathy, as friends called her, was murdered sometime while running an errand on the evening of November 7, 1969. She was 26 years-old.

Her body was found in a dump two months later, though authorities have never been able to identify her killer…

18/05/2017

Biex jitfakkru l-150 sena mit-twaqqif tal-Parroċċa tal-Imsida, nhar id-19 ta’ kull xahar, il-parroċċa qed togranizza attività marbuta mal-qaddis patrun tagħha San Ġużepp.

Filfatt, għada l-Ġimgħa, 19 ta’ Mejju 2017, se jsir pellegrinaġġ bl-inkwatru titulari ta’ San Ġużepp b’Ġesù maġenbu. Dan hu l-istess inkwatru li normalment jintrama wara l-artal maġġur fil-knisja.

Il-pellegrinaġġ se jibda b’quddiesa fis-6pm, li se tkun iċċelebrata mill-provinċjal tal-Franġiskani Minuri Patri Richard Grech, bis-sehem tal-orkestra u l-kor tat-tfal Shalom…