Monthly Archives: March 2020

Prayers broadcast from the Archbishop’s Curia

Christians are invited to join in prayer and avoid going out according to the advice given by the health authorities

12/03/2020

Il‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof ser tibda xandiriet regolari biex l‑Insara kollha jkunu jistgħu jingħaqdu fit‑talb u jevitaw li joħorġu minn djarhom skont il‑pariri mogħtija mill‑awtoritajiet tas‑saħħa.

Dawn ix‑xandiriet ser isiru mill‑Kappella tal‑Madonna ta’ Manresa fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana, u ser jixxandru fuq TVM2, il‑website uffiċjali tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Knisja.mt u n‑newsportal Newsbook.com.mt.

Għada, il‑Ġimgħa 13 ta’ Marzu f’nofsinhar, l‑Arċisqof Charles J… Read more »

Message from the Office of the President on the Coronavirus

12/03/2020

Sa mill-bidu nett tal-imxija tal-Covid-19 (Coronavirus), il-President George Vella kien qiegħed iżomm ruħu aġġornat dwar dak li kien għaddej u dwar l-informazzjoni medika u epidemijoloġika marbuta ma’ din il-marda.

Issa, li kif kien jidher probabbli minħabba s-sitwazzjoni ġeografika tagħna, u l-kuntatti internazzjonali ta’ pajjiżna, żviluppaw każi ta’ Covid-19 li ġew impurtati minn barra pajjiżna, il-President Vella jixtieq jesprimi l-ewwel u qabel kollox id-dispjaċir tiegħu għal dawk li ħadu l-infezzjoni u jawguralhom fejqan ta’ malajr… Read more »

Position Paper on the Equality Bill

12/03/2020

The Church is one among several organisations that have a stake in what the Equality Law shall be requiring for the implementation of equality across practically all areas of social life. It has focused on matters that are very closely related to its mission, because it believes that religious freedom, as a universal human right, should not be unduly restrained as a result of an inadequate understanding of the principle of equality… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 12th March

12/03/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jer 17, 5-10
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 & 6

Gospel: Lk 16, 19-31

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »

Inaugurated IT project at Dar tal-Providenza

10/03/2020   Dar tal-Providenza, Siggiewi

Il-President ta’ Malta, Dr George Vella inawgura proġett infrastrutturali tat-Teknoloġija tal-Informatika tal-ogħla livell fid-Dar tal-Providenza nhar it-Tlieta 10 ta’ Marzu 2020. Il-proġett sar b’investiment ta’ €100,000 u ’l fuq minn 2,000 siegħa volontarjat. Sar xoghħol estensiv ta’ networking fejn inbidlet l-infrastruttura kollha tal-ICT fil-11-il blokk li hemm fid-Dar u ddaħħal WiFi fil-kumpless kollu tas-Siġġiewi.

Id-Direttur tad-Dar Fr Martin Micallef qal li grazzi għall-MITA Cares, id-Dar se tgawdi minn dan il-proġett speċjalment ir-residenti kif ukoll tiżdied l-effiċenza amministrattiva… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Every human person has a thirst for God

11/03/2020   The Vatican

Pope Francis’ General Audience for 11 March 2020 was livestreamed from the Apostolic Library

Pope Francis on Wednesday held his first General Audience since sweeping measures were imposed throughout Italy to contain the coronavirus epidemic. The Audience was livestreamed from the Library of the Apostolic Palace, to avoid the large gatherings of people that typically fill St Peter’s Square to hear the Holy Father.

An inner longing for God

In his catechesis, the Holy Father reflected on the fourth beatitude, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied”… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 11th March

11/03/2020

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jer 18, 18-20
Psalm: 30 (31), 5-6.14.15-16

Gospel: Mt 20, 17-28

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something… Read more »

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of Maltese altar boys visiting the Vatican

10/03/2020

Grupp ta’ abbatini li żar l-Vatikan is-sena li għaddiet

Nhar il-Ħadd 15 ta’ Marzu 2020 se jiġi ċċelebrat l-55 anniversarju li l-abbatini Maltin ilhom imorru l-Vatikan biex jagħtu s-servizz liturġiku tagħhom fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru. L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, li mar il-Vatikan bħala abbati fl-1976 u bħala seminarista fl-1984, se jiċċelebra Quddiesa dkinhar fil-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt. Il-Quddiesa tibda fid-9:15am.

Hi okkażjoni tajba biex dawk li kienu abbatini tal-Vatikan jerġgħu jiltaqgħu ma’ sħabhom u jiftakru fiż-żmien li qattgħu flimkien hemmhekk… Read more »

Dark Waters

10/03/2020

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Direttur:          Todd Haynes

Atturi:              Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, Bill Pullman, William Jackson u Louisa Kuse

Ħin tal-Film:    126 min

Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 12A

KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      12

Robert Bilott, avukat minn Ċinċinnati,  Ohio jaħdem ma’ kumpanija ta’ avukati Taft Stettinus & Hollister… Read more »

Emma

10/03/2020

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Direttur:          Autumn de Wilde

Atturi:              Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves u Gemma Whelan

Ħin tal-Film:    125 min

Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 U

KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      PG

Emma Woodhouse kienet preżenti għaż-żwieġ ta’ Miss Taylor ma’ Mr… Read more »