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Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

27/04/2017

  • Today, Thursday 27th April 2017, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed His Excellency Monsignor Alessandro D’Errico, Titular Archbishop of Carini and currently Apostolic Nuncio in Croatia, as the new Apostolic Nuncio in Malta.

    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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Nigeria: Kidnapped priest freed

25/04/2017

  • Inħeles Patri Samuel Okwuidegbe, il-patri Ġiżwita Niġerjan ta’ 50 sena li l-ġimgħa l-oħra nħataf minn grupp ta’ nies mhux magħrufa waqt li kien sejjer jagħmel irtir.

    Patri Samuel inħeles nhar is-Sibt 22 ta’ April u mhux magħruf ir-raġuni għaliex inħataf u nħeles.

    Il-ħtif sar fi triq li tgħaqqad Benin City ma’ Onitsha.

    Fl-aħħar snin għadd ta’ qassisin u reliġjużi nħatfu fin-Niġerja, l-aktar fin-nofsinhar tal-pajjiż, bil-għan li jieħdu somma flus minn fuqhom…

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Ten countries with the most Catholics

25/04/2017
  • The ten countries with the most Catholics account for more than half of the world’s Catholics. According to the Vatican figures, they are Brazil (172.2 million), Mexico (110.9), Philippines (83.6), USA (72.3), Italy (58.0), France (48.3), Colombia (45.3), Spain (43.3), Democratic Republic of Congo (43.2) and Argentina (40.8).
    The number of Catholics in the world was about 1,285 billion at the end of 2015…

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Pope Francis chose not to travel in a bullet-proof vehicle for visit to Cairo

24/04/2017

  • Fi ftit jiem oħra, il-Papa Franġisku se jibda t-18-il vjaġġ appostoliku tiegħu, din id-darba fl-Eġittu.

    Skont il-kelliem tal-Vatikan, Greg Burke, bħall-vjaġġi l-oħra tiegħu, il-Papa se juża karozza normali, jiġifieri mingħajr protezzjoni. Dan minkejja l-attakki terroristiċi li ġraw jiem ilu fuq il-komunitajiet Insara.

    Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu mal-ġurnalisti, Burke stqarr li l-Papa jrid jgħaddi messaġġ pożittiv…

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Book about Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI translated into Maltese

24/04/2017
  • Nhar il-Ġimgħa filgħaxija, 21 ta’ April 2017, saret it-tnedija tat-traduzzjoni bil-Malti tal-ktieb “L-Aħħar Taħdit”, ir-raba’ ktieb-intervista li sar mill-ġurnalist Peter Seewald mal-Papa Emeritu Benedittu XVI.   Il-ktieb ġie tradott minn Joseph Debono u waqt it-tnedija nqraw tliet siltiet; il-parti tal-ġurnalista Peter Seewald inqrat minn Vince Palmier waqt li t-tweġibiet tal-Papa Emeritu Benedittu XVI ġew interpretati mill-attur Mario Micallef.   Preżenti għas-serata l-Arċisqof Charles J…

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“With Mercy violence and rancour have no sense” – Pope Francis

23/04/2017

  • In his Angelus address in a sunny St Peter’s Square, Pope France recalled the Church tradition of calling the first Sunday after Easter “in albis”, an expression he said, meant to recall the rite of those who had received baptism in white on the Easter Vigil.

    The Pope went on to say that  in the Jubilee of Year of 2000, St John Paul II established that this particular Sunday was to be dedicated to Divine Mercy…

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What is Divine Mercy Sunday?

23/04/2017

  • Il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina tniżżlet fil‑kalendarju tal‑Knisja grazzi għall-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II, li fl‑1992 ddeċieda li dil‑festa tibda tiġi ċċelebrata fl‑ewwel Ħadd ta’ wara l‑Għid, l‑hekk imsejħa “Domenica in albis”.

    X’inhi l‑orġini ta’ din il‑festa?

    Ġesù, skont id‑dehriet li Suor Fawstina kellha tiegħu fl‑1931 u li kitbthom fid‑djaru tagħha, qasam magħha x‑xewqa li l‑Knisja tfakkar din il‑festa: “Jien nixtieq li jkun hawn il‑festa tal‑Ħniena Divina…

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Pope Francis: “martyrs are the living blood of the Church”

22/04/2017

  • Pope Francis on Saturday paid tribute to modern day martyrs whom he said “are the living blood of the Church”.

    The Pope was presiding over a Liturgy of the Word at the Church of St. Bartholomew on the Tiber, a shrine to the martyrs of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Speaking during his homily, the Pope had words of closeness for the many Christian communities being persecuted today “because of the hatred of the spirit of this world”…

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Jesuit priest kidnapped in Nigeria

21/04/2017
  •   Patri Samuel Okwuidegbe, Ġiżwita Niġerjan ta’ 50 sena, nhar it-Tlieta li għadda, 18 ta’ April, inħataf minn grupp ta’ nies mhux magħrufa.   Il-ħtif sar fit-triq li tgħaqqad Benin City ma’ Onitsha. Skont il-ġurnal “La Croix”, Patri Okwuidegbe kien sejjer imexxi rtir, 150 kilometru ‘il bogħod minn fejn jgħix ma’ 3 patrijiet oħra. Il-karozza tiegħu nstabet abbandunata mill-pulizija.   Is-Segretarju Reġjonali tal-Ġiżwiti fl-Afrika u l-Madagascar, Patri Rigobert Kyungu Musenge, qal li “sa issa m’għandhomx dettalji dwar l-għejbien…

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