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Pope Francis: speech to UN officials in Nairobi

27/11/2015

Pope Francis on Thursday afternoon spoke about the importance of safeguarding the environment and ensuring a just distribution of the earth’s wealth as he address directors and staff of the United Nations Offices in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

The Pope said Africa offers the world a beauty and natural richness which inspire praise of the Creator. This patrimony of Africa and of all mankind, he said “is constantly exposed to the risk of destruction caused by human selfishness of every type and by the abuse of situations of poverty and exclusion”.

In the context of economic relationships between States and between peoples, he continued “we cannot be silent about forms of illegal trafficking which arise in situations of poverty and in turn lead to greater poverty and exclusion. Illegal trade in diamonds and precious stones, rare metals or those of great strategic value, wood, biological material and animal products, such as ivory trafficking and the relative killing of elephants, fuels political instability, organized crime and terrorism”. This situation, Pope Francis said, “is a cry rising up from humanity and the earth itself, one which needs to be heard by the international community”…

27/11/2015

On Thursday 26th November 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna met with Queen Elizabeth II in an official welcome, held at the San Anton’s Presidential Palace, Attard. The Queen is in Malta for a State visit, and for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), hosted by the Maltese State.
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26/11/2015

- Il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) qed torganizza konferenza mnebbħa mill-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’”. Fil-konferenza bit-tema “Laudato Si’: mid-Dokument għall-Azzjoni”, rappreżentanti ewlenin tal-Istat u tal-Knisja qed jiġu mistiedna jiddiskutu, u possibbilment jimpenjaw ruħhom f’għadd ta’ proposti ispirati mill-Enċiklika, li l-KA tħoss li huma relevanti sabiex pajjiżna jkun dejjem aktar sostenibbli f’kull livell. Il-konferenza se tkun imqassma f’żewġ sessjonijiet.
  
  L-ewwel sessjoni se tkun il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Diċembru 2015, fis-6.00 p.m., fl-Istitut Kattoliku, il-Furjana, u t-tieni sessjoni se ssir l-għada, is-Sibt, fid-9.00 a.m., fil-Kurja tal-Isqof, ir-Rabat Għawdex…

26/11/2015

Nhar it-Tlieta 24 ta’ Novembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ġie ppreżentat bil-ktieb ‘L-Art tal-Kliem – Il-Maltin fl-Art Imqaddsa u lil hinn’ mid-direttur tal-Publikazzjonijiet tal-Merlin, is-sur Chris Gruppetta, l-Editriċi Kristina Chetcuti u waħda mill-awtriċi tal-ktieb, is-Sinjura Nathalie Grima.
Dan il-ktieb jiġbor fih esperjenzi u realtajiet ta’ reliġjużi u lajċi Maltin li ilhom snin twal jgħixu fl-Art Imqaddsa. Uħud minnhom telqu minn Malta fuq ajruplan tal-gwerra u ilhom hemm mill-1945…

26/11/2015

After a brief but vibrant welcome ceremony at the airport and a private colloquium with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, Pope Francis immediately delivered a wide ranging and hard-hitting discourse to political and civil authorities and to members of the diplomatic corps, a discourse that – as Holy See Press Office Director Father Lombardi pointed out during the evening media briefing – was really a discourse to all the people of Kenya…

25/11/2015

- L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Walter Cauchi bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ San Gejtanu, il-Ħamrun.
  
  Dun Walter Cauchi twieled f’Birkirkara fit-3 ta’ Frar 1951. Huwa ġie ordnat saċerdot fid-19 ta’ Ġunju 1977.
  
  L-ewwel ħidma pastorali ta’ Dun Walter kienet bħala viċi-kappillan f’Ħal Għargħur. Fl-1978 huwa sar viċi-kappillan f’Bormla. F’Diċembru 1981, Dun Walter Cauchi inħatar kappillan tal-Parroċċa tal-Gżira…

25/11/2015

- L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Roderick Camilleri bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Sant’Anna, Wied il-Għajn.
  
  Dun Roderick Camilleri twieled Ħaż-Żabbar fis-27 ta’ Jannar 1984. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja fl-iskola ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar, l-edukazzjoni sekondarja fil-Liċeo Ġużeppi Despott Verdala, Bormla, u kompla s-6th Form fil-Higher Secondary, in-Naxxar. Kompla l-istudji terzjarji (Filosofija u Teoloġija) u Liċenzjat fit-Teoloġija Pastorali, fl-Università ta’ Malta…

25/11/2015

Pope Francis is scheduled to undertake a three-nation Apostolic Visit to Africa this week. He leaves the Vatican on the morning of Wednesday, 25 Nov., and is scheduled to land in the early evening in Nairobi – Kenya – on the first leg of the trip that will also take him to Uganda and to Central African Republic.

One of the highlights of our day here in Nairobi was definitely the sound of Fr Richard’s familiar voice, loud and clear, on the taxi radio as we wove through heavy downtown traffic. Yes, it’s true, Vatican Radio really is listened to all over the world, and as Alex, our driver, confirmed, the Kiswahili Programme ranks high on the popularity charts, especially now as Kenya prepares to welcome Pope Francis on his very first visit to the African continent…

24/11/2015

Nhar it-Tnejn 23 ta’ Novembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar id-Dar tal-Knisja għall-Anzjani ‘Dar Sagra Familja’, in-Naxxar u ċċelebra Quddiesa b’radd il-ħajr fl-okkażjoni tat-22 sena anniversarju tal-ħidma f’din id-dar tal-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija. L-Arċisqof iltaqa’ wkoll mar-residenti ta’ din id-Dar u bierek plakka kommemorattiva li tfakkar il-ħidma li saret mill-Azzjoni Kattolika matul is-snin.

Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Holy Family Home, Naxxar

23 ta’ Novembru 2015

Jiena nixtieq insellem u nirringrazzja lill-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija tal-ħidma li wettqu f’din id-Dar…

24/11/2015