TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS) — Days after deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya returned secretly to the country, there were signs that the leaders who ousted him were considering negotiations, and the foreign minister said the Vatican might help mediate a solution to the crisis. On Sept. 24, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Pineda Fasquelle of Tegucigalpa spoke with both of the main players in the political standoff. The bishop visited both Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, who heads the de facto government that ousted Zelaya in a coup June 28… Read more »

Il-jum ta’ riflessjoni Gudeo-Kristjana tradizzjonalment mizmum fl-Italja qabel il-gimgha ta’ talb ghall-ghaqda nisranija li ssir f’Jannar, rega’ tfacca u sab postu fil-kalendarju tal-2010. Dan wara li fl-2009 kien kancellat wara thassib dwar l-uzu tat-talba tal-Gimgha l-Kbira wara li l-ittra tal-Papa Benedittu 16 fl-2007 fethet it-triq ghal uzu usa tal-Missal tal-1962. Sussegwentament il-Papa ghamel bidliet f’din it-talba ghal-Lhud f’dik il-forma tal-liturgija.

Konferma dwar l-inkluzjoni tal-jum ta’ riflessjoni fil-kalendarju tas-sena 2010, waslet mill-Kardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President tal-Konferenza Episkopali Taljana… Read more »

“Filwaqt li l-kultura Ewropea shiha iffurmat profondament permezz tal-wirt nisrani taghha, dan jidher car hafna fl-art Ceka, minhabba li kien permezz tal-missjunarji San Cirillu u San Metodju fis-seklu 9 li l-ewwel lingwa Slavonika antika bdiet tinkiteb. Gustament li l-appostli tal-popli Slavici u fundaturi tal-kultura taghhom jinghataw rikonoxximent bhala l-padruni tal-Ewropa”.

Dan stqarru l-Papa Benedittu XVI fi ftuh l-ewwel zjara appostolika tieghu fir-Repubblika Ceka, it-tlettax-il vjagg tieghu tul dan il-pontifikat… Read more »

DISKORS TAL-ARĊISQOF WAQT IL-PONTIFIKAL TA’ JUM L-INDIPENDENZA 21 ta’ Settembru, 2009

Eċċellenza President ta’ Malta u Sinjura Abela,

Ħuti,

Aħna niċċelebraw b’diversi modi l-ġrajjiet tal-Istorja tal-Pajjiż tagħna. Meta niċċelebrawhom ċivilment u soċjalment, aħna nkunu qegħdin nagħtu ġieh lil min ħa sehem f’dawk il-ġrajjiet. Nippruvaw nerġgħu naqbdu l-atmosfera ta’ meta seħħew biex nerġgħu inħallu l-ispirtu li bih ġew miksubin jew iċċelebrati jispirana llum… Read more »