Diċembru 2014 Archives

Il-Papa jilqa’ b’sodisfazzjon ir-relazzjonijiet li ġew normalizzati bejn l-Istati Uniti u Kuba

18/12/2014

Pope Francis on Wednesday offered his congratulations to the governments of the United States and Cuba, as they announced the two countries will start talks on resuming diplomatic relations. A statement from the Vatican Secretariat of State said that in recent months the Pope had written to both Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama, inviting them to “resolve humanitarian questions of common interest”…

17/12/2014

Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante attenda kunċert fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-ftuħ taċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza. Il-Kunċert ittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, taħt il-patroċinju distint tal-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca.

Il-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta kienet taħt id-direzzjoni tas-Surmast il-Maġġur John Ivan Borg, u daqqet kompożizzjoni li nkitbet għall-okkażjoni bl-isem: ISPIRAZZJONI DIVINA, kitba ta’ Sunny Aquilina, muzika ta’ Mro Ray Sciberras…

17/12/2014

Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante attenda kunċert fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-ftuħ taċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza. Il-Kunċert ittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, taħt il-patroċinju distint tal-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca…

17/12/2014

God saves “a repentant heart,” while he who does not trust in Him draws “condemnation” upon himself. This message was at the heart of Pope Francis’s homily during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.

Humility saves man in God’s eyes, while pride is a loser. The key lies in the heart. The heart of a humble person is open, it knows repentance, it accepts correction and trusts in God…

16/12/2014

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16/12/2014

Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, saret konferenza stampa dwar dettalji tad-dsatax-il edizzjoni tal-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità li ssir fl-Ewwel ta’ Jannar ta’ kull sena organizzata minn RTK4Charity biex jinġabru fondi ħalli d-Dar tal-Providenza tkun tista’ tkompli bil-ħidma tagħha u ssaħħaħa. Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar, waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu. “Hija ħaġa sabiħa ħafna,” qal Fr Martin, “li l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi propju jibda sena ġdida billi juri min tassew hu, poplu ġeneruż, poplu li jaf issarraf is-solidarjetà fil-prattika.”

Fr Martin semma’ erba’ għanijiet għall-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità mad-Dar tal-Providenza…

16/12/2014

The day’s Gospel reading, which relates how the chief priests asked Jesus by what authority He did His works, was the focus of the Pope’s homily on Monday. It is a demand, the Pope explained, that demonstrates the “hypocritical heart” of those people – people who were not interested in the truth, who sought only their own interests, and went where the wind blew: you should go this way, you should go that way…” They were weathervanes, all of them! …

15/12/2014

L-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, ser jistitwixxi sitt seminaristi fil-ministeru tal-akkolitat, waqt ċelebrazzjoni li ser issir nhar il-Ġimgħa 19 ta’ Diċembru 2014, fil-knisja parrokkjali ta’ San Ġużepp, il-Kalkara. Il-Quddiesa tibda fis-6:30 p.m.

Is-sitt seminaristi huma Sergio Fenech u Mark Mallia Pawley mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Sebastjan Martri, Ħal Qormi, Claude Mifsud mill-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta, James Saydon mill-Parroċċa ta’ Marija Bambina, in-Naxxar, Andrew Schembri mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġorġ, Ħal Qormi, u Gilbert Scicluna mill-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp, il-Kalkara…

15/12/2014

At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis welcomed the children of Rome for the traditional “Bambinelli Blessing.” On Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Lent, Roman boys and girls bring the baby Jesus from their Nativity sets to Saint Peter’s Square to be blessed by the Pope.

Speaking after the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father thanked the children for coming, and wished them a happy Christmas…