Arkivji mensili: April 2015

Il-Papa Emeritus Benedittu XVI jagħlaq 88 sena

17/04/2015

  • The Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI marked his 88th birthday on Thursday (April 16th) with a Bavarian-style celebration. He received birthday greetings from a group of Gebirgsschutzen (mountain protection units) from his native Bavaria, dressed in traditional costumes. Among those present to celebrate his birthday were his older brother Monsignor Georg Ratzinger and the Prefect of the Pontifical Household, Archbishop George Ganswein. 

    Since resigning as Pope in February 2013,  Benedict XVI has lived a life of prayer and reclusion at the Mater Ecclesiae situated inside the Vatican Gardens.  Speaking in an interview with Vatican Radio, Monsignor Alfred Xuereb, the former second secretary of Benedict XVI, said affection for the Pope Emeritus has increased over the past two years…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 17 t’April

17/04/2015

  • San Ġwann 6:1-15

    Wara dan, Ġesù telaq lejn in-naħa l-oħra tal-baħar tal-Galilija, jew ta’ Tiberija. Ħafna nies marru warajh, għax raw is-sinjali li kien jagħmel bil-fejqan tal-morda. Ġesù tela’ lejn l-għoljiet u qagħad hemm bilqiegħda mad-dixxipli tiegħu. Kien qrib l-Għid, il-festa tal-Lhud. Ġesù rafa’ għajnejh, lemaħ kotra ta’ nies ġejja lejh, u qal lil Filippu: “Mnejn nixtru l-ħobż biex dawn ikollhom x’jieklu?” Dan qalulu biex jippruvah, għaliex hu kien jaf x’sejjer jagħmel. Filippu wieġbu: “Mitejn dinar ħobż ma jkunux biżżejjed għalihom biex kull wieħed minnhom jieħu xi ftit.” Wieħed mid-dixxipli tiegħu, Indrì, ħu Xmun Pietru, qallu:”Hawn tfajjel li għandu ħames ħobżiet tax-xgħir u żewġ ħutiet żgħar; imma dawn x’inhuma għal daqshekk nies?” “Qiegħdu n-nies bilqiegħda,” qal Ġesù…

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Postijiet għall-ewwel sena kindergarten fl-Iskejjel tal-Knisja

16/04/2015
  • F’Novembru 2014, is-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija ħabbar li se jkun hemm erba’ u sittin post għas-subien u wieħed u disgħin post għall-bniet għall-ewwel sena kindergarten fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja.
      F’Novembru stess saru l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju, ta’ dawk li jieħdu post mill-ewwel għax, per eżempju, għandhom ħuthom diġà fi skola tal-Knisja. F’Jannar, is-Segretarjat kien ħareġ stqarrija għall-istampa, kif jagħmel kull sena, fejn spjega kemm kienu l-applikazzjonijiet tal-ewwel kriterju u konsegwentement kemm kien baqa’ postijiet, jiġifieri ħamsa u għoxrin għas-subien u tletin għall-bniet…

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L-Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni taż-żjara statali tal-Granmastru tal-Ordni ta’ San Ġwann

16/04/2015

  • Il-Ħamis 16 t’April 2015, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna iċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni taz-żjara statali tal-Eminenza Tiegħu Fra Matthew Festing, Granmastru tal-Ordni Sovran, Militari u Ospitalier ta’ San Ġwann, fil-KonKatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. 

  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Your Excellency Madame President,

    Most Eminent Highness, Your Excellencies, members of the Order,

    The Maltese are very familiar with four words in Latin that represent the ethos of the Order, which, we Maltese note with pride, takes its name from our country-  The four words are: Tuitio Fidei; Obsequium Pauperum, the defence of the faith, respect, or rather, veneration of the poor…

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Statistika mill-Vatikan turi tkabbir modest fil-Knisja madwar id-dinja

16/04/2015

  • The number of Catholics in the world and the number of priests and permanent deacons rose slightly in 2013, while the number of men and women in religious orders declined, according to Vatican statistics. For the second year in a row, the number of candidates for the priesthood also decreased.

    The numbers come from the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, which was completed in February and published in March…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 16 t’April

16/04/2015

  • San Ġwann 3, 31-36

    “Dak li hu ġej minn fuq hu fuq kulħadd; min hu mill-art hu ta’ l-art u jgħid ħwejjeġ ta’ l-art; dak li hu ġej mis-sema hu fuq kulħadd u jixhed dak li ra u sama’; imma x-xhieda tiegħu ħadd ma jilqagħha Min ikun laqa’ x-xhieda tiegħu jkun wettaq li Alla hu l-verità. Għax dak li bagħtu Alla jgħid il-kliem ta’ Alla, għax Alla ma jagħtix l-Ispirtu bil-kejl. Il-Missier iħobb lill-Iben, u ħalla kollox f’idejh. Min jemmen fl-Iben għandu l-ħajja ta’dejjem; iżda min ma joqgħodx għall-Iben ma jarax il-ħajja, imma tibqa’ fuqu l-korla ta’ Alla.”

    Qaddisa tal-jum: Santa Bernardette

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Il-Papa Franġisku: It-tneħħija tad-differenzi bejn raġel u mara hija l-problema, mhux is-soluzzjoni

15/04/2015

  • The image of God is not only displayed in man and woman individually but also together as a couple. These were the words of Pope Francis during his General Audience today in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father said that today’s catechesis and the following will reflect on the sacrament of marriage and the complementarity between man and woman.

    The Pope began his catechesis by recalling the story of creation in which God, after creating the universe and all living things, created his masterpiece: mankind. “As we all know, sexual difference is present in many forms of life, in the long ladder of the living,” he noted…

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Duttur ġdid tal-Knisja: San Gregorju ta’ Narek

15/04/2015

  • On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis proclaimed the great Armenian Saint Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Universal Church. The solemn proclamation took place during the introductory rites at the beginning of a Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the massacre of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey.

    The Prefect for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, made the formal request for the proclamation, recalling the similar declaration, almost one hundred years ago, of another Eastern Saint, Ephrem the Syrian, as a Doctor of the Church…

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L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 15 t’April

15/04/2015
    • San Ġwann 3:16-21 Għax Alla hekk ħabb lid-dinja li ta lil Ibnu l-waħdieni, biex kull min jemmen fih ma jintilifx, iżda jkollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem. Għax Alla ma bagħatx lil Ibnu fid-dinja biex jagħmel ħaqq mid-dinja, imma biex id-dinja ssalva permezz tiegħu. Min jemmen fih ma jkunx ikkundannat; iżda min ma jemminx huwa ġa kkundannat, għax ma emminx fl-isem ta’ l-Iben il-waħdieni ta’ Alla. U l-ġudizzju huwa dan: li d-dawl ġie fid-dinja, imma l-bnedmin ħabbew id-dlam aktar mid-dawl, għax  l-għemil tagħhom kien ħażin. Għax kull min jagħmel il-ħażen jobgħod id-dawl, u ma jersaqx lejn id-dawl, biex għemilu ma jinkixifx. Imma min jagħmel is-sewwa jersaq lejn id-dawl, biex juri li hemm Alla f’għemilu.” Qaddis tal-jum: San Paternus

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