• The following text is a useful guide for an initial reading of the Encyclical. It will help you to grasp the overall development and identify the basic themes. The first two pages are an overview ofLaudato si’ (literally “Be praised” or better, “Praise be to you”).Then for each of the six chapters, there is a one-page summary which gives the argument or main points and some key passages…

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    AGĦFAS HAWN biex tniżżel l-Enċiklika “Laudato Si’” (bl-Ingliż)

    Pope Francis’ first encyclical is focused on the idea of ‘integral ecology’, connecting care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Only by radically reshaping our relationships with God, with our neighbours and with the natural world, he says, can we hope to tackle the threats facing our planet today. 

• Science, he insists, is the best tool by which we can listen to the cry of the earth, while dialogue and education are the two keys that can “help us to escape the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us”…

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• L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jippreżenta l-punti prinċipali tal-Enċiklika tal-Papa Franġisku “Laudato Si’” (Tkun imfaħħar int, [Mulej]). Il-preżentazzjoni ser issir nhar l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Ġunju 2015, fis-7:00 p.m., fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat.

  Għal din l-attività ġew mistiedna l-Membri Parlamentari, rappreżentanti tal-għaqdiet mhux governattivi li jaħdmu favur l-ambjent, il-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja u tal-Istat, il-kappillani, rappreżentanti lajċi minn kull parroċċa f’Malta u rappreżentanti minn għadqiet impenjati fil-Knisja…

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• Il-Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) hija mħassba ħafna dwar il-kumpless propost ta’ shooting ranges fuq medda ta’ madwar 70 tomna art li tinkludi art agrikola fil-Busbesija, il-Mosta.

  L-art li tinsab f’żona ’l barra miż-żoni tal-iżvilupp (ODŻ) hija art ta’ high landscape value kif imfissra fil-Pjan Lokali taċ-Ċentru ta’ Malta. L-opinjoni tal-KA hija li l-użu ta’ din l-art għall-proġett propost se jħalli effett negattiv sostanzjali fuq il-kampanja Maltija…

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• Pope Francis said Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday morning. Following the readings of the day, the Holy Father reflected on the place of poverty in the Gospel, saying that the Gospel becomes incomprehensible if poverty is removed from it, and that it is unfair to label priests who show a pastoral concern for the poor as, “Communists”…

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