Lulju 2015 Archives

L-Evanġelju tal-jum: 17 ta’ Lulju

17/07/2015

- San Mattew 12:1-8
  Darba waħda, is-Sibt, Ġesù kien għaddej minn għalqa miżrugħa. Issa lid-dixxipli tiegħu ħadhom il-ġuħ; u bdew jaqtgħu s-sbul u jikluh. Imma rawhom il-Fariżej, u qalulu: “Ara, id-dixxipli tiegħek jagħmlu dak li ma jiswiex nhar ta’ Sibt.” U hu qalilhom: “Ma qrajtux x’għamel David meta kien bil-ġuħ, hu u dawk li kienu miegħu? Ma qrajtux kif daħal fid-dar ta’ Alla u kiel il-ħobż tal-preżenza ta’ quddiem il-Mulej, li la hu u lanqas dawk li kienu miegħu ma kienu jistgħu jieklu minnu, imma l-qassisin biss? …

17/07/2015

The President of Caritas Internationalis has issued a letter to the Caritas Federation on the Encyclical of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, said, in his encyclical, Pope Francis has called on every person to undertake a mission to save the planet, their relationship with God and the human family.

“In Laudato Si’ Pope Francis reminds us to replace consumption with a sense of sacrifice, greed with generosity and wastefulness with a spirit of sharing,” Cardinal Tagle writes…

16/07/2015

Statement of the President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Reinhard Cardinal Marx, on the Greek crisis. ‘Long days and nights of nerve-wrecking negotiations lie behind us. The Greek crisis of recent weeks has preoccupied not only our political leaders but also each and every European citizen, living with the uncertainty as to whether or not the crisis would end with a positive outcome…

16/07/2015

Il-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija fl-Università ta’ Malta ser toffri żewġ korsijiet ġodda fuq livell ta’ Master of Arts. Il-kors MA in Catholic School Leadership jindirizza t-tmexxija tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja, filwaqt li l-kors MA in Christian Faith Formation hu aktar ġeneriku u jindirizza l-ethos Kattoliku tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja. Dawn iż-żewġ korsijiet se jiġu offruti minn Ottubru li ġej, fuq bażi part-time. Il-kors MA in Catholic School Leadership huwa wkoll approvat mid-Direttorati għall-Edukazzjoni u jissodisfa l-kriterji mitluba mill-Istat għall-kariga ta’ Kap ta’ Skola…

16/07/2015

A press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office to discuss two meetings taking place in the Vatican next week on climate change, human trafficking, and sustainable development.

The meetings will bring together mayors from around the world, to discuss how cities can help contribute to the solution of some of these problems facing humanity.

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences will host the workshop “Modern Slavery and Climate Change: the Commitment of the Cities” and the symposium “Prosperity, People, and Planet: Achieving Sustainable Development in Our Cities” in the Vatican’s Casina Pio IV on 21 – 22 July 2015, for the first time bringing a group of international mayors to the Vatican…

16/07/2015

- San Mattew 11:28-30 Ġesu qal lill-folol: “Ejjew għandi, intom ilkoll li tinsabu mħabbtin u mtaqqlin, u jiena nserraħkom. Ħudu fuqkom il-madmad tiegħi u tgħallmu minni, għaliex jiena ta’ qalb ħelwa u umli, u intom issibu l-mistrieħ għal ruħkom.Għax il-madmad tiegħi ħelu u t-toqol tiegħi ħafif.”
  Festa tal-Knisja: Madonna tal-Karmelu

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15/07/2015

- San Mattew 11:25-27
  
  F’dak iż-żmien Ġesù qabad u qal: “Nfaħħrek, Missier, Sid is-sema u l-art, għax inti dawn il-ħwejjeġ ħbejthom lil min għandu l-għerf u d-dehen u wrejthom liċ-ċkejknin. Iva, Missier, għax lilek hekk għoġbok. “Kollox kien mogħti lili minn Missieri, u ħadd ma jagħraf lill-Iben jekk mhux il-Missier, kif ħadd ma jagħraf lill-Missier jekk mhux l-Iben u dak li lilu l-Iben irid jgħarrafhulu…

14/07/2015

The Holy See views the new agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme in “a positive light”, according to Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, the head of the Holy See Press Office.

The deal was reached by Iran and the so-called P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany) after nine years of negotiations in an effort to ensure Iran’s nuclear programme will be used only for peaceful purposes…

14/07/2015

L-E.T. Mons. Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jiltaqa’ mal-Missjunarji, Saċerdoti, Reliġjużi u Lajċi, li qegħdin jaħdmu għall-Knisja ‘l bogħod minn artna. Din il-laqgħa se ssir f’Dar l-Emigrant, Valletta, nhar l-Erbgħa 15 ta’ Lulju, fil-5.00 p.m. Il-missjunarji huma mħeġġa jattendu u jaqsmu l-esperjenzi tagħhom ma’ Mons. Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u sħabhom.

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14/07/2015