• Pope Francis has arrived. His flight landed at Joint Base Andrews (formerly known as Andrews Air Force Base), shortly after 3:30 PM local time in the US state of Maryland.

  The welcome ceremony – otherwise little more than a simple observance of only the most absolutely necessary protocol – was punctuated by two particularly poignant elements: the first was the presence of the President of the United States, Barack Obama – and his family – to greet his nation’s guest; the second was the Spanish  language alongside English, in which the gathered crowd – some hundreds of young people from Washington, DC area schools among them – cheered their welcome…

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• Bejn il-11 u s-16 ta’ Settembru 2015, l-E.T. Mons. Mario Grech, Isqof ta’ Għawdex, irrappreżenta lill-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija fl-Assemblea Plenarja tal-Kunsill għall-Konferenzi Episkopali Ewropej (CCEE), li fuq stedina tal-Beatitudni Tiegħu Fouad Twal, Patrijarka Latin ta’ Ġerusalemm, din is-sena nżammet fl-Art Imqaddsa.  B’waqfiet fil-Galilija, f’Betlehem u f’Ġerusalemm, din l-Assemblea kienet l-ewwel waħda fl-istorja riċenti tal-Kristjaneżmu li laqqgħet flimkien fl-istess ħin u post għadd hekk kbir ta’ rappreżentanzi għolja tal-Episkopat Ewropew: 45 pajjiż kienu rrappreżentati f’din il-laqgħa.  It-tema ewlenija diskussa kienet: “Il-ferħ u t-tbatijiet tal-Knejjes partikulari”. 

  Tul iż-żjara tagħhom l-Isqfijiet Ewropej kellhom ċans iżuru komunitajiet Insara fl-Art Imqaddsa, jaraw il-ħidma tal-Knisja f’dan il-pajjiż u jiltaqgħu wkoll mal-awtoritajiet politiċi Israeljani u dawk Palestinjani.  F’Velja li nżammet apposta, huma talbu għas-suċċess tas-Sinodu tal-Familja li sa jinżamm f’Ruma f’Ottubru, waqt li f’Messaġġ Finali qalu li huma żaru l-Art Imqaddsa biex “iħeġġu iktar pellegrinaġġi fl-art ta’ Ġesù ħa jġeddu l-fidi u jwieżnu l-Insara ta’ dawn il-postijiet”…

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• Perhaps the event which created most media interest during Pope Francis’s first full day in Cuba was his meeting with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. During a private encounter at the 89-year-old retired President’s home, the Pope and Castro discussed religion and world affairs. The meeting took place just hours after the Pope at Mass urged Cubans to serve one another and not ideology…

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• It-Tnejn 21 ta’ Settembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum l-Indipendenza.
• Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
• Eċċellenza Aġent-President, Onoreveli Prim Ministru, Onorevoli Speaker, Onorevoli Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, għeżież membri tal-Ġudikatura, personalitajiet distinti; qed nieħu pjaċir nara wkoll diversi Membri Parlamentari u Ministri; Presidenti Emeriti ta’ Malta nixtieq insellmilkom u nirringrazzjakom ta’ dak kollu li għamiltu u għadkom tagħmlu għal pajjiżna…

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• Pope Francis on Sunday urged young Cubans to follow a path of hope, built on solidarity and encounter with others. The Pope’s words came in a meeting with several thousand young students gathered at the Fr Felix Varela cultural centre in Havana at the end of his first full day in the Cuban capital. The centre, set up in 2011 by the local Archdiocese with the support of the Pontifical Council for Culture, offers courses in theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology and business administration…

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