St Paul’s Missionary College, Rabat

19 ta’ Settembru 2016

Jiena nixtieq nagħtikom kelma ta’ merħba, u nsellmilkom individwalment…

Don’t envy the rich and powerful or conspire against your neighbour, but instead nurture the light of faith in your lives. That was Pope Francis’s message in his homily at the Santa Marta Mass on Monday morning.

Reflecting on the reading from St Luke’s Gospel the Pope talked about the many ways in which we hide the light of faith, through jealousy and arguments, by plotting evil against our neighbours or simply by putting off until tomorrow the good that we should do today…

Pope Francis has made two more of his impromptu visits to hospitals and social service centres as part of his regular Friday initiatives during this Year of Mercy. The Pope began by making a surprise visit to the Accident and Emergency department and to the Neonatal unit of Rome’s San Giovanni hospital. After putting on a mask and completing the other health and safety procedures, the Pope stopped beside the incubators of twelve new born babies, five of whom are suffering from severe complications, including one set of twins…

Ġie ffirmat ftehim kollettiv ġdid bejn Dar Sawra u l-General Workers Union (GWU). Il-ftehim, li jkopri l-perjodu bejn l-2015 u l-2019, ġie ffirmat mis-Sur Michael Pace Ross, Segretarju Amministrattiv tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, f’isem id-dar tal-knisja, u Ms Rita Dimech, Segretarja tat-Taqsima Kimika u Energija tal-GWU.

Il-ftehim jipprovdi għal kundizzjonijiet aħjar ta’ xogħol għal ħaddiema kollha, speċjalment il‑gradi ta’ taħt, fosthom żidiet bl-arretrati fis-salarji u fix-shift allowances, u bonus bħala rikonoxximent għal servizz twil lejn id-Dar…