Il-Kardinal Dionigi għadda għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem, is-Sibt 5 ta’ Awwissu, fl-età ta’ 83 sena u wara ġlieda twila mal-mard.

Hu serva bħala Arċisqof ta’ Milan mill-2002 sal-2011.

Twieled fil-belt ta’ Renate, fit-tramuntana tal-Italja, fl-14 ta’ Marzu 1934, u daħal is-Seminarju ta’ Venegono Inferiore u ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Milan fl-1957.

Kiseb id-Dottorat fit-Teoloġija Sagra mill-Università Pontifiċja Gregorjana ta’ Ruma…

L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna, l-Isqof Mario Grech, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi u Mons. Simon Sanchez jilqgħu lill-E.T. l-Arċisqof Alessandro D’Errico, in-Nunzju Appostoliku l-ġdid, mal-wasla tiegħu lbieraħ, il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Awwissu 2017, fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta. 

Mons. Alessandro D’Errico twieled f’Frattamaggiore f’Napli l‑Italja, fit‑18 ta’ Novembru 1950. Ġie ordnat saċerdot fl‑24 ta’ Marzu 1974 u ħadem fid‑Djoċesi ta’ Aversa. Għandu Dottorat fil‑Filosofija…

Euthanasia has become a common way to die in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5 percent of deaths, according to researchers who say requests are increasing from people who are not terminally ill.

In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country in the world that made it legal for doctors to help people die. Both euthanasia, where doctors actively kill patients, and assisted suicide, where physicians prescribe patients a lethal dose of drugs, are allowed…

Fil-bidu ta’ din is-sena, il-Kapitlu Metropolitan tal-Imdina nieda programm ta’ mmodernizzar għal Katidral tal-Imdina, il-Mużew tal-Katidral u l-Arkivju, mifrux fuq medda ta’ snin.  Dan il-proġett huwa maħsub sabiex il-patrimonju nazzjonali li wieħed jsib fil-Katidral, fil-Mużew u fl-Arkivji, mhux biss jiġi ppriservat bl-aqwa mod, imma jsir aktar aċċessibli għall-pubbliku. Il-proġett ikompli jsawwar il-prodott turistiku Malti billi joffri  esperjenza aqwa lill-viżitaturi ta’ dawn  it-tliet ġojjelli uniċi fl-Imdina…

Researchers in Oregon have announced that they have successfully altered genes in a human embryo for the first time in the United States, but Catholic ethicists warn that the procedure was morally objectionable for many reasons.

“Very young humans have been created in vitro and treated not as ends, but as mere means or research fodder to achieve particular investigative goals,” said Fr…

If not for the Society of Jesus, we would not be enjoying some basics taken for granted in the modern world. Nerdy academic Jesuits and their swashbuckling, globe-trotting missionary brothers have made significant contributions not only in astronomy, seismology, mathematics and technology, but also in theatre, botany, medicine and international cuisine.

1. The Calender   Christopher Clavius, S.J. (1538–1612), was a renowned German mathematician and astronomer who modified Aloysius Lilius’ initial proposal for the Gregorian Calendar, the internationally-accepted civil calendar we use today, which was promulgated in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII…