Kull sena fil-Ħadd ta’ qabel l-Għid il-Ħamsin il-Knisja tfakkar il-Jum Dinji tal-Komunikazzjoni, u dan biex tiċċelebra l-għanijiet li laħqet il-midja u tiffoka fuq kif inhu l-aħjar twassal il-valuri tal-Evanġelju. Bi tħejjija għat-52 Jum Dinji tal-Komunikazzjoni, il-Papa Franġisku ħareġ messaġġ bit-titlu “Il-verità teħliskom (Ġw 8,32). Fake news u ġurnaliżmu ta’ paċi.”

Għeżież ħuti,

Il-komunikazzjoni bejn il-bnedmin hija parti mill-pjan t’Alla għalina u essenzjali biex ngħixu l-komunjoni…

In a telegramme addressed to the Archbishop of Agrigento in Sicily on Wednesday evening, Pope Francis marked the 25th anniversary of Saint Pope John Paul II’s visit to the town of Agrigento where he denounced the mafia’s organized criminal activities and called on ‘mafiosi’ criminals to convert.

In his message the Pope recalled that St. John Paul II’s prophetic appeal came at the end of Holy Mass on 9 May 1993, celebrated in the famous archaeological site of the Valley of Temples in Agrigento, and said that he too, on this important anniversary, has an appeal for young people today to resist the call of organized crime…