Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Abbandunati, il-Wardija
16 ta’ Ġunju 2018

Waħda mill-iktar esperjenzi koroh fil-ħajja hi l-abbandun – li xi ħadd ikun skartat, abbandunat. Papa Franġisku jitkellem fuq il-kultura tal-iskart fi żmienna. Jgħid li m’hijiex biss kultura li tisfrutta lin-nies, li tqiegħed lil xi nies fil-periferija, imma wkoll li tittrattahom bħal skart. Hu jgħid li l-kultura tal-iskart ma tibqax tistma l-ħajja umana bħala valur primarju li wieħed għandu jirrispetta u jipproteġi…

It’s not easy being a good father. It requires a great deal of sacrifice, willing to do what is necessary to guide your children to be the best versions of themselves. The father works together with mother to bring up their children in the faith and build them up into vessels of virtue.

The responsibility can feel intense at times and every father fails at some point…

As part of their special mission to help bring healing to the troubled Chilean diocese of Osorno, Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Msgr. Jordi Bertomeu are holding several pastoral meetings this week which they say are aimed at listening.

Speaking to Chilean media at the airport after landing in Osorno, Scicluna said they came “to convey the special closeness of the pope to the beloved people of Osorno…

For months the Vatican waited, silently, to see how to engage Italy’s new populist government. For months the Italian bishops offered support and patience as political parties clumsily attempted to create a new government. Promising vigilance, for months Italy’s high-ranking clergy looked for points of dialogue, but also contrast, with the country’s infant leadership.

Finally, the wait is over and – unsurprisingly – the battle between the Church and Italy’s ruling coalition of right-wing populists, Northern League, and anti-establishment party, Five Star Movement, will be centred around immigration…

Fr Richmond Villaflor Nilo, a parish priest in the Philippines, was shot to death just he was about to celebrate Mass, making him the fourth priest to be shot in the last six months in that troubled country.

According to a report in UCANews, Fr. Nilo was killed while putting on his alb to begin the Mass. Three shots were fired through the chapel’s window…