Bħalissa fid-Dar tal-Providenza hemm 115-il resident, ilkoll bi ħtiġijiet differenti.

Ta’ kuljum id-Dar tal-Providenza toħroġ medja ta’ €12,000 sabiex tkompli tgħin u tagħti servizz lir-residenti tagħha u lill-kumplament tas-soċjetà Maltija. Dan ifisser li d-Dar toħroġ mal-€100 kuljum għal kull resident.

Iżda sabiex tkompli tagħmel dan ix-xogħol, id-Dar tal-Providenza qed tappella lill-poplu Malti u Għawdxi biex illejla jkun ġeneruż u jagħti donazzjoni waqt il-programm Xarabank, li ser ikun iddedikat kollu kemm hu għall-ġbir ta’ fondi b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza…

In his prayer video for June, Pope Francis asked that digital communications and social media platforms would be a place of inclusion and encounter, rather than isolation and “alienation.”

In the video, published June 5, the pope opened saying the internet “is a gift from God, but it is also a great responsibility.”

The text of the subtitles pops up on the screen like chat messages with a notification sound as Francis continued, saying, “communication technology, its places, its instruments, have brought with it a lengthening of horizons, a widening for so many people.”

“It can offer immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity,” he said, and voiced hope that digital networks would “not be a place of alienation.”

“May it be a concrete place, a place rich in humanity,” he said, as scenes were shown of either individuals or groups of people looking at computers and cell phones while interacting with each other, rather than seeming alone and isolated…

Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo prepare to speak to the media in Rome in early May.

After meeting with Pope Francis for more than four hours, a Chilean priest who suffered abuse and a priest who ministers to survivors said they felt comforted and hopeful for the church’s future in their country…