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…

L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna qal li għalkemm il‑kultura tagħna tgħallem li l‑qaddisin huma biss  dawk li mietu għal Kristu, fl‑eżortazzjoni l‑ġdida Gaudete et Exsultate (Ifirħu u Thennew) il‑Papa Franġisku rnexxielu jniżżel il‑qdusija minn fuq il‑pedestall. Fil‑ħames kapitli tal‑eżortazzjoni l-Papa jispjega kif fid‑dinja tal‑lum il‑qdusija tista’ tinkiseb fil‑familja, fuq il‑post tax‑xogħol u fil‑ħajja kkonsagrata fost l‑oħrajn…

Bejn il-Ħadd, 27 u l-Erbgħa, 30 ta’ Mejju 2018, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-parroċċa ta’ San Nikola, is-Siġġiewi.

Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof iltaqa’ mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-Iskola Primarja tal-Kulleġġ Sant’Injazju, u kellu laqgħat mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa, kif ukoll laqgħa ta’ djalogu mal-Kunsill Lokali. Fl-ewwel ġurnata tal-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof amministra s-Sagrament tal-Ewwel Tqarbina lil madwar 100 tifel u tifla tal-parroċċa…

Fi tmiem din il-ġimgħa, kif mistenni, il-Qdusija Tiegħu l-Papa Franġisku ser jilqa’ f’Casa Santa Marta grupp ta’ saċerdoti miċ-Ċilì.

Sabiex jitkompla l-proċess ta’ riparazzjoni u fejqan tal-vittmi ta’ abbuż, fil-jiem li ġejjin, fuq talba tal-Papa Franġisku, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u Mons. Jordi Bertomeu ser jerġgħu jmorru ċ-Ċilì, din id-darba f’missjoni fid-Djoċesi ta’ Osorno.

Sadanittant, il-Papa ser jibgħat ittra miktuba minnu lill-President tal-Konferenza Episkopali taċ-Ċilì, indirizzata lill-Poplu kollu ta’ Alla, hekk kif kien wiegħed lill-Isqfijiet…