Il-Kardinal Mario Grech (it-tieni wieħed mix-xellugg fl-istampa) kien ġie pproklamat Kardinal fil-Konċistorju tas-28 ta’ Novembru 2020 mill-Papa Franġisku. Huwa mistenni li jipparteċċipa fil-konklavi li ħa jseħħu f'Mejju li ġej — l-ewwel Malti li ħa jgħamel dan wara 194 sena!



Il-Kardinal Mario Grech huwa t-tielet Malti li ġie pproklamat Kardinal. Il-Kardinal Malti ta' qablu kien Prosperu Grech (1925-2019), li kien ġie pproklamat Kardinal fit-18 ta' Frar 2012 mill-Papa Benedittu XVI, u b'hekk sar l-ewwel Agostinjan li ħa t-titolu ta' Kardinal fi 111-il sena. Billi l-liġi kanonika tesieġi li l-kardinali jkunu isqfijiet sakemm ma jirċievux dispensa speċjali, Prospero Grech ġie kkonsagrat Isqof ta' San Leone (belt ġewwa Sqallija) fit-8 ta’ Frar 2012 fil-Konkatidral ta' San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, minn Pawlu Cremona, Arċisqof ta’ Malta, assistit mill-Arċisqof Giuseppe Versaldi, u Mario Grech, Isqof ta’ Għawdex. Prospero Grech kien għamel il-meditazzjoni tal-ftuħ fil-konklavi papali tal-2013, iżda l-età tiegħu żammittu milli jipparteċipa bħala elettur.



L-ewwel Malti li qatt kien pproklamat Kardinal kien Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata, li kien nominat Kardinal mill-Papa Piju VII fil-Konċistorju tas-6 t’April 1818. Il-Kardinal Sceberras Testaferrata kien mill-Belt Valletta. Tul is-27 sena li dam Kardinal sal-mewt tiegħu f’Awwissu 1843, il-Kardinal Sceberras Testaferrata kien pparteċipa fi tliet konklavi (tal-1823, tal-1829, u tal-1830/31) li taw lill-Knisja tliet Papiet.

I have uploaded a video about the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania (also shown here in this post), which you can watch in our "Relax & Enjoy: Vistas" group here: zafoid.com/group/303



Wishing everyone a blessed Good Friday!

The ploughman's lunch, a British pub menu staple, includes everything from hard cheeses and chutneys to fresh bread and cold meats. While it is often associated with farmers, the contemporary form we enjoy today most likely developed in the 1950s and was popularised in the 1960s, due to an advertising effort undertaken by the UK's Milk Marketing Board to encourage cheese sales.

Understanding the effects of Trump's tarrifs on the automobile industry

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A 25% tariff over practically all imports is set to go into effect in the first days of April, in the USA. In as far as the automobile market is concerned, Tesla is poised to win big, as all the cars that it sells in America are fully assembled within the U.S., and furthermore, it also sources 60-70% of its parts from within the U.S. as well.



By contrast however, the other Big Three automakers (Ford, GM, and Stellantis) are likely to face strong headwinds, as the production costs of their vehicles will be more strongly impacted.



(Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-where-automakers-build-cars-sold-in-america/)

Further to my post dated 2nd November 2024 (zafoid.com/post/view/11550), here are two more mouth-watering images of the famous Italian carbonara. (Click on the images to see them full-size.)

This how "Ancient Aliens" on History Channel fakes images. An image of the original relief carving from the Temple of Isis at Philae, an island on the Nile River (which has since been painstakingly relocated on Agilkia island between 1977 and 1980 because of the construction of the Aswan Dam), has been clearly photoshopped to include an alien-looking face (upper part), and a flying saucer (lower part of the image). It is very disappointing that this series has resorted to such dirty tricks. (Please click on the images to see them in full size.)