World Youth Day Opening Ceremony, 24 January 2019  (Vatican Media)

What are the great ideals but also the tangible ways to advance for those who wish to build a more just and fraternal world in their ordinary relationships, in social life, politics and institutions? This is mainly the question that “Fratelli tutti” is intended to answer: the Pope describes it as a “Social Encyclical” (6) which borrows the title of the “Admonitions” of Saint Francis of Assisi, who used these words to “address his brothers and sisters and proposed to them a way of life marked by the flavour of the Gospel” (1)… Read more »

Pope Francis went on Saturday to Assisi for the fifth time during his pontificate. There he signed his new Encyclical Fratelli tutti, before the tomb of St Francis of Assisi, after celebrating Holy Mass.

The Encyclical on fraternity and social friendship was inspired by St Francis, as was the Pope’s second Encyclical, Laudato si’, on the care of our common home, published five years ago… Read more »

Hija x-xewqa tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna li matul ix-xahar ta’ Ottubru jingħad kuljum ir-rużarju quddiem Ġesù Sagramentat espost fil-knejjes fejn tinżamm l-Ewkaristija u wara tingħata l-Barka Sagramentali.

Naturalment, hu importanti li f’dan ukoll kulħadd isegwi l-miżuri preżenti għall-ħarsien tal-ħajja u tas-saħħa ta’ kulħadd, b’mod partikulari s-sanitisation, id-distanza soċjali u l-użu tal-maskra jew visor.

Tkun ħaġa sabiħa wkoll li matul dan ix-xahar tingħad, b’ħeġġa u devozzjoni, it-talba tar-rużarju fil-familja… Read more »

The Catholic Churches in Europe suffered serious losses as a result of the pandemic: 400 priests and elderly religious died during the darkest months of the Coronavirus outbreak in Europe, sowing sickness and death. The estimated death toll is contained in a comprehensive report compiled by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE), providing an overview of the Church’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic… Read more »