Yearly Archives: 2025

Mass & Rosary – 24th October 2025, 9:30am

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 24th October

First Reading: Romans 7:18-25a
Psalm: 118 (119):66,68,76,77,93,94

Gospel: Luke 12:54-59

In those days, Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?  … Read more »

Signing of collective agreement between Church schools and MUMN regarding employees in the grades of Social Work

  Offices of the Secretariat for Catholic Education, Ħal Balzan

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Is‑Segretarjat għall‑Edukazzjoni Kattolika u l‑Union tal‑Infermiera u l‑Qwiebel (MUMN) iffirmaw ftehim kollettiv dwar l‑impjegati fil‑gradi tas‑social work. Dan hu mibni fuq l‑istess ftehim li ntlaħaq iktar kmieni din is‑sena bejn il‑Gvern u l‑MUMN għall‑gradi ekwivalenti li jaħdmu fis‑settur pubbliku.

Dan il‑ftehim il‑ġdid hu konformi mal‑ftehim li kien sar bejn is‑Santa Sede u r‑Repubblika ta’ Malta fl‑1991 li jistabilixxi li l‑impjegati kollha meħtieġa għas‑servizz edukattiv fl‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja għandhom jibbenefikaw mill‑istess kundizzjonijiet tax‑xogħol ta’ dawk li jaħdmu fl‑iskejjel statali… Read more »

Pope accepts resignation of Bishop George Bugeja serving Catholics in Libya

Photo: Miguela Xuereb- Newsbook

Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop George Bugeja from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli, the Holy See announced on Wednesday. The Gozitan bishop had led the Catholic community in Libya for a decade.

The announcement follows a revealing interview the bishop gave to Newsbook Malta three weeks ago, where he detailed the extreme perils of his ministryRead more »

Pope at Audience: The Risen Christ radically changes our perspective, instilling the hope that fills the void of sadness

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of the Contemporary World 2. The Resurrection of Christ, the Response to Human Sadness

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! And welcome to you all!

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an event that one never finishes contemplating and meditating on, and the more one explores it, the more one is filled with wonder, drawn in as if by an overwhelming yet fascinating light… Read more »

The Vatican praises Malta’s ‘examplary’ Safeguarding Commission

The Safeguarding Policy launched in 2024 (Photo: Evan Demicoli)

The Vatican’s Commission for the Protection of Minors (Tutela Minorum) has lauded the Malta Church’s Safeguarding Commission for its “exemplary” guidelines, recommending that other episcopal conferences around the world adopt similar standards.

In its 2024 annual report on Church safeguarding policies and procedures, the Pontifical Commission said the Archbishop of Malta and Bishop of Gozo were fully committed to the Church’s response to abuse and had shown “strong and admirable leadership in safeguarding over a sustained period.”

The Pontifical Commission also commended the Malta Safeguarding Commission for adopting a “conversional justice” style with a “strong emphasis on a victim-centred approach”… Read more »

“Consumed by the belief that all we do is for money” – Abigail Zarb

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Abigail Zarb qalet li waħda mill-aljenazzjonijiet tal-lum hija l-fissazzjoni li l-għan ta’ kull ħaġa li nagħmlu huwa dejjem il-flus.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Malcolm Saliba u Abigail Zarb. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 7, 31-35
Il-Mulej qal: “Ma’ min, mela, se nxebbahhom in-nies ta’ dan iż-żmien? … Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 23rd October 2025, 9:30am

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 23rd October

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 6:19-23
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6

Gospel: Luke 12:49-53

In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? … Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 22nd October 2025, 9:30am

  The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »