Monthly Archives: March 2026

Mgr Pawlu Cremona: a faithful servant of the Lord and of great humility – The Archbishop

Mass for the repose of Archbishop Paul Cremona

  St Paul's Metropolitan Cathedral, Mdina

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

Il-kelma li jagħtina Ġesù jfakkarna ħafna f’dak li għalih qegħdin hawn għat-tislima tagħna u t-talb tagħna b’suffraġju tal-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona li fostna mexa bħala qaddej tal-poplu tiegħu. L-ebda wieħed u waħda minna ma niftakruh għall-vanità tiegħu jew għall-frugħa tiegħu; imma l-Mulej tahulna bħala qaddej ġwejjed, ta’ umiltà kbira, ta’ sens prattiku kbir, ta’ mħabba kbira.

Aħna nitolbu ħafna għalih u f’dan il-mument fejn qed joqrob l-ewwel anniversarju mill-mewt tiegħu nitolbu wkoll għal ruħu u nitolbu biex il-Mulej ikompli jberikna b’ragħajja bħalu, ragħajja skond il-qalb tal-Mulej… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 5th March 2026, 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: 5th March

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 and 6

Gospel: Luke 16:19-31

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »

The Church’s humanity and divinity are in harmony – Pope at Audience

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 2. The Church, a Visible and Spiritual Reality

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and wecome!

Today, we will continue our exploration of the Conciliar Constitution Lumen gentium, a dogmatic Constitution on the Church.

In the first chapter, which is primarily intended to answer the question of what the Church is, she is described as a “complex reality” (no… Read more »

Synod Office publishes first two Final Reports of the Study Groups

The General Secretariat of the Synod today publishes the first two Final Reports of the Study Groups established by Pope Francis following the First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops: that of Study Group No. 3 on The mission in the digital environment and that of Study Group No. 4 on The revision of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis in a missionary synodal perspectiveRead more »

Renewing our common home: the voice of students

Students from 11 Church Schools took part in the 14th EkoSkola Summit

  Animation and Communication Centre, Birkirkara

Photo – Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

A group of students from 11 Church Schools (primary and secondary) took part in the 14th EkoSkola Summit with the theme ‘A Call to Renew Our Common Home: St Francis’ vision’. This Summit, organised in collaboration with the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Province of the Franciscan Conventual Friars, was held on 9 February 2026 at the Animation and Communication Centre, Birkirkara, on the occasion of the visit of the relic of St Francis, which the Franciscan Conventual Friars brought to Malta to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death… Read more »

EU bishops praise EC decision on ‘My voice, my choice’

Statement by COMECE

Photo: COMECE In a statement released on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, the Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) welcomes the decision of the European Commission not to establish a new funding programme as requested by the citizens’ initiative ‘My Voice, My Choice’. The bishops of the EU, however, express concerns over the possibility of mobilising the existing European Social Fund Plus to provide cross-border abortion services Statement by COMECE

The Presidency of COMECE welcomes the decision of the European Commission not to submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council for a legal act establishing a new funding programme, as requested by the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “My Voice, My Choice” and supported by the Parliament… Read more »

Let us be merciful as He has been merciful to us – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

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

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Mingħand Alla Sidna l-ħniena u l-maħfra” (Dan 9:9). Dan hu li smajna fl-Ewwel Qari, mill-ktieb tal-Profeta Danjel – dik it-talba ta’ maħfra lil Alla – u nafu kemm tassew il-ħniena u l-maħfra jiġu minnu. Imma fl-Evanġelju Ġesù jgħidilna xi ħaġa b’rabta mal-ħniena u l-maħfra ta’ Alla. Jgħidilna: “Ħennu bħalma hu ħanin Missierkom” (Lq 6:36). Irid li aħna wkoll inkunu ta’ qalb ħanina, mimlija mħabba, kompassjoni, maħfra u mogħdrija għall-oħrajn… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 4th March 2026, 9:30am

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

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

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: 4th March

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 18:18-20
Psalm: 30 (31):5-6,14,15-16

Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something… Read more »