Yearly Archives: 2026

Regulating Ecclesiastical Heritage

MoU signed by the Maltese Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage

28/03/2026

The Maltese Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Cultural Heritage Commission and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, 23rd March 2026. This historical agreement clarifies the respective mandates of the Commission and the Superintendence in regulating ecclesiastical heritage within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Act (Cap. 445).

The heritage covered by this MoU includes all cultural property belonging to, destined for, or used by the Church – ranging from churches and chapels to movable religious artefacts… Read more »

Lenten Reflections 2026 – Palm Sunday

28/03/2026

Video: Nicholas Agius Deguara – Digital Presence Office

This Lent, Archbishop Charles Scicluna explains in a few minutes the Gospel that will be read on the Sundays of Lent, and offers points of reflection for this spiritual journey.

Gospel: Matthew 21, 1-11

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her… Read more »

Pastoral visits by the Archbishop at the correctional facilities

28/03/2026

F’lejlet Jum id-Duluri, l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna għamel żjara pastorali fil-Faċilità Korrettiva ta’ Kordin f’Raħal Ġdid fejn iċċelebra quddiesa mar-residenti, l-uffiċjali korrettivi u l-amministraturi tal-Faċilità fil-Kappella tat-Trasfigurazzjoni tal-Mulej.

Fl-omelija tiegħu, l-Arċisqof iffoka fuq kliem Ġesù “qabel ma kien Abraham, jiena hu”, li juri b’mod ċar l-identità tiegħu bħala l-Iben t’Alla… Read more »

Notice: Curia offices and Church Tribunals closed

28/03/2026

Between Tuesday 31st March 2026 and Monday 6th April 2026, the Archbishop’s Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta will be closed.

The Archbishop’s Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will reopen on Tuesday, 7th April 2026. Read more »

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Mass & Rosary – 28th March 2026, 9:30am

28/03/2026   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: 28th March

28/03/2026

First Reading: Ezekiel 37:21-28
Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10,11-12ab,13

Gospel: John 11:45-56

Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? … Read more »

From Our Lady, we learn not to escape suffering but to turn it into love – The Archbishop

Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

27/03/2026   The Church of Our Lady of Jesus (Ta' Ġieżu), Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ġimgħa qabel il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira nisimgħu din is-silta mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann. Id-dixxiplu ħadha għandu. Id-dixxiplu laqa’ lill-mamà ta’ Ġesù fid-dar tiegħu, u l-impenn li jieħu ħsiebha bħala ommu. Dan kien wieħed mit-testmenti ta’ Ġesù minn fuq is-salib. Idur lejn ommu u jafdaha f’idejn id-dixxiplu l-maħbub. “Mara, hawn hu ibnek” (Ġw 19:26). Imma lid-dixxiplu l-maħbub jgħidlu “Hawn hi ommok” (Ġw 19:27)… Read more »

This is the season where we are freed from the bond of evil – The Archbishop

Mass with the residenti and staff at Corradino Correctional Facility

26/03/2026   Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

F’din is-silta mill-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann, il-Mulej jammetti min hu: “qabel ma kien Abraham, jiena hu” (Ġw 8:58). Il-frażi ‘jiena Hu’ hija l-isem ta’ Alla. Qabel nibdew il-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa, dan l-Evanġelju jfakkarna ma’ min se niltaqgħu f’dawn il-jiem fil-passjoni u l-mewt ħarxa tiegħu. Wieħed minna, l-Iben t’Alla magħmul bniedem, ilbieraħ stess iċċelebrajna t-tnissil tiegħu fil-ġuf ta’ ommu, għax ilbieraħ il-25 ta’ Marzu jaħbat disa’ xhur qabel il-Milied… Read more »

Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows – 27th March 2026, 9:30am

27/03/2026   Ta' Ġieżu Church, Valletta

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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 »