News from the Church in Malta
We are celebrating another season of feasts, a season that should offer great moments of joy and togetherness.
Let us take this opportunity to make our feasts a means of reflection on the lives of the patron saints we are celebrating, and to better understand the love they had for God. Let us strive to follow in the footsteps of our patron saints as best we can, and to keep God at the centre of our celebrations… Read more »
Address by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
We have just heard one of the most challenging passages in the Gospel. We know that this same chapter also contains a warning that no believer can take lightly (Mt 25:41-45). Today, by the sea, the word of God becomes concrete: here so many wounded lives arrive, stripped of almost everything, but never of their dignity… Read more »
Rev. Prof. Carl-Mario Sultana convened and addressed the biennial Congress of the Équipe Européenne de Catéchèse of which he is the President. The meeting was held in Corato, near Bari in Italy and between 3 and 8 June 2026. It brought together more than 60 participants from more than 17 European countries. The participants were either national directors of Catechesis and/or Religious Education in their countries or academics in higher educational institutions in Catechetics and/or Religious Education… Read more »
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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 »
Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity
Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Psalm: 103(102):1-2,3-4,6-7,8,10
Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-16
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will… Read more »
Homily of Holy Father Pope Leo XIV
“Senyor, sobirà nostre, que n’és, de gloriós, el vostre nom per tota la terra!” (Ps 8:1). With the praise of this psalm, so full of joy and wonder, I greet all of you, dear brothers and sisters. I express my gratitude to their Majesties. I thank Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, as well as my fellow bishops and all those who join us in prayer: priests, deacons and men and women religious… Read more »
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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 »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 11:21b-26
Psalm: 97:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 10:7-13
Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick… Read more »
MED26 – Barcelona is currently taking place during Pope Leo XIV’s visit for the inauguration and blessing of the tallest bell tower of the Sagrada Família Basilica in Spain. The event brings together bishops, theologians, young people, sanctuary rectors and social actors from countries bordering the five shores of the Mediterranean for a series of meetings, working groups and plenary sessions… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
With great joy I begin my visit by praying Midday Prayer together with you in this Cathedral.
The Second Vatican Council defines the Divine Office as “the voice of the bride herself addressed to her bridegroom” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 84) and “the prayer which Christ himself together with his body addresses to the Father” (ibid… Read more »
