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Through their honesty and faith, the Casolani couple shattered the myth that holiness is for a select few

An evening in honour of the servants of God, Henry and Inez Casolani

13/07/2026 The President's Palace, Ħ'Attard

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Nhar it-Tlieta, 30 ta’ Ġunju, il-Palazz ta’ Sant’Anton laqa’ għadd ta’ mistiedna għal serata mużikali organizzata mill-Assoċjazzjoni Henry u Inez Casolani, taħt il-patroċinju tal-President ta’ Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono. L-avveniment sar bħala parti mill-ħidma kontinwa favur il-kawża tal-Beatifikazzjoni tal-koppja Maltija Henry u Inez Casolani.

F’diskors dakinhar il-President semmiet kif sentejn qabel, fil-5 ta’ Lulju 2024, kellha l-okkażjoni tattendi għall-għeluq tal-Fażi Djoċesana tal-Kawża, mument li ddeskrivietu bħala pass importanti fil-mixja lejn il-Beatifikazzjoni tal-koppja… Read more »

The Pope during the Angelus – God never ceases to believe in us

Angelus, 15th Sunday in Ordinary time

12/07/2026 Liberty Square, Castell Gandolfo

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s liturgy, the Evangelist Matthew presents us with the Parable of the Sower (cf. Mt 13:1–23), which describes the generosity and trust with which God sows his Word in our hearts and his power in us.

Jesus himself, the Word made flesh, who gave his life for our salvation, is the seed that the Father continues to sow throughout the world so that, by dying, he may bear much fruit (cf. Jn 12:24). It is true that sometimes he finds in us hard and unresponsive soil, at other times distracted soil, like the beaten path, the rocky ground, or the thorny bushes. Yet there are also moments when he finds receptive and fertile ground, and then miracles of love are set in motion that have the power to transform everything — as we ourselves have no doubt experienced in our own lives. For this reason, the Father never ceases to sow, because he knows that the power of his love is stronger than our weakness (cf. 2Cor 12:9–10)… Read more »

A Saint with a Powerful Message for our times – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Feast of St Benedict

11/07/2026 The Monastery of St Scolastica, Birgu

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Meta kull sena niċċelebraw il-festa ta’ San Benedittu, hemm ir-riskju li nħarsu lejh bħala qaddis ta’ żmien imbiegħed; bniedem li għex ħmistax-il seklu ilu, f’dinja li donnha m’għandha x’taqsam xejn ma’ tagħna. Nammirawh, inqimuh, nitolbu l-interċessjoni tiegħu, iżda forsi naħsbu li l-messaġġ tiegħu kien tajjeb għal żmienu, mhux għaż-żmien tagħna.

Iżda mhux hekk. Kieku San Benedittu kellu jidħol fid-dinja tagħna llum, naħseb li jagħraf minnufih ħafna mis-sinjali li kien ra fi żmienu stess… Read more »

“Priests according to the Lord’s will” – The Archbishop celebrates the 40th anniversary of his priestly ordination

Mass for the Feast of St Benedict and the 40th anniversary of Archbishop's priestly ordination

11/07/2026 The Chapel of the Archbishop's Palace, Mdina

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Naħseb inkunu wiċċna tost jekk f’dan l-40 anniversarju mill-ordinazzjoni presbiterali tagħna — minn meta l-Mulej permezz ta’ Monsinjur Arċisqof Ġużeppi Mercieca ordnana saċerdoti — induru lejn il-Mulej u ngħidulu “X’se nieħdu?” Bħalikieku m’aħniex qaddejja battala li għamilna dak li kellna nagħmlu.

Illum, forsi iżjed milli nsaqsu lill-Mulej x’se nieħdu, ngħidulu grazzi ta’ kulma tana.

Huwa l-mument li nifhmu li qabel nippretendu li nirċievu xi ħaġa, nirrealizzaw li aħna —mingħajr ma ħaqqna — irċevejna diġà ħafna… Read more »

Skills for working with young people in a part-time course

"A fresh and dynamic contribution to the local Christian community" - A balance between theory and practice, and between the professional world and the Christian context.

11/07/2026

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Bħalissa jinsabu miftuħa l-applikazzjonijiet għall-M.A in Youth Ministry (Master of Arts in Youth Ministry), offrut part-time b’lezzjonijiet filgħaxija. Dan il-kors jindirizza oqsma varji biex jagħti tagħrif u ħiliet għal ħidma maż-żgħażagħ f’diversi kuntesti.

Dan bil-għan li jagħmel il-kandidati eliġibbli bħala youth workers professjonali u biex jinkuraġġihom fil-ministeru u x-xogħol tagħhom maż-żgħażagħ fil-kuntest lokali tal-lum.

Il-kors għandu wkoll l-intenzjoni li jagħti kontribuzzjoni friska u dinamika lill-komunità Kristjana lokali… Read more »

Ethical business leadership skills and critical analysis: flexible part-time course

Flexible learning so that non-Maltese residents can apply

08/07/2026

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Bħalissa jinsabu miftuħa l-applikazzjonijiet għall-M.A in Business Ethics (Master of Arts in Business Ethics) offrut part-time b’lezzjonijiet filgħaxija, li jindirizza aspetti soċjali, politiċi, legali, ekonomiċi, u morali ta’ kif in-negozji jiġu mmexxija u regolati.

Dan sabiex dawk li jixtiequ jinvolvu ruħhom b’mod professjonali fil-proċessi tal-governanza korporattiva, jikbru fil-ħiliet kritiċi u morali meħtieġa għal analiżi kritika u tmexxija etika ta’ negozji u attivitajiet ekonomiċi… Read more »

COMECE publishes contribution to the future European Security Strategy

06/07/2026

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) today, Thursday, 2 July 2026, publishes its contribution entitled “A European Security Strategy at the service of peace”, as the European Union prepares its new Security Strategy.

Drawing on the Catholic Church’s social teaching and the European Union’s founding vocation as a project of peace, the document offers reflections on the current debate on European security and defence… Read more »

Pope in Lampedusa: Faced with enormous suffering, we must radically respond

Papal Mass, pastoral visit of His Holiness the Pope

04/07/2026 Arena Sports Field in Salina, Lampedusa

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

God always loves us first. The beauty of the sea, this island and your faces is a reflection of his gratuitous initiative: love precedes us, surrounds us and brings us together. I am grateful to the Lord for the opportunity to visit you, following in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who chose to travel to Lampedusa on 8 July 2013 for his first trip as the Successor of Peter… Read more »

Pope’s July prayer intention: ‘for respect for human life’

04/07/2026

Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of July, and invites Catholics to pray ‘for respect for human life,’ so all may ‘recognize and protect the unique and unrepeatable value of every human being.’

Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him this July in praying for respect for human life.

He released the monthly “Pray with the Pope” video on Thursday, which is prepared by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network… Read more »

Watch: Documentary about the Pope

03/07/2026

The Editorial Directorate of the Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary “Leo in Rome”, featuring interviews, archival footage, and images that retrace the years Robert Francis Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—spent in the Eternal City. The documentary was produced by journalists Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Salvatore Cernuzio, and Tiziana Campisi, with editing by Jaime Vizcaíno Haro.

The documentary is in Italian with English subtitles.

Source: vaticannews.va Read more »

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