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Live: The ordination of three new priests – 17 May 2025, 9:30am

16/05/2025   Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

This Saturday, 17 May 2025 at 9:30am, the Church in Malta will celebrate the ordination of three new priests. Archbishop Charles Scicluna will preside over the ordination of: Rev. Matthew Sammut from the Parish of the Resurrection of Christ in Pembroke; Rev. Johan Bugeja, a Salesian of Don Bosco; and Rev. Tian Ci Shawn Dominic Wong, a seminarian of the Institute for World Evangelisation – ICPE Mission… Read more »

“Our dignity does not change: whether healthy or sick, employed or unemployed” – Pope Leo XIV

16/05/2025

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Fl-ewwel diskors tiegħu lill-Korp Diplomatiku għas-Santa Sede, il-Papa Ljun XIV iddikjara li “d-dinjità tagħna tibqa’ dejjem l-istess” irrispettivament mill-istat tas-saħħa, mis-sitwazzjoni tax-xogħol jew mil-liema pajjiż ġejjin.

Il-Papa, li hu nnifsu dixxendent ta’ koppja immigranti, għadda dan il-messaġġ bħala sejħa personali u universali f’mument ta’ sfidi globali, u stieden lill-komunità internazzjonali sabiex terġa’ timpenja ruħha għall-paċi, il-ġustizzja u l-verità bħala pedamenti ta’ diplomazija u solidarjetà umana… Read more »

Fr Jean Gové entrusted by the Holy See to the European AI Committee

16/05/2025

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Dun Jean Gové ġie fdat mis-Santa Sede bħala rappreżentant fil-Kummissjoni tal-Intelliġenza Artifiċjali fil-Kunsill tal-Ewropa.

Dun Gové li ġie ordnat qassis fl-2019 kiseb dottorat mill-Università St Andrews fl-Ingilterra wara li speċjalizza fil-Filosfija Analitika.

Appari li huwa Riċerkatur Affiljat mal-AI & Humanity Lab fl-Università ta’ Hong Kong, huwa involut fl-esplorazzjoni ta’ ċerti aspetti etiċi tal-għodod tal-AI, bħall-manipulazzjoni permezz tal-AI, kif ukoll kwistjonijiet usa’ relatati mat-transumanità… Read more »

Watch: The journey of Rev. Shawn Wong

15/05/2025

Rev. Shawn Wong is one of three deacons who will be ordained to the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Malta on Saturday, 17 May 2025.

As he prepares for this important step, Rev. Shawn has reflected on five meaningful objects that symbolise the love and mission of the priesthood he is about to embrace. What are these symbolic items?

You can watch the priestly ordination Mass here… Read more »

First international symposium organised by the Jesuits’ Church Foundation

15/05/2025

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

The Jesuits’ Church Foundation is organising its first international symposium, Shaping Minds and Souls: Jesuit Missions and the Mediterranean World, on Thursday, 29th May 2025, at the Oratory of the Immacolata at the former Jesuits’ Church in Valletta.

This full-day scholarly event brings together a distinguished array of academics from Malta, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Canada to explore the far-reaching impact of the Society of Jesus on the religious, cultural, and artistic life of Malta and the broader Mediterranean world from the 16th to the 19th century… Read more »

Watch: The journey of Rev. Johan Bugeja SDB

14/05/2025

Rev. Johan Bugeja SDB is one of three deacons who will be ordained to the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Malta on Saturday, 17 May 2025.

As he prepares for this important step, Rev. Johan has reflected on five meaningful objects that symbolise the love and mission of the priesthood he is about to embrace. What are these symbolic items?

You can watch the priestly ordination Mass here… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV publishes first post on papal social media accounts

14/05/2025

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.

— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) May 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has chosen “to maintain an active social media presence through the official papal accounts on X and Instagram,” according to a press release from the Dicastery for Communication on Tuesday… Read more »

“Young people are looking to the Chaplaincy to make friends” – Fr Patrick Magro

14/05/2025

Iċ-Chaplain f’Università ta’ Malta Fr Patrick Magro qal li kwistjoni komuni li kontinwament jiltaqa’ magħha hija li “ż-żgħażagħ tal-lum ifittxu ċ-Chaplaincy għaliex isibuha diffiċli biex jagħmlu l-ħbieb”.

Qal li apparti minn hekk, iċ-Chaplaincy iffitxuha dawk li ma tantx ikunu qed iħossuhom moralment tajjeb, kif ukoll “dawk bi kriżi personali, kriżi spiritwali jew dawk li vera jkunu jridu jagħmlu l-volontarjat. Hemm min jiġi sempliċiment biex jistrieħ bejn lezzjoni u oħra.”

Waqt il-programm Il-Voluntier fuq RTK103, Fr Patrick qal li ċ-Chaplaincy hija l-post ideali biex dak li jkun jiltaqa’ man-nies u “jidħak daħka” għaliex “nisħqu fuq l-importanza li dejjem ikun hemm xi ħadd fiċ-Chapliancy biex kull minn iżur il-post qatt ma jsib ruħu waħdu”… Read more »

Watch: The journey of Rev. Matthew Sammut

14/05/2025

Rev. Matthew Sammut is one of three deacons who will be ordained to the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Malta on Saturday, 17 May 2025.

As he prepares for this important step, Rev. Matthew has reflected on five meaningful objects that symbolise the love and mission of the priesthood he is about to embrace. What are these symbolic items?

You can watch the priestly ordination Mass here… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV’s message in the Regina Caeli

11/05/2025   St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

I consider it a gift from God that the first Sunday of my service as Bishop of Rome is Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. On this Sunday, we always hear proclaimed at Mass a passage from the tenth chapter from the Gospel of John, where Jesus reveals himself as the true Shepherd: who knows and loves his sheep and gives his life for them… Read more »