We kindly inform you on Friday 7th March 2025, the Archbishop’s Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will be closed. The Curia and the Tribunal will reopen the day after Saturday, 8 March 2025. Read more »

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“The Pope slept through the night and now continues to rest,” said the Holy See Press Office on Tuesday morning.

The Press Office has reported that the Pope is continuing his respiratory therapy and physiotherapy, and has resumed high-flow ventilation (i.e., not mechanical ventilation), using a nasal cannula for oxygen.

Tuesday morning was devoted to rest and prayer. In the context of a complex condition, the situation currently appears stable… Read more »

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi qal li fl-Indja għad hemm Ġiżwita Malti, Patri Paul Aquilina li ta’ 93 sena għadu qed jagħti kontribut u servizz f’missjoni li jkompli jxandar fuq il-passi ta’ Ġesù l-bxara t-tajba mad-dinja kollha.

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi said that in India, there is a Maltese Jesuit, Fr Paul Aquilina who is still contributing to the mission.

In comments to Newsbook Malta, Galea-Curmi recounted how he went to India to be part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the first Maltese Jesuits who went to India for their missionary work… Read more »

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Nicholas Agius Deguara

This Wednesday, 5th March 2025, marks the commencement of the holy season of Lent for the Catholic Church: 40 days of prayer and penance in preparation for the celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna will preside over the Ash Wednesday Mass, which will include the blessing and the placing of ashes, at the Church of the Holy Cross in Floriana (Tal-Kapuċċini)… Read more »

It-tielet edizzjoni tal-Caritas Run For Life 2025 saret fi tmiem il-ġimgħa li għaddiet, hekk kif il-bibien taċ-Ċentru Terapewtiku ta’rijabilitazzjoni mid-droga f’San Blas infetħu beraħ biex laqgħu baħar ta’ persuni li pparteċipaw f’din l-attività annwali.

Din is-sena l-attività rat rekord ta’ iktar minn 1,300 parteċipant, maqsuma bejn dawk li għażlu jagħmlu ġirja ta’ 5km jew 10km, oħrajn li mxew 4km jew 5km u t-tfal b’ġirjiet ta’ kilometru u 2.5 kilometri… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Din hi l-għamara ta’ Alla mal-bnedmin; u hu jgħammar magħhom, u huma jkunu l-poplu tiegħu, u Alla nnifsu jkun magħhom, Alla tagħhom.” (Apok 21:3)

Ftit tax-xhur ilu ċċelebrajtu u jiena magħkom, l-25 sena mit-twaqqif ta’ din il-komunità Nisranija bħala parroċċa. Illum qed nikkonsagraw dan it-tempju. Hu mument li fih il-Mulej jirrepeti l-kelma għażiża li smajna mill-ktieb tal-Apokolassi. “Ara se nġedded kollox” (Apok 21:5)… Read more »

Ritratt: Times of Malta

Aktar minn 100 sena ilu, żewġ Ġiżwiti Maltin tal-Provinċja Siċiljana tal-Kumpanija ta’ Ġesù marru lejn l-Indja biex iwasslu l-missjoni tagħhom bħala reliġjużi f’din l-art.

Sabiex wieħed isir Ġiżwita, huwa meħtieġ li jieħu erba’ voti: tal-faqar, tal-kastità, tal-ubbidjenza, bir-raba’ vot speċifikat għall-ubbidjenza fir-rigward tal-missjoni madwar id-dinja.

F’Ottubru tal-1924, il-Maltin Patri Anton DeBono u l-istudent Bernard Bugeja, flimkien ma’ student Ġiżwita ieħor Siċiljan Giuseppe Cordaro ħallew l-Ewropa biex marru lejn dan il-pajjiż enormi li jinsab madwar 6,356 kilmoetru ‘l bogħod mill-gżejjer Mediterranji… Read more »