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The Pope: The challenge is not technological but anthropological

Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communications

19/05/2026   The Vatican

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Pope Leo XIV Preserving Human Voices and Faces

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prósōpon), because it expresses etymologically what is before one’s gaze, the place of presence and relationship… Read more »

New document outlines vision and identity for Church Schools

13/05/2026

Download the document ‘Catholic Education in Malta: The Mission of Church Schools in Maltese Society Today and Tomorrow‘Download

An identity document for Church Schools, which enters into dialogue with society’s continually evolving complexities, has been launched on Wednesday 13th May 2026 as a framework for the present and future formation of its communities, centred on the person of Christ and rooted in human dignity… Read more »

General Secretaries of EU Episcopates gather in Brussels and meet with EP Vice-President Sberna

Malta represented by Fr Jimmy Bonnici during COMECE meeting

12/05/2026   Brussels

Read more »Photo: COMECE The General Secretaries of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union gathered in Brussels on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, for their annual meeting organised by COMECE to discuss current issues concerning the Church and the European Union. The programme included a meeting at the European Parliament with Vice-President Antonella Sberna, responsible for the implementation of the Article 17 dialogue, as well as a reception by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.  …

Archbishop recovering after successful procedure

13/05/2026

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has successfully undergone a surgical procedure and is now convalescing.

Following some days in hospital, he will begin a period of rehabilitation as part of his recovery.

Acting on medical advice, the Archbishop will be reducing his public engagements in the coming weeks to allow for proper rest and recuperation.

He wishes to express his heartfelt thanks to all those who have wished him well and remembered him in their prayers… Read more »

He shows us the greatest love – Bishop Galea-Curmi

08/05/2026   Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

Photo:Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

“Li tħobbu lil xulxin” (Ġw 15:12) jgħid Ġesù fl-Evanġelju tal-lum b’insistenza. Hawn qiegħed fl-Aħħar Ċena jitkellem mad-dixxipli tiegħu, u jgħid u jerġa’ jgħid: “li tħobbu lil xulxin” (Ġw 15:17) – dan hu l-kmandament tiegħi. Dak li qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu dak inhar jgħidu dejjem lilna, dixxipli tiegħu: li fil-qalba tal-ħajja tagħna Nisranija għandu jkun hemm dejjem din l-imħabba – l-imħabba lejn Alla li turi ruħha fl-imħabba lejn l-oħrajn… Read more »

An experience of pastoral exchange and knowledge between two Mediterranean realities

A visit organised by MELA

10/05/2026

Ritratt: Evan Demicoli – Uffiċċju Preżenza Diġitali

Delegazzjoni mis-Seminarju ta’ Piazza Armerina fi Sqallija, immexxija mir-Rettur don Luca Crapanzano, żaret Malta fil-bidu ta’ Mejju, f’esperjenza ta’ skambju u għarfien pastorali bejn iż-żewġ realtajiet Mediterranji. Din iż-żjara ġiet organizzata minn MELA (Mediterranean Ethnographic Laboratory & Archive).

Il-programm beda b’laqgħa introduttorja dwar il-kuntest Malti u wara laqgħa mal-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna. F’din il-laqgħa, is-seminaristi kellhom iċ-ċans jiddiskutu mal-Arċisqof dwar x’tifhem il-Knisja f’Malta bl-inkulturazzjoni tal-Evanġelju fis-soċjetà tal-lum, inkluż l-importanza tad-devozzjonijiet popolari u l-apprezzament tal-wirt pre-Kristjan f’Malta… Read more »

The Synod publishes reports on the selection of Bishops and how the Church should address issues that challenge it

09/05/2026

Photo: Vatican Media

Il-Vatikan ippubblika żewġ rapporti finali ta’ gruppi ta’ studju fi ħdan is-Sinodu. Din id-darba, ir-rapporti jinkludu l-għażla talisqfijiet u dwar kif il-Knisja tista’ tkompli timxi b’mod parteċipattiv fi kwistjonijiet emerġenti.

Il-Kardinal Mario Grech saħaq li dawn ir-rapporti juru li d-dixxerniment għandu jibqa’ fil-qalba kemm tal-għażla tal-isqfijiet kif ukoll tal-mod kif il-Knisja tindirizza l-isfidi pastorali, duttrinali u etiċi tal-lum… Read more »

Watch: Archbishop Scicluna describes the Pope as “a gentle man with a beautiful heart”

08/05/2026

F’intervent li għamel l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna waqt programm speċjali fuq RTK103 f’għeluq l-ewwel anniversarju mill-ħatra tal-Papa Ljun XIV, l-Arċisqof iddeskriva lill-Papa bħala “raġel ġwejjed għaref” b’qalb sabiħa.

Mons. Scicluna semma kif il-karatteristiċi tal-Papa fosthom il-qalb missjunarja tiegħu jkomplu jagħnu l-Knisja, partikolarment bl-esperjenza tiegħu fil-Perù, fejn il-Papa serva bħala patri Agostinjan missjunarju kif ukoll bħala Isqof ta’ Chiclayo.

Żied kif l-imħabba tiegħu lejn in-nies fil-periferiji ħarġet fid-deher fl-aħħar vjaġġ appostoliku tiegħu fl-Afrika… Read more »

One year of Pope Leo XIV: a voice of hope in a divided world

08/05/2026

Photo: Vatican Media

It-8 ta’ Mejju 2026 jimmarka l-ewwel anniversarju mill-ħatra tal-Papa Ljun XIV bħala l-267 suċċessur ta’ Pietru. Sena wara li dehret id-daħna bajda fis-6:06pm mill-Kappella Sistina, l-ewwel sena tal-pontifikat tiegħu jidher li kienet immarkata minn stil kalm, missjunarju u profond li ħares lejn il-paċi u d-dinjità ta’ kull bniedem.

Sa mill-ewwel messaġġ tiegħu Urbi et Orbi, il-Papa għażel li jqiegħed il-paċi fiċ-ċentru tal-missjoni tiegħu, hekk kif sellem lid-dinja bil-kliem ta’ Kristu: “Il-paċi tkun magħkom ilkoll!”

Dan il-messaġġ ma kienx sempliċiment slogan biex ta bidu għall-pontifikat iżda linja ċara tal-ministeru, f’liema messaġġ il-kelma ‘paċi’ ntqalet minn tal-inqas 10 darbiet… Read more »