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Pope at Angelus: God’s plans are infinitely greater than we can imagine

20/09/2026   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s liturgy, through the words of the prophet Isaiah, the Lord gives us great cause for hope, telling us that his thoughts are not our thoughts, that his ways are not our ways (cf. Is 55:8). Yes, God’s plans are infinitely greater — and, let us say, more “human”— than those that we men and women, marked by sin, can conceive or bring to fruition… Read more »

In our relationship with God, let’s approach him with an open heart not a measuring stick – The Archbishop

20/09/2026   The Chapel of Mary Mother of the Church, Ta' Mlit, Mosta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Ewwel Qari jippreparana ftit għas-sorpriża ta’ din il-parabbola ta’ Ġesù: “Il-fehmiet tiegħi m’humiex fehmietkom, u t-triqat tiegħi m’humiex triqatkom” (Is 55:8). Donnu l-Mulej qiegħed jgħidilna, nifhem li intom tħobbu tkejlu, b’mod speċjali meta tqabblu lilkom infuskom mal-oħrajn, hija tendenza fina. Imma l-Profeta Isaija, jgħinna nifhmu s-sorpriża tal-istorja tal-Parabbola ta’ Ġesù, billi jinsisti: “daqskemm huma ogħla s-smewwiet mill-art, daqshekk ieħor huma triqati ‘l fuq minn triqatkom, u l-fehmiet tiegħi mill-fehmiet tagħkom” (Is 55:9)… Read more »

Archdiocese of Malta gives €1.3m to vulnerable people as social support increases

The Financial Report of the Archdiocese of Malta for 2025

19/09/2026

Archdiocese volunteers deliver food to vulnerable people’s homes.
Photo: Ian Noel Pace Download the financial report for 2025 Download

More than €1.3 million was distributed in donations by the Archdiocese of Malta during the Jubilee Year of Hope, as the Church increased support for vulnerable people despite registering an overall financial shortfall of around €1 million in 2025.

Michael Pace Ross, Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta, said this direct financial assistance formed part of a much wider commitment by the Church… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 18th September 2026, 9:30am

18/09/2026   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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 »

Nostra aetate, 60 years on: Church renews dialogue against hatred and division

17/09/2026   The Vatican

On the 60th anniversary of ‘Nostra aetate’, which opened a new chapter in relations between Catholics and believers of other faiths, three Vatican Dicasteries publish a Note entitled “A Journey of Hope,” renewing the call to counter fundamentalism, protect religious freedom, and build coexistence founded on fraternity.

At the time, it was a turning point in relations between Catholics and Jews and with believers of other faiths, as well as a beacon of hope in the aftermath of the Second World War… Read more »

Pope: Humanity’s future depends on collaboration in building more humane world

17/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS, 23-32). 3. The human community -Dokumenti tal-Konċilju Vatikan II. IV. Kostituzzjoni pastorali Gaudium et spes (GS 1-10). 3. Il-komunità tal-bnedmin (GS, 23-32)

Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

By dedicating the second chapter to the “human community”, the Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS) invites us to consider “the growing interdependence of men” as “one of the salient features of the modern world” (no… Read more »

Watch: Msgr. Lawrenz Cachia’s 70 years of priesthood and great love for the Maltese language

He recounts his memories of Dun Karm Psaila

16/09/2026

Photos/Videos: Miguela Xuereb

A scholar of the Maltese language who served in several parishes, Newsbook Malta met Msgr. Lawrenz Cachia at Dar tal-Kleru, where he is now retired, to share some of his fondest memories from his 70 years as a priest.

He told Newsbook Malta that he enjoyed seeing people take an interest in his sermons, “but ultimately, it is in the Lord’s hands how much good has been done.”

Msgr… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Human dignity must always be defended as God’s gift

09/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis.The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS12-22). 2. Human dignity: gift and responsibility.

Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

The Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS), by dedicating the first chapter to the dignity of the human person, emphasizes that it is the foundation and condition for “those values which are most highly prized today”, but these must not lose sight of their “divine source”, in order to avoid possible distortions arising from the “taint in man’s human heart” (GS, 11)… Read more »

The victories we must work for today – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Homily on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

08/09/2026   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Homily by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Victory Day is a cherished day of celebration for our country. Together with the Church throughout the world, today we celebrate the feast of the birth of Our Lady, but this is also a feast that has a particular significance for us Maltese. Today, the Maltese people commemorate events that shaped our national identity, moments in which our forefathers recognised God’s protection and thanked Our Lady for her maternal intercession… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Mutual love is one debt that ‘does not enslave us’

06/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

The word of God proclaimed in this Sunday’s liturgy offers us some fundamental criteria for thought and action.  In the Letter to the Romans, we read that every commandment is “summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Rom 13:9).  Saint Paul insists on this point with a very powerful image, one that also appears in the Lord’s Prayer.  He writes: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another” (v… Read more »