News from the Church in Malta
Tomorrow, Friday, 20th February 2026, the Archbishop’s Curia and the Marriages Office in Floriana, and the Ecclesiastical Tribunals in Valletta, will be closed.
The Ecclesiastical Tribunals will reopen on Saturday, 21st February 2026. The Archbishop’s Curia and the Marriages Office will reopen on Monday, 23rd February 2026. Read more »
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Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 1. The mystery of the Church, sacrament of the union with God, and the unity of all humanity
Message of Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
When the Second Vatican Council, to whose documents we are dedicating the catecheses, wanted to describe the Church, it was concerned first and foremost with explaining where its origins lie… Read more »
L-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna żar l-Iskola Primarja J. Hookham Frere f’Tal-Pietà nhar il-Ħamis 12 ta’ Frar. Hemmhekk kellu l-opportunità jiltaqa’ u jiddjaloga mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi.
Waqt id-djalogu mal-istudenti l-kbar, fost it-temi li ġew diskussi, l-Arċisqof tkellem dwar is-sbuħija li ngħixu flimkien minkejja d-differenzi tagħna fir-reliġjon li nipprattikaw, kif ukoll saħaq dwar l-importanza li kull persuna jkollha l-paċi f’qalbha biex id-dinja tkun post aħjar.
Din iż-żjara saret permezz tal-inizjattiva tal-iSpiritual Development in Schools, li bħala parti minn xogħolhom, jikkoordinaw żjarat pastorali tal-isqfijiet fl-iskejjel tal-istat u dawk indipendenti… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media
Dear brothers and sisters,
Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith and keep our hearts from being consumed by the anxieties and distractions of daily life.
Every path towards conversion begins by allowing the word of God to touch our hearts and welcoming it with a docile spirit… Read more »
Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. I. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum 5. The Word of God in the life of the Church
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
In today’s catechesis we will look at the profound and vital link that exists between the Word of God and the Church, a bond expressed by the Conciliar Constitution Dei Verbum, in the sixth chapter… Read more »
Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
“Ħa nifrex fuqha s-sliem bħal xmara, u bħal xmara tfur il-ġid tal-ġnus” (Iż 66:12). Il-lejla ħsiebna jmur lejn Lourdes, fejn tagħmel ħafna kesħa, u lejn ix-xmara Gave, xmara li minn ħdejha titla’ dik l-għolja ta’ Massabielle, il-ġebla antika Massabielle, li fiż-żmien madwar l-1858 kienet il-post fejn jarmu l-iskart. Kienet parti mill-inħawi ta’ Lourdes, għax Lourdes hija belt antika, ftit ’il bogħod, taħt il-kastell li għadu hemm sal-lum, li ma kienx attraenti… Read more »
Maltese-born Bishop Henry Balzan recounted a formative pastoral experience during his decades of missionary work in Chile, revealing how the devastating loss of an entire family tested his own faith and ministry.
Bishop Balzan, now an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of La Serena, Chile, recalled ministering to a local family consisting of a devoted father, Manuel, and his three sons, Daniel, José, and Sebastián… Read more »
A group of Maltese priests is heading to Poland with an unusual mission: representing the country for the first time in an annual futsal championship for Catholic priests in Europe.
Poland – the reigning champion – is hosting the 18th edition of the European Futsal Championship of Catholic Priests, a championship which was launched in Austria in 2003 and since organised annually, with an interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic… Read more »
Filming and editing: Miguela Xuereb & Laura Galea; interview: Maria Emma Buhagiar
Dun Jesmond Schembri ġie ordnat qassis tal-Knisja Griega Kattolika. Il-qassis novell li huwa wkoll raġel miżżewweġ, missier, u nannu, irċieva l-ordinazzjoni presbiterali l-Ħadd 8 ta’ Frar minn idejn l-Isqof Benedittin Manuel Nin i Güell, li ftit tal-jiem ilu tħabbar li l-Papa Ljun XIV ħatru bħala l-Eżarka ta’ Grottaferrata… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media Message of Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
After proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus addresses those who put them into practice, saying that thanks to them the earth is no longer the same and the world is no longer in darkness. “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world” (Mt 5:13-14)… Read more »
