News from the Church in Malta
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday!
Today’s Gospel (Mt 9:36–10:8) brings us a great gift, for it draws all who hear it into Jesus’ gaze: it is a story that bears witness to the attentiveness of this gaze, as well as telling us what the Lord sees. We read, in fact, that Christ “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless” (v… Read more »
Twice a year, the Archbishop’s Seminary publishes the newsletter Is-Seminarju, with the most recent edition released for the month of June. The newsletter includes a number of articles about life at the Major Seminary.
Among other topics, it covers aspects of formation, activities that have recently taken place at the Seminary, and other information related to the Seminary community. The newsletter also features various contributions from seminarians and from people who work closely with the Seminary… Read more »
Address by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
We have just heard one of the most challenging passages in the Gospel. We know that this same chapter also contains a warning that no believer can take lightly (Mt 25:41-45). Today, by the sea, the word of God becomes concrete: here so many wounded lives arrive, stripped of almost everything, but never of their dignity… Read more »
Rev. Prof. Carl-Mario Sultana convened and addressed the biennial Congress of the Équipe Européenne de Catéchèse of which he is the President. The meeting was held in Corato, near Bari in Italy and between 3 and 8 June 2026. It brought together more than 60 participants from more than 17 European countries. The participants were either national directors of Catechesis and/or Religious Education in their countries or academics in higher educational institutions in Catechetics and/or Religious Education… Read more »
Homily of Holy Father Pope Leo XIV
“Senyor, sobirà nostre, que n’és, de gloriós, el vostre nom per tota la terra!” (Ps 8:1). With the praise of this psalm, so full of joy and wonder, I greet all of you, dear brothers and sisters. I express my gratitude to their Majesties. I thank Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, as well as my fellow bishops and all those who join us in prayer: priests, deacons and men and women religious… Read more »
MED26 – Barcelona is currently taking place during Pope Leo XIV’s visit for the inauguration and blessing of the tallest bell tower of the Sagrada Família Basilica in Spain. The event brings together bishops, theologians, young people, sanctuary rectors and social actors from countries bordering the five shores of the Mediterranean for a series of meetings, working groups and plenary sessions… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters,
With great joy I begin my visit by praying Midday Prayer together with you in this Cathedral.
The Second Vatican Council defines the Divine Office as “the voice of the bride herself addressed to her bridegroom” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 84) and “the prayer which Christ himself together with his body addresses to the Father” (ibid… Read more »
From 9 June to 10 July 2026, St John’s Co-Cathedral presents ‘Sette Giugno 1919. Memory and Ritual’, an exhibition exploring one of the defining moments of modern Maltese history through remembrance, funerary culture, and material heritage.
The exhibition commemorates the events of 7 June 1919, when social and economic tensions under British colonial rule erupted into unrest in Valletta. Rising food prices, post-war hardship, unemployment, and growing dissatisfaction with the colonial administration culminated in the deaths of four Maltese civilians… Read more »
Address by Pope Leo XIV
Mr Prime Minister,
Madam President of the Congress of Deputies,
Mr President of the Senate,
Mr President of the Constitutional Court,
Madam President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary,
Members of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I thank the President for her kind words, as well as for the invitation the Apostolic See received on the occasion of my visit to this country… Read more »
The Church Schools Admissions Board wishes to inform the public that the following vacant places for scholastic year 2026-2027 – one place in First Year Secondary and two places in First Year Primary – are available for male students who hold a statement for one-to-one support:
These vacant places for other applicants will be filled according to the Admissions Regulations for Serious Cases and according to the details provided… Read more »
