Archbishop Charles Scicluna said at a Vatican press conference on Wednesday evening that he was returning to Malta with a “renewed commitment” to place the family at the centre of the Church’s pastoral mission, describing Amoris Laetitia as a “fresh document which needs to be rediscovered” ten years after its publication.

Speaking at the briefing, held at the Holy See Press Office to conclude a week-long meeting marking the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation on family life, Archbishop Scicluna emphasised the document’s call for a Church that listens before judging and leads people to an encounter with God’s mercy… Read more »

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

Archbishop Charles Scicluna met with a number of separated persons at a meeting organised by the Office for Pastoral Care of Separated Persons within the Archdiocese of Malta.

During the meeting, the Archbishop was asked several questions on a wide range of topics. These included responsibilities towards children following separation, particularly in blended families and in situations where care and custody are entrusted to one parent… Read more »

More than 200 altar servers, both boys and girls, from various Maltese parishes attended an activity organised by the National Association of Maltese Altar Servers on Saturday, 3 October 2026, to mark the feast of St Tarcisius, Patron Saint of Altar Servers.

This annual event, which is held in a different parish each year, brings together altar servers from parishes across Malta in an atmosphere of prayer and celebration… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV told the faithful gathered for the Angelus on Sunday that his doctors have found a “a localized nodule” in his lung and he will be operated on in a few days. The medical procedure will take place at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital.

“Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, doctors found a localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well localized… Read more »

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Woe to me if I do not proclaim the Gospel” (1 Cor 9:16). These are the words of St Paul. This conviction was at the heart of the Church from the very beginning: her mission is to proclaim the Gospel, to proclaim the life and words of Jesus, the Saviour of the world… Read more »

Photos and videos: Miguela Xuereb

Qatt smajt b’Dun Beningo Zerafa?

Ma nafux kif jidher imma nafu li kien kompożitur ta’ stoffa li fi żmienu kien iħabbatha mal-figuri magħrufa internazzjonalment fid-dinja tal-mużika.

Dis-sena l-Arkivji tal-Katidral tal-Imdina qed jiċċelebraw it-300 anniversarju mit-twelid ta’ Dun Benigno Zerafa (1726–1804), wieħed mill-kompożituri Maltin importanti tas-seklu tmintax u Maestro di Cappella tal-Katidral tal-Imdina… Read more »

Ritratt: Vatican News

Id-Dar tal-Pubblikazzjoni tal-Vatikan ħabbret li se jiġu ppubblikati l-ħsibijiet u n-noti personali li l-Papa Franġisku kiteb u żamm għal aktar minn tliet diċennji.

Il-ktieb The Private Diary of Pope Francis, miktub mill-Kardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefett tad-Dekasteru għad-Duttrina tal-Fidi, se jiġi pubblikat fl-24 ta’ Novembru 2026.

Din il-ġabra se tiġbor bosta noti li l-Papa Franġisku kiteb bejn l-20 ta’ Diċembru 1992 u t-18 ta’ Awwissu 2024… Read more »