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Pope at Audience: Unjust investments come at bloody price of millions of human lives

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the challenges of the contemporary world. 8. Easter as the refuge of the restless heart

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

Human life is characterized by a constant movement that drives us to do, to act. Nowadays speed is required everywhere in order to achieve optimal results in a wide variety of fields… Read more »

Let’s celebrate the Christmas spirit by helping others – The Archbishop

  Archbishop's Minor Seminary, Tal-Virtù

Il-President ta’ Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono żaret is-Seminarju Minuri tal-Arċisqof fil-15 ta’ Diċembru bħala parti mill-kampanja L-istrina BOV Piggy Bank. Hi kienet akkumpanjata mill-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna, u l-Ministru għall-Edukazzjoni Clifton Grima.

Waqt li indirizzat lill-istudenti, il-President ħeġġithom biex ikunu parti minn L-Istrina ta’ din is-sena, billi jikkontribwixxu mill-ftit tagħhom. Spjegat li matul is-sena ltaqgħet ma’ xi studenti li wara l-iskola ma jsibux familja għand min imorru, u oħrajn li qed ibatu minħabba li l-mard ħakem lilhom jew lill-familja tagħhom… Read more »

“The devil doesn’t wake up in the morning and decide to possess someone” – Fr Franco Fenech

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Franco Fenech tkellem dwar l-esperjenzi tiegħu bħala eżorċista fejn qal li x-xitan ma jaqbadx u jqum filgħodu u jiddeċiedi li jidħol f’xi ħadd.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Franco Fenech u Kristjana Casha. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The HandbookRead more »

COMECE position on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”

COMECE calls on Members of the European Parliament to avoid further tension within the European Union and to vote responsibly, with due respect for the existing EU order of competences in the field of abortion and for existing EU health programmes. Ahead of the vote in the European Parliament on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice, For Safe and Accessible Abortion” (ECI (2024) 000004), the Secretariat of COMECE wishes to express serious concerns regarding the overall objective of this initiative and to call on Members of the European Parliament to exercise responsibility in their vote, taking into account the implications of this initiative in the current context… Read more »

Pope Leo effect: first Augustinian pope sparks interest in order

Photo: Vatican Media

The election of the first-ever pope to hail from the Order of Saint Augustine appears to have renewed interest in the order, with a vocations director reporting receiving well over 400 inquiries from young men in the US.

The Order of Saint Augustine was officially formed in 1244, after hermits living in Tuscany petitioned the pope to be united as one group… Read more »

“My mother helped me forgive the person accused of killing my brother” – Fr Franco Fenech

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Franco Fenech irrakkonta l-esperjenza tal-mewt ta’ ħuh u kif ommu għenitu jaħfer lil min kien akkużat li qatlu.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Franco Fenech u Kristjana Casha. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 11, 47-54
“Ħażin għalikom intom l-għorrief tal-Liġi! … Read more »

Pope: Jesus’ words free us from the prison of despair

Angelus

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today’s Gospel places in jail with John the Baptist, who finds himself imprisoned because of his preaching (cf. Mt 14:3-5). Nevertheless, he does not lose hope, thus becoming for us a sign that a prophet, even in chains, retains the ability to use his voice in the pursuit of truth and justice… Read more »

Mother of the Faithful People of God

New Church document clarifies, recommends or discourages certain titles attributed to the Virgin Mary, particularly those related to her cooperation in salvation

Painting: ‘Mary Untier of Knots’ by Johann George Melchior Schmidtner

Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Mater Populi FidelisMother of the Faithful People of God – is the title of the note recently published by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). It expresses with depth and pastoral resonance the Church’s understanding of Mary’s maternal role toward the People of God… Read more »

Pope Leo: Flowers can bloom even in prisons

Holy Mass on the Third Sunday of Advent and the Jubilee of Prisoners

  St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we celebrate the Jubilee of Hope for correctional institutions, prisoners and all those who oversee or work in the penitentiary system. The choice of this day, the third Sunday of Advent, for this particular jubilee is rich in meaning, as it is the day that the Church calls Gaudete Sunday, whose name comes from the first words of the entrance antiphon for the Mass (cf. Phil 4:4)… Read more »