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Pope at Audience: Church’s hierarchy born from Christ to proclaim Gospel

25/03/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 5. On the foundation of the Apostles. The Church in her hierarchical dimension”

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

We will continue our catecheses on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council, commenting on the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium on the Church (LG)… Read more »

Archbishop Cremona used to say: ‘The Lord prepared the way for me in the hearts of the people I met’ – The Archbishop

Mass on the first anniversary of the death of Archbishop Paul Cremona

18/03/2026   The Church of Our Lady of the Grotto, Rabat

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Għax min ħenn għalihom, imexxihom.” Kemm hi sabiħa din l-espressjoni mill-profeta Iżaija. “Għax min ħenn għalihom, imexxihom” (Iż 49:10) .

Nistgħu ngħidu li dan il-kliem tal-profeta jiġbor ukoll l-esperjenza ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna waqt il-ministeru episkopali tal-maħbub Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona. Fih rajna xi ħadd li ħabbna u ħenn għalina u fih saret ħajja l-kelma tal-profeta: “Għax min ħenn għalihom, imexxihom” (Iż 49:10) … Read more »

The Gospel, before showing us Jesus’ power over death, shows us the power of his love – The Archbishop

Mass on the fifth Sunday of Lent

22/03/2026   Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Dan huwa wieħed mill-iżjed sinjali qawwija li għamel Ġesù, u li jirrakuntalna l-Evanġelju skont San Ġwann. Xi ftit ħsibijiet ispirati minn dan l-Evanġelju pjuttost twil, sabiħ ħafna. Nissuġġerilkom ukoll li f’dawn il-ġranet li ġejjin, wieħed ikun jista’ jerġa’ jaqrah bil-kalma. Tistgħu ssibuh pereżempju fuq il-website tal-Laikos. U titolbu fuqhu.

L-ewwel ħaġa li tolqotni, hija, kemm-il darba fl-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna, minn kapitlu 11 ta’ San Ġwann, hemm il-kelma: ‘Ġesù ħabb’… Read more »

Watch: Archbishop meets with adolescents who will receive Confirmation

22/03/2026   The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

A large group of adolescents who will receive the sacrament of Confirmation this year met Archbishop Charles Scicluna on Saturday, 14 March, at the Basilica of Christ the King in Paola. The adolescents, who came from various Maltese parishes, were accompanied by their catechists. The meeting was organised by Lifelong Catechesis within the Archdiocese of Malta as part of the catechetical formation offered to young candidates for Confirmation… Read more »

Lenten Reflection 2026 – Fifth Sunday

21/03/2026

Video: Nicholas Agius Deguara – Digital Presence Office

This Lent, Archbishop Charles Scicluna explains in a few minutes the Gospel that will be read on the Sundays of Lent, and offers points of reflection for this spiritual journey.

Gospel: John 11, 1-45

Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha… Read more »

Work by the Church in the Mediterranean: ‘a strong sign of hope’

Delegation of the ecclesial Coordination of the Mediterranean in audience with the Pope

20/03/2026

Ritratt: Vatican Media

Delegazzjoni tal-Koordinazzjoni Ekkleżjali tal-Mediterran kellha udjenza mal-Papa Ljun XIV fil-Vatikan, laqgħa li ġabret flimkien rappreżentanti minn diversi pajjiżi u istituzzjonijiet tal-Knisja li jaħdmu flimkien biex jissaħħu d-djalogu u l-paċi fil-Mediterran.

F’din id-delegazzjoni, Malta kienet rappreżentata minn Dun Jean Claude Attard, bħala l-Koordinatur għall-Preżenza Djoċesana fil-Mediterran għall-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Fl-intervent tiegħu enfasizza l-identità partikolari ta’ Malta, magħmula minn elementi Ewropej, Għarab u Afrikani, li flimkien ma’ tradizzjoni twila tal-lingwa Ingliża qed jgħinu lill-gżira tkun “għajn ta’ kenn u mistrieħ” għall-popli kollha tal-Mediterran… Read more »

Pope convokes Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences for meeting on families

19/03/2026

Photo: Vatican Media

Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia

Dear brothers and sisters,

On 19 March 2016, Pope Francis offered the universal Church a luminous message of hope regarding conjugal love and family life, which was the fruit of three years of synodal discernment enriched by the Jubilee Year of Mercy: the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia… Read more »

The Centrality of the Family in the process of Christian Initiation

Meeting of the Delegates of the Episcopal Conferences of Italy, Portugal, Spain and Malta

18/03/2026

Delegates of the catechetical sectors of the Episcopal Conferences held their annual meeting in Malta from the 10th to the 12th of March 2026. The delegates came from Italy, Portugal, Spain and Malta.

The meetings focused on the catechetical work being carried out in the nation. Reflections were also developed on the challenges that the process of Christian Initiation entails at this historical moment, particularly in Southern Europe… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV: Protecting minors is essential for life of the Church

Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

16/03/2026   Consistory Hall, the Vatican

Photo; Vatican Media Address of Pope Leo XIV

Welcome, my dear brothers and sisters,

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with you.

I am pleased to greet all of you today as you gather for your Plenary Assembly. In a particular way, I thank the new President —still new — Archbishop Thibault Verny, President of the Commission, for his leadership and dedication… Read more »