News from the Church in Malta
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
The Gospel proclaimed in today’s liturgy (Mt 22:15-21) presents us with one of Jesus’ best-known sayings: “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (cf. v. 21). For this reason, it is important to consider these words in the context in which they were originally spoken… Read more »
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Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters,
For World Mission Day 2026, which marks the centenary of a celebration established by Pius XI that is very dear to the Church, I have chosen the theme “One in Christ, united in mission.” Following the Jubilee Year, I wish to encourage the whole Church to continue its missionary journey with joy and zeal in the Holy Spirit… Read more »
The sacristy, which is part of the Casa Manresa Chapel
This coming Sunday, 18 October 2026, the public is invited to visit the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana as part of the Ġenna ta’ Ġonna event.
Visitors will learn why, in 1743, the Jesuits felt the need to dedicate this building to Our Lady of Manresa, and how over the years it has helped the Church’s pastoral mission… Read more »
Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta
Archbishop Charles Scicluna today joined the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia for a private moment of prayer and remembrance marking the ninth anniversary of her assassination.
The prayers included a reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes followed by a blessing imparted by the Archbishop. Harpist Jacob Portelli provided musical accompaniment.
The short service also remembered Daphne’s mother, Rose Vella, who passed away in 2023… Read more »
Photo: Monstera Production
Address by Pope Leo XIV
His Excellency Mr Qu Dongyu
Director-General of the FAO
Your Excellency,
Your Excellency,
1. The theme for this year’s World Food Day is “Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow.” By helping the earth yield its fruit, humanity does not merely engage in a technical operation, but fulfills the command to care for the earth and cultivate it (cf… Read more »
Homily by Pope Leo XIV
read by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Dean of the College of Cardinals
I will now read the homily prepared by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.
“The joy of love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church” (Pope Francis, Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, 19 March 2016, 1)… Read more »
Photo: Vatican Media
“The Pope had a good night in the hospital, got up and had breakfast,” the Holy See Press Office said on Thursday morning, two days after Pope Leo underwent a successful lung operation with no complications.
Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery at Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, as explained in a statement released by the Holy See Press Office the same evening… Read more »
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 »
