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Watch: Experts warn Malta needs stronger safeguarding systems to protect the vulnerable

On World Children’s Day, experts warn that gaps in awareness, law and vetting still leave vulnerable people at risk.

Malta’s safeguarding framework is growing more sophisticated — with stronger structures, clearer procedures, and a Church-led commission that now extends support beyond religious settings.

Yet, as experts highlighted on Attwalità on World Children’s Day, the system is still failing the people who need it most: those too afraid, too isolated, or too unaware to seek help.

Legal gaps and limited oversight leave vulnerable people exposed

Mark Pellicano, Head of Malta’s Safeguarding Commission, outlined a stark truth: while the Commission investigates reports, provides victim support, trains organisations, and develops safeguarding policies, it lacks the legal power to protect vulnerable people across all sectors… Read more »

The Pope: Liturgical formation must be renewed with new paths and methods

Address to participants in the Course for Diocesan Liturgical pastoral workers promoted by the Pontifical Liturgical Institute St Anselm

  Consistory Hall, the Vatican

Photo: Vatican Media Message by Pope Leo XIV

Good morning, and welcome to you all!

I greet the Abbot Primate, the Rector of the Athenaeum of Saint Anselm, the dean of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, and all the participants in the refresher course for diocesan liturgical pastoral workers. I am pleased to welcome you at the beginning of your course of in-depth study… Read more »

Pope at Audience: We must lend our voice to those who have none

General Audience

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message by Pope Leo XIV

Catechesis Cycle – Jubilee 2025: Jesus Christ Our Hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of today’s world. 5. Easter spirituality and integral ecology

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

We are reflecting, in this Jubilee Year dedicated to hope, on the relationship between the Resurrection of Christ and the challenges of the contemporary world, that is, our challenges… Read more »

“It’s not how much money you have that gives you satisfaction, but how well you use it” – Fr Charles Tabone

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Charles Tabone qal li l-iktar li jagħtik sodisfazzjon mhux kemm għandek flus, iżda l-użu tajjeb tagħhom. Huwa tkellem ukoll fuq ir-regħba fejn qal li din qed tmarradna u tkerrhilna pajjiż.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Charles Tabone u Tezara Saliba. 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 »

No matter how holy you are, follow Jesus and give glory to God, not humans – The Archbishop

Mass and conferral of the Ministry of Acolyte to a seminarian

  The Chapel at the Archbishop's Seminary, tal-Virtù, Rabat

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Għażiż Andrè, inti u tippreżenta ruħek biex tiġi sistitwit akkolitu, kont tqiegħed it-talba ta’ dan l-agħma minn Ġeriko: Ġesù bin David ikollok ħniena minni (Lq 18: 38). Din it-talba hija talba profonda għaliex l-agħma rrealizza din is-sitwazzjoni radikanti imma fehem ukoll li għandu bżonn il-ħniena t’Alla.

Għalih kienet għażla li jittallab il-karità. Il-karità saret is-sostenn tiegħu u Ġesù  jersaq lejh, hu u riesaq lejn Ġeriko… Read more »

Isma’ u Għ(id)li: Listening, Creating and Walking Together

A Collaborative Exhibition with Dar Hosea

Ritratt: Deborah Debono

‘Isma’ u Għ(id)li’ (‘Listen and Tell Me’) is a collaborative exhibition with Dar Hosea, currently opening at Dar Manwel Magri, Msida. The project is supported by the European Union through the European Solidarity Corps, implemented locally by the European Union Programme Agency (EUPA).

The exhibition stems from a series of creative workshops held with women at Dar Hosea, a centre that provides a safe and supportive environment for those experiencing vulnerability, violence, and sexual exploitation… Read more »

“Some suffering is worth enduring because it bears fruit” – Fr Charles Tabone

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Charles Tabone qal li hemm tbatija li jekk ma tevitahiex tagħmlek aħjar u joħroġ il-frott minnha.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Charles Tabone u Tezara Saliba. 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 9, 51-56
Meta qorob għalih iż-żmien li fih kellu jittieħed mid-dinja, Ġesù b’rieda sħiħa dar u telaq lejn Ġerusalemm… Read more »

“I try to be an angel for them by showing them that I am not an angel” – Tezara Saliba

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, l-attriċi u kantanta Tezara Saliba qalet li tipprova tkun anġlu għall-istudenti tagħha billi turihom li mhix anġlu u turihom li hi mhix perfetta u għandha l-vulnerabbiltajiet tagħha.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Charles Tabone u Tezara Saliba. 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 »

Pope at General Audience: Without fraternity, we cannot survive

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Catechesis Cycle – Jubilee 2025: Jesus Christ Our Hope. 4. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of today’s world. 4. Easter spirituality animates fraternity. “Love One Another As I Have Loved You” (Cf. Jn 15:12)

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

To believe in the death and resurrection of Christ and to live paschal spirituality imbues life with hope and encourages us to invest in goodness… Read more »

Pope Leo: In our challenge-filled time place Christ at the center

Quddiesa fil-125 anniversarju tad-dedikazzjoni tal-Knisja ta' Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino

  Knisja ta’ Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino, Ruma

L-omelija tal-Papa Ljun XIV

“Inti Pietru, u fuq din il-blata jiena nibni l-Knisja tiegħi” (Mt 16:18). Għeżież ħuti, smajna dawn il-kelmiet ta’ Ġesù aħna u nfakkru l-125 anniversarju mid-Dedikazzjoni ta’ din il-knisja, li tant xtaqha l-Papa Ljun XIII, u ppromova l-bini tagħha.

Fil-ħsieb tiegħu, din il-binja, flimkien ma’ dik tal-Kulleġġ internazzjonali li hemm magħha, kellha tikkontribwixxi biex tissaħħaħ il-preżenza Benedittina fil-Knisja u fid-dinja, permezz ta’ għaqda dejjem ikbar fi ħdan il-Konfederazzjoni Benedittina, għan li għalih ġie introdott ukoll l-Uffiċċju tal-Abbati PrimatRead more »