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Pope Leo: Announce the joy of Christmas, a feast of faith, charity, and hope

Midnight Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

24/12/2025 Papal Chapel, St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

For millennia, across the earth, peoples have gazed up at the sky, giving names to the silent stars, and seeing images therein. In their imaginative yearning, they tried to read the future in the heavens, seeking on high for a truth that was absent below amidst their homes. Yet, as if grasping in the dark, they remained lost, confounded by their own oracles… Read more »

Our call to be present for each other

Christmas message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

24/12/2025

Message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

On this holy Christmas night, we celebrate the birth of a baby. The eyes of faith teach us that this baby is none other than God made man. God’s love was formed in the womb of a woman, a virgin, Mary of Nazareth, and today we are commemorating the birth of this baby. The author of the letter to the Hebrews tells us that God spoke to his people various times, in many ways, but then, in the fullness of time, he sent his Son (Hebrews 1:1-2)… Read more »

“We don’t work just to earn money” – Mariella Porter

24/12/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Mariella Porter qalet li wieħed ma jmurx jaħdem biss biex jaqla’ lira, iżda għandu jħares lejn xogħlu bħala servizz lejn l-oħrajn ukoll.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Chris Ellul u Mariella Porter. 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 12, 13-21
“Wieħed raġel għani ġabar kotra ta’ frott mir-raba’ tiegħu… Read more »

The Pope at Angelus: May all children of the world live in peace

Fourth Sunday of Advent

21/12/2025 St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!

Today, on the fourth Sunday of Advent, the liturgy invites us to meditate on the figure of Saint Joseph. In particular, we see him at the moment when God reveals his mission in a dream (cf. Mt 1:18-24). Thus, a very beautiful episode of salvation history is presented, in which the protagonist, like us, is a fragile and fallible man, yet at the same time is courageous and strong in faith… Read more »

Liturgical Celebrations by the Archbishop during Christmas and at the beginning of the new year

23/12/2025

During Christmas, Archbishop Charles Scicluna will lead a series of liturgical celebrations that commence on Christmas Eve and are open to the public.

On Wednesday, 24th December, the Archbishop will preside over the First Vespers at 5:15pm and subsequently lead the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve at St John’s Co‑Cathedral, Valletta. At 11:15pm, the Office of Readings, Christmas carol singing and the child’s sermon will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral in Mdina… Read more »

Christmas: presence is the greatest gift – The Archbishop

21/12/2025

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta: Ian Noel Pace

Message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

This Christmas, perhaps the most meaningful gift we can offer one another is not something wrapped, posted, or uploaded – but time, attention, compassion, and presence, says Archbishop Charles Scicluna.

At Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of a child. But this is no ordinary birth. The Nativity proclaims a startling truth: God chose not to send a message, a signal, or an abstract idea… Read more »

This Christmas, let’s use social media to send a beautiful message of peace – The Archbishop

Message for Milied Flimkien

20/12/2025 Castile Square, Valletta

Ritratt: Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Eċċellenza, Onorevoli Prim Ministru, Mr Speaker, Kap ta l-Oppożizzjoni,

Kemm hi ħaġa sabiħa li aħna qed nagħtu dal-messaġġ quddiem il-presepju. Il-presepju jfakkarna li l-Iben t’Alla sar bniedem. Isem ieħor li jingħata lil Ġesú skont il-Vanġelu ta’ San Mattew huwa proprju Għemmanu-el, Alla magħna. Is-suġġeriment tiegħi għal dan il-Milied huwa li aħna nkunu qrib xulxin, preżenti għal xulxin… Read more »

“We think that God is Father Christmas who gives us what we want” – Mariella Porter

22/12/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook, ix-xandara ta’ RTK103 Mariella Porter qalet li kultant għandna l-impressjoni li Allu huwa Father Christmas jew magician li jista’ jagħtina dejjem dak li rridu aħna.

To be like Jesus, we need to be close to each other – The Archbishop

Mass on the forth Advent Sunday

21/12/2025 The Parish Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Għeżież tfal u anke l-komunità għażiża tal-Mellieħa, għadna kemm smajna silta mill-Evanġelju skont San Mattew li jħabbrilna din it-tarbija li qegħdin nistennew, x’se jkun jisimha. X’se jkun jismu dan it-tifel li se jitwieled minn Marija? X’semmietu? Ġesù. Infatti l-anġlu lil Ġużeppi fil-ħolm jgħidlu, “Inti ssemmih Ġesù” (Mt 1:21). Mela Ġesù hu isem magħżul minn Alla għall-Iben tiegħu magħmul bniedem. Għal din it-tarbija li se titwieled, diġà twieldet, imma aħna qed infakkru t-twelid tagħha… Read more »

God transforms our doubts – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

19/12/2025 The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

“Jien Gabrijel li qiegħed quddiem Alla. Hu bagħatni nkellmek u nwassallek din il-bxara t-tajba” (Lq 1:19). Dan huwa l-mod kif l-anġlu, li ntbagħat lil Żakkarija, jippreżenta lilu nnifsu, u nafu kif f’dan l-istess kapitlu ta’ San Luqa hemm id-dehra tal-anġlu Gabrijel lil Żakkarija kif ukoll lil Marija. Ħa nħarsu ftit lejn din id-dehra llum u l-messaġġ li jrid jagħtina, u norbtu dan mal-laqgħa li kellu Gabrijel ma’ Marija… Read more »