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Watch: A Walk with a Mother – Our Lady of Sorrows

Xi jfissru l-ġesti li tant imdorrijin nagħmlu fil-Jum Devozzjonali ta’ Marija Addolorata? X’inhuma s-seba’ duluri ta’ Marija? U fuq kollox, x’qed ilissnu l-passi tiegħi warajha?

Din hija serje ta’ riflessjonijiet bi preparazzjoni għall-ġesti li se nkunu qed niċċelebraw fil-knejjes tagħna fi triqitna lejn il-festa tal-Għid. Read more »

The Diocesan Commission for Children discusses the protection of animals during the assembly

  Archbishop's Palace, Mdina

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

Il-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Tfal (KDT) iltaqgħet mal-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna għal assemblea fil-Palazz tal-Arċisqof fl-Imdina. Huma ddiskutew il-ħarsien tal-annimali f’Malta u r-responsabbiltà tal-bniedem lejn in-natura.

Matul il-laqgħa, it-tfal kellhom l-opportunità jaqsmu ħsibijiethom dwar suġġett li għażlu huma stess. Huma ddiskutew il-ħarsien tal-annimali f’żoni limitati f’Malta u rriflettew ukoll dwar sitwazzjonijiet konkreti, fosthom il-każ tat-tanker Russu li kien qed joqrob lejn Malta u l-possibbiltà ta’ tnixxija ta’ fuels li setgħet twassal għal diżastru ambjentali… Read more »

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

  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

  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

  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

  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

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

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

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 LaetitiaRead more »