Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, made a visit on Friday to the only Catholic parish in Gaza, along with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III.

As they entered the enclave, Pope Leo XIV placed a call to Patriarch Pizzaballa to “express his closeness, care, prayer, support, and desire to do everything possible to achieve not only a ceasefire but also an end to this tragedy.”

“Pope Leo repeatedly stated that it is time to stop this slaughter, that what has happened is unjustifiable, and that we must ensure there are no more victims,” said the Patriarch, speaking to Vatican News… Read more »

“Policies that support and protect families, motherhood, and maternity, need to be implemented alongside the promotion of equality between women and men.”

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, expressed this during the course of the High-Level Political Forum debates on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, on 14 July, and on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5), on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, on 15 July, at the UN in New York… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Kull meta nisimgħu l-kelma ta’ Ġesù, hi sseħħ fostna. Il-kelma li jgħid Ġesù fis-sinagoga ta’ Nazaret, fejn kien trabba, isseħħ kull meta nisimgħu l-kelma tiegħu; din il-kitba seħħet illum intom u tisimgħu. Għalhekk is-smigħ tal-Kelma ta’ Alla li aħna niċċelebraw f’kull quddiesa, huwa mument għażiż ħafna. Il-kelma li nisimgħu, isseħħ, issir realtà. Illum Ġesù juża l-ktieb ta’ Isaija biex jagħtina l-programm ta’ ħajtu, tal-missjoni tiegħu, kif ukoll  jurina għaliex ġie fostna l-Iben ta’ Alla magħmul bniedem… Read more »

As part of the preparations for the Volleyball Marathon in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, which this year will be held between the 18th and 20th of July 2025, Id-Dar tal-Providenza organised a volleyball game that saw the participation of Members of Parliament from both sides of the House of Representatives. This took place on Saturday, 12th July, at the Mediterranean College of Sports within the St Aloysius Sports Complex in Birkirkara… Read more »

Ritratt: Oħloq Tbissima

This year’s edition of the Oħloq Tbissima marathon has raised a total of €441,590 in aid of the activities of the Missionary Society of St Paul.

The funds raised in the 22nd edition of the annual telethon will help support the MSSP’s missions in Peru, Pakistan and the Philippines as well as the running of St Joseph Home in Santa Venera… Read more »

Dear brothers and sisters,

Happy Sunday! Today’s Gospel begins with a great question posed to Jesus: “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Lk 10:25). Those words express a constant desire in our life: our yearning for salvation, for an existence free from failure, evil and death.

This hope of the human heart is described as something to be “inherited”, not something to be gained by force, begged for, or negotiated… Read more »