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Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power

Signing of Pope Leo's First Encyclical Letter 'Magnifica humanitas'

25/05/2026   Vatican City

Marking the 135th anniversary of Rerum novarum, Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, entitled ‘Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.’ He appeals for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of truth, dignity of work, social justice, and peace.

“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.”

The opening words of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, summarize its underlying reasons and purpose… Read more »

Screening of award-winning short film “Cookie Box”

21/05/2026

MELA is organising a screening of the award-winning short film Cookie Box, in collaboration with the Migrants Commission and the Archbishop’s Seminary. The event forms part of an evening of reflection titled The Art of Awareness: Women, Film, and the Mediterranean, exploring how women’s experiences are represented, narrated, and voiced through film. The conversation will open space to reflect on questions of representation, voice, and agency, particularly in relation to women’s lived realities across the Mediterranean… Read more »

Interfaith gathering highlights dialogue, peace, and shared responsibility

13/05/2026   San Anton Palace, Attard

An interfaith gathering hosted by President Myriam Spiteri Debono was held at San Anton Palace, bringing together religious leaders and representatives from various faiths and denominations in Malta in a spirit of dialogue, respect, and peace. Organised by the Faculty of Theology as part of the International Religion and Society Conference to be held later this month, the event highlighted the shared responsibility of faith communities in promoting unity, human dignity, and mutual understanding within society… Read more »

The Pope: The challenge is not technological but anthropological

Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communications

19/05/2026   The Vatican

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Pope Leo XIV Preserving Human Voices and Faces

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prósōpon), because it expresses etymologically what is before one’s gaze, the place of presence and relationship… Read more »

New document outlines vision and identity for Church Schools

13/05/2026

Download the document ‘Catholic Education in Malta: The Mission of Church Schools in Maltese Society Today and Tomorrow‘Download

An identity document for Church Schools, which enters into dialogue with society’s continually evolving complexities, has been launched on Wednesday 13th May 2026 as a framework for the present and future formation of its communities, centred on the person of Christ and rooted in human dignity… Read more »

General Secretaries of EU Episcopates gather in Brussels and meet with EP Vice-President Sberna

Malta represented by Fr Jimmy Bonnici during COMECE meeting

12/05/2026   Brussels

Read more »Photo: COMECE The General Secretaries of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union gathered in Brussels on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, for their annual meeting organised by COMECE to discuss current issues concerning the Church and the European Union. The programme included a meeting at the European Parliament with Vice-President Antonella Sberna, responsible for the implementation of the Article 17 dialogue, as well as a reception by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.  …

Archbishop recovering after successful procedure

13/05/2026

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has successfully undergone a surgical procedure and is now convalescing.

Following some days in hospital, he will begin a period of rehabilitation as part of his recovery.

Acting on medical advice, the Archbishop will be reducing his public engagements in the coming weeks to allow for proper rest and recuperation.

He wishes to express his heartfelt thanks to all those who have wished him well and remembered him in their prayers… Read more »

He shows us the greatest love – Bishop Galea-Curmi

08/05/2026   Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

Photo:Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

“Li tħobbu lil xulxin” (Ġw 15:12) jgħid Ġesù fl-Evanġelju tal-lum b’insistenza. Hawn qiegħed fl-Aħħar Ċena jitkellem mad-dixxipli tiegħu, u jgħid u jerġa’ jgħid: “li tħobbu lil xulxin” (Ġw 15:17) – dan hu l-kmandament tiegħi. Dak li qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu dak inhar jgħidu dejjem lilna, dixxipli tiegħu: li fil-qalba tal-ħajja tagħna Nisranija għandu jkun hemm dejjem din l-imħabba – l-imħabba lejn Alla li turi ruħha fl-imħabba lejn l-oħrajn… Read more »

An experience of pastoral exchange and knowledge between two Mediterranean realities

A visit organised by MELA

10/05/2026

Ritratt: Evan Demicoli – Uffiċċju Preżenza Diġitali

Delegazzjoni mis-Seminarju ta’ Piazza Armerina fi Sqallija, immexxija mir-Rettur don Luca Crapanzano, żaret Malta fil-bidu ta’ Mejju, f’esperjenza ta’ skambju u għarfien pastorali bejn iż-żewġ realtajiet Mediterranji. Din iż-żjara ġiet organizzata minn MELA (Mediterranean Ethnographic Laboratory & Archive).

Il-programm beda b’laqgħa introduttorja dwar il-kuntest Malti u wara laqgħa mal-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna. F’din il-laqgħa, is-seminaristi kellhom iċ-ċans jiddiskutu mal-Arċisqof dwar x’tifhem il-Knisja f’Malta bl-inkulturazzjoni tal-Evanġelju fis-soċjetà tal-lum, inkluż l-importanza tad-devozzjonijiet popolari u l-apprezzament tal-wirt pre-Kristjan f’Malta… Read more »