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The Archbishop to participate in the Bishops’ Synod at the Vatican

30/09/2023

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has left Malta this morning to participate in the Bishops’ Synod dedicated to Synodality, which is taking place at the Vatican from the 4th to the 29th October 2023.

Cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and lay people, totaling 464 individuals, will be participating in this Synod, during which the essence of life and the Church’s mission will be discussed. This Synod is being considered an important step for the Catholic Church because lay men and women will be able to participate fully for the first time… Read more »

‘Laudate Deum,’ to be title of Pope’s Apostolic Exhortation on climate

29/09/2023

The name of Pope Francis’ next Apostolic Exhortation on the environment will be Laudate Deum, Pope Francis has revealed.

The Holy Father shared this on Thursday, Sept. 21 when addressing in the Vatican some 200 participants in the meeting of the Rectors of public and private universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, sponsored by the Red de Universidades para el Cuidado de la Casa Común and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on Sept… Read more »

Church schools welcome 20,000 students and educators

Beginning of scholastic year 2022-2023

27/09/2023

Church schools have reopened their doors for the new scholastic year, with some 17,000 students and 3,000 educators attending the 55 Church schools at kindergarten, primary, secondary and sixth post-secondary levels. Among these, around 2,000 students and 140 educators who will be entering these schools for the first time.

In preparation for this year, the Secretariat for Catholic Education organised two meetings between Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi, school chaplains, and new educators… Read more »

Soup kitchen appeals for help to continue supporting 150 people daily

27/09/2023

Ritratt: Fondazzjoni Dar il-Hena

It-tmexxija tas-soup kitchen li topera minn Dar Papa Franġisku f’Birkirkara, li sservi lil 150 persuna ta’ kuljum, qed tappella għall-għajnuna biex tkun tista’ tlaħħaq mad-domanda dejjem ikbar.

Il-Fondazzjoni Dar il-Hena, li tmexxi din id-Dar, qed tappella għall-voluntiera li lesti jaqsmu ftit sigħat fil-ġimgħa biex jgħinu fil-preparazzjoni tal-ikel, fit-tindif kif ukoll fit-tqassim tal-ikel lill-persuni li jirrikorru għall-ikel.

“Il-kontribut tiegħek jagħmel differenza kbira,” iddikjarat il-Fondazzjoni Dar il-Hena, li fissret il-ħidma tal-voluntiera bħala vjaġġ li jippremja lil dawk li jaqsmu ħinhom mal-oħrajn fil-bżonn… Read more »

The letter: A message for our earth

Activity to celebrate Season of Creation 2023

26/09/2023

The Interdiocesan Environment and the Justice and Peace Commissions, in collaboration with the Franciscan Friars, will organize an activity to commemorate the Season of Creation 2023. Through this activity, they will be joining a number of Christian churches all over the world that between the 1st September and the 4th October of each year, seek to raise awareness in favour of the love of Creation… Read more »

Pope Francis: ‘Marseille’s welcome is a message to Europe’

25/09/2023

Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard the papal plane  (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto)

Pope Francis returned to Rome on Saturday evening at the conclusion of his two-day Apostolic Journey to Marseille.

He held his customary press conference with journalists aboard the papal plane, taking three questions.

Here follows a working English transcription and translation of the press conference:

Matteo Bruni – Director of the Holy See Press Office

Good evening, Your Holiness, good evening everyone… Read more »

Pope: The choice to migrate or stay is a fundamental human right

25/09/2023

Pope Francis hugs migrant in Ħal Far after hearing stories of survival. Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Following the recitation of the Angelus prayer on 24 September, Pope Francis marked World Migrant and Refugee Day, echoing his message on the fundamental importance of the right to choose whether to migrate or to stay in one’s homeland.

The theme for this year’s celebration, “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay,” underscores the critical need for migration to be a voluntary and dignified choice, rather than a desperate necessity… Read more »

Synod to include pilgrimage for participants, prayer for migrants and refugees

22/09/2023

Synod organizers on Thursday released the calendar of events for the General Assembly of the Synod, which will be held at the Vatican from 4-29 October.

Among the notable features on the schedule will be a pilgrimage for participants, set for the afternoon of 12 October; details of the pilgrimage have yet to be determined.

On the evening of Thursday, 19 October, Pope Francis will lead a Prayer for Migrants and Refugees, which will take place in St Peter’s Square… Read more »

The Minor Conventual Friars celebrate their Provincial Chapter

22/09/2023

Between the 11th and 15th September 2023, the Minor Conventual Friars of the Maltese Province of Saint Paul the Apostle celebrated the thirty-first Ordinary Provincial Chapter (first part) at the Franciscan Cultural Centre, Birkirkara.

The Chapter, with the theme: “See, I am doing something new!” (Is 43:19), opened with a day of prayer. With the help of Don Luigi Maria Epicoco, the friars reflected on the actuality of this prophecy of Isaiah… Read more »

An economy that grants dignity to every human being – The Archbishop on Independence Day

Mass on Independence Day 2023

21/09/2023   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Homily by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

Fifty-nine years ago today, Malta celebrated its birth as a sovereign and independent nation governed by the Maltese. For the first time, our country was no longer dependent on the decisions made by others on our behalf. We were no longer a people subject to external governance. Governance now rested in the hands of our citizens, who, every five years, got to choose whom to entrust with this responsibility… Read more »