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All Saints and all Souls Day

The Church in Malta celebrates the Jubilee of those who lost those who are dear to them

30/10/2025

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Nicholas Agius Deguara

On Saturday, 1st November 2025, at 9:30am, Archbishop Charles Scicluna will celebrate Mass on the Feast of All Saints with the participation of members from the Catholic Action in Malta at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta. On the day, the 75th anniversary of the Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will also be commemorated.

On Sunday, 2nd November, at 9:30am, Archbishop Scicluna will celebrate Mass in remembrance of all the faithful departed during the Jubilee of those who lost someone dear to them at the Parish Church of the Annunciation in Ħal Balzan… Read more »

Newman to be declared Patron of Catholic Education

30/10/2025

Ritratt: Vatican Media

Il-Papa Ljun XIV sa jiddikjara lil San John Henry Newman Patrun tal-Edukazzjoni Kattolika f’dokument li ġie ppubblikat fit-28 ta’ Ottubru għas-60 anniversarju ta’ Gravissimum Educationis, id-Dikjarazzjoni tal-Konċilju Vatikan II dwar dan is-suġġett.

Il-Papa ħatar lil Newman bħala qaddis kompatrun uffiċjali tal-edukazzjoni, flimkien ma’ San Tumas ta’ Aquino, matul il-Ġublew tad-Dinja Edukattiva li qed jinżamm bejn is-27 ta’ Ottubru u l-1 ta’ Novembru, u li mistenni jiġbed lejn Ruma 20,000 pellegrin, fosthom edukaturi Maltin u Għawdxin… Read more »

Mass on All Souls’ Day, by the Dominicans, at the Addolorata Cemetery

29/10/2025

Ritratt: Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Nhar il-Ħadd 2 ta’ Novembru niċċelebraw l-Għid tal-Imwiet. F’dan il-jum niftkaru fl- għeżież mejtin tagħna. Dawk li jżuru ċ-ċimiterju, jitolbu għall-mejtin, jgħidu l-kredu, jitolbu skont l-intenzjoni tal-Papa, jqerru u jitqarbnu matul ix-xahar ta’ Novembru, jirbħu indulġenza plenarja għalihom infushom u jistgħu japplikawha għall-mejtin.

Il-Katekiżmu tal-Knisja Kattolika jgħidlna dan fuq it-talb tagħna għall-mejtin: “Ix-xirka mal-mejtin .“Il-Knisja tal-Insara li għadhom f’din id-dinja hija u tagħraf sewwa l- għaqda li hemm fi ħdan il-Ġisem mistiku kollu ta’ Ġesù Kristu, sa mill-ewwel żminijiet żammet b’għożża u tjieba kbira t-tifkira tal-mejtin, u, għaliex ‘hu ħsieb qaddis u tajjeb toffri sagrifiċċju biex il-mejtin jeħilsu minn dnubiethom’ (2 Mak 12: 45) offriet għalihom ukoll is-suffraġi tagħha”… Read more »

The Pope: Walking together in Hope

Celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate

28/10/2025 Audience Hall, the Vatican

Address of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Respected Heads and Representatives of World Religions,
Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Peace be with you!

It is with joy and deep gratitude that I extend my cordial greetings and express my sincere thanks for your presence at this commemoration of the ground-breaking document Nostra Aetate… Read more »

Forum theatre sessions encourage reflection on power, language, and healing

28/10/2025

Between 19 and 21 September, MELA organised a series of Forum Theatre sessions at the Apap Bologna Pastoral Centre in Marsaskala. The sessions featured actors Angele and Malcolm Galea, Naomi Said, and theatre director Dr Tyrone Grima.

Forum Theatre—an interactive form of performance developed by Brazilian practitioner Augusto Boal within his Theatre of the Oppressed methodology—aims to empower marginalised communities by inviting audiences to become active participants in the search for change… Read more »

“The Word of God speaks to you today in the circumstances you are going through” – Fr Malcolm Saliba

29/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Malcolm Saliba qal li l-Kelma t’Alla tibqa’ ħajja u tkellmek fiċ-ċirkostanzi li għaddej minnhom bħalissa.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Malcolm Saliba u Abigail Zarb. 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 8, 4-15
“Wieħed bidwi ħareġ jiżra’ ż-żerriegħa li kellu… Read more »

Pope: Educate to promote dignity, justice, and trust in a war-torn world

Eucharistic celebration with students from the Pontifical Universities

27/10/2025 St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

To gather in this place during the Jubilee Year is a gift that we must not take for granted. Above all, it is a gift because to go on a pilgrimage, to pass through the Holy Door, reminds us that life makes sense only when it is lived as a journey, when it knows how to keep moving forward, that is, when it is capable of making the reality of Easter present… Read more »

The Pope at Jubilee Audience: Hope is a journey for all humanity

Jubilee Audience

25/10/2025 St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis 7. To hope is not to know. Nicola Cusano

“You have reached the goal of your pilgrimage,” Pope Leo told pilgrims at Saturday’s Jubilee Audience, “but now, like the disciples of Jesus, we must learn to dwell in a new world.”

The Holy Father reminded them that “The Jubilee has made us pilgrims of hope precisely for this reason: everything must now be seen in the light of the Crucified One… Read more »

“I cannot remain passive in a society that promotes so many different choices” – Fr Malcolm Saliba

27/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Malcolm Saliba qal li nkun dixxiplu jfisser fost l-oħrajn li ma nibqax passiv quddiem soċjetà li tippromovi tant għażliet differenti.

The Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism

25/10/2025

The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission is holding the Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism on Friday 31 October 2025 at 6:30pm, at the Archbihsop’s Curia, Floriana.

This year’s distinguished speaker is Rev. Professor Edward Farrugia SJ from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He has a long experience in ecumenical relations, especually with the Orthodox Churches.

The theme of the Public Lecture is Shall we ever be united? … Read more »