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Live: Diocesan celebration on the solemnity of Christ the King, 24th November 2024, 5pm

  The Basilica of Christ the King, Paola

Illum, 24 ta’ Novembru 2024, issir iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana ta’ Kristu Re, ippreseduta mill‑Arċisqof Charles Scicluna. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni djoċesana tibda fil‑5pm u se ssir fil‑Bażilika Minuri ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid, fejn jingħad l‑għasar (it‑talba ta’ filgħaxija) u tingħata l‑barka sagramentali. Waqt l‑għasar, l‑Arċisqof iwassal il‑messaġġ tiegħu f’din il‑festa tant importanti għall‑Insara. Iċ‑ċelebrazzjoni tixxandar fuq Knisja.mtNewsbook Malta u radju RTK 103… Read more »

Our freedom must start from the heart – The Archbishop to the inmates

Holy Mass on the feast of Christ the King

  The Chapel of the Lord's Transfiguration at Corradino Correctional Facility, Paola

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Evanġelju li ntgħażel din is-sena għall-festa ta’ Kristu Re jippreżenta lil Ġesù taħt arrest. Wara lejl ta’ interrogazzjoni mis-Sinedriju, u l-kundanna tal-poplu tiegħu, jinġieb quddiem Pilatu għax il-Lhud kienu interessati li lil Ġesù jakkużawh b’xi ħaġa li twasslu għall-mewt. Id-djalogu bejn din il-persuna arrestata u ttorturata (li hu Ġesù) u l-poter Ruman hu djalogu, li llum jipprova jispjegalna min hu Ġesù Sultan… Read more »

“We help 60 families with children’s lunches” – St Jeanne Antide Foundation

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Il-Ħadd li għadda kien il-Jum Assoċjat mal-Fqar, u f’Malta l-faqar ġerħa daqskemm hu ġerħa f’pajjiżi oħra żviluppati anke jekk forsi hawn min jaħseb li kollox ward u żahar.

Waqt What’s On Newsbook fuq RTK103 tkellimna ma’ Miriam Grech, family support worker mal-Fondazzjoni Santa Antida f’Ħal Tarxien. Din il-fondazzjoni tgħin lill-familji vulnerabbli permezz ta’ erba’ ħaddiema soċjali u għajnuna strutturata. Huma jgħinu lill-familja kollha b’mod olistiku mhux l-individwu biss li jitlob l-għajnuna… Read more »

“The Church is like a hospital in a battlefield; be enriched with the balm of the word” – Mons. Hector Scerri

Mons. Hector Scerri ppubblika ktieb bl-isem ‘Chiesa, Vieni Fuori’ li jitratta riflessjoni dwar il-Knisja li reġgħet inġabret mill-ġdid.

Waqt it-tnedija ta’ żewġ kotba, wieħed tiegħu u l-ieħor ta’ Mons. Alfred Xuereb dwar l-esperjenza tiegħu mal-Papa Benedittu XVI fir-Refettorju tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof fil-Furjana, Scerri qal li l-Knisja nġabret mill-ġdid wara li għaddiet “minn dak li nsejħulu eżilju eżistenzjali.”

Kompla li “fid-dawl tal-kelma ta’ Alla anki f’dak li nsibu fil-kotba ta’ Neħemija u Eżra hija l-Knisja li tinġabar mill-ġdid kif għamlu l-profeti fit-testment il-qadim li ġabru l-Knisja mill-ġdid”… Read more »

A Church that looks ahead with hope and mercy

Diocesan Assembly 2024

  ĊAK Hall, Birkirkara

L-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta laqqgħet l-assemblea djoċesana annwali li matulha ngħata rendikont tal-ħidma tal-Knisja f’Malta fil-kuntest tal-proċess ta’ tiġdid ekkleżjali ‘Knisja Waħda, Vjaġġ Wieħed’, kif ukoll it-tħejjija għall-Ġublew tat-Tama li se jiġi ċċelebrat is-sena d-dieħla.

Fid-diskors tiegħu, l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna tkellem fuq il-prijoritajiet tal-ħidma tal-Knisja f’Malta u fuq kif qed twieġeb għall-ħtiġijiet tas-soċjetà, fosthom permezz tad-djar tat-tfal u l-anzjani, il-ftuħ ta’ ċentri tal-komunità, is-sapport fil-kura paljattiva, l-għajnuna lil min hu bil-ġuħ, u l-promozzjoni ta’ żvilupp u empowerment għat-tfal u żgħażagħ b’diżabbiltà… Read more »

A holy year of hope and mercy – The Archbishop

The Archbishop's message for the 2024 Diocesan Assembly

  ĊAK Hall, Birkirkara

Message by Archbishop Charles Scicluna

This address to the Diocesan Assembly gives me the opportunity to share with all of you the spirit of two important ecclesial events from 2024 and to look forward with you towards the Holy Year 2025.

The first ecclesial event that marked our experience as the Church in Malta, as the People of God pilgriming in Malta, was the Ad Limina visit of the Bishops of Malta and Gozo in May 2024… Read more »

The first day of the Diocesan Assembly: shaping the Church’s future through synodality

  ĊAK Hall, Birkirkara

Il-Ħamis 21 ta’ Novembru 2024 ingħata bidu għall-Assemblea Djoċesana 2024. Din bdiet permezz b’mument ta’ talb u riflessjoni minn persuna mhux Maltija, li saret Kattolika wara tliet snin tgħix Malta, u li għamlet dan meta bdiet tirrealizza li hemm vojt f’ħajjitha.

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi introduċa l-Assemblea u spjega x’se jiġri matul l-assemblea ta’ din is-sena, is-sinodu djoċesan li ilu għaddej 25 sena u kif il-Knisja f’Malta se tkompli taħdem biex tgħix f’sinodalità, “li tibqa’ dejjem ta’ sfida kbira għall-Knisja li ngħaqqdu flimkien il-parteċipazzjoni u l-kreattività mal-unità, mal-armonija, fid-direzzjoni u fil-ħidma”… Read more »

100th anniversary of the ‘Vestis Honoris’

On the 100th anniversary of the Vestis Honoris (Robe of Honour), written by St. George Preca, the SDC celebrated a thanksgiving celebration at the Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception in Cospicua. On Wednesday 20th November 2024, the SDC members and candidates from all over Malta gathered before the titular painting of the Immaculate Conception to express their gratitude to God for inspiring St George Preca to compose this beautiful hymn in honor of Our Lady… Read more »

Pope announces Vatican summit in 2025 for rights of children

Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience on November 20 fell on International Day for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, which is dedicated to improving children’s welfare worldwide.

During the audience, the Pope announced a summit, the World Meeting on Children’s Rights, to be held at the Vatican on February 3, 2025.

The Pope greeted a group of about 100 children from the Community of Sant’Egidio present in St… Read more »

Carlo Acutis to be proclaimed a saint next April

Pope Francis has confirmed that Carlo Acutis will become the first Catholic saint from the millennial generation next April, during a weekend dedicated to teenagers as part of the Jubilee of 2025.

Acutis was born in London in 1991 to Italian parents who moved back to Italy shortly after his birth.

Known for his computer skills and religious faith, Acutis had created and maintained various websites, including a website that catalogued Eucharistic miracles and another which listed approved Marian apparitions, as well as the website of the Milan parish in which he lived… Read more »