The Holy See Press Office released images and video of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday as preparations continue for the conclave that begins on May 7.

On Friday, the Vatican’s fire brigade was seen atop the Sistine Chapel’s roof installing the chimney that will emit black smoke if at least 89 Cardinals have not agreed on the next Pope. 

White smoke is expected to signal that the 133 Cardinal electors have decided on the man to lead the Catholic Church into the future… Read more »

Xellug: Patri Mark Scicluna, Br Miguel Zammit, Patri Ivan Scicluna, Patri Elmar Pace u Patri Jethro Bajada

Bejn nhar it-Tnejn 28 ta’ April u l-Ġimgħa 2 ta’ Mejju 2025, ġie ċċelebrat il-71 Kapitlu Provinċjali Ordinarju Elettiv tal-Aħwa Kapuċċini Maltin.

Dan il-Kapitlu sar fil-kunvent tas-Salib Imqaddes, fil-Furjana u għalih attendew 45 Aħwa Kapuċċini.

Matul din il-ġimgħa l-Aħwa Kapuċċini kellhom iċ-ċans li flimkien jitolbu, jiddiskutu u anke jfasslu programm għall-futur tal-Provinċja tagħhom… Read more »

We kindly inform you on Friday 2nd May 2025, the Archbishop’s Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal will be closed. The Curia and the Tribunal will reopen the day after Saturday, 3rd May 2025. Read more »

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The third day of the MED25 – Bel Espoir Project in Malta began with a ferry trip from Valletta to the historic Three Cities. The group explored the narrow streets of Vittoriosa and Cospicua, ending their walk at the parish church in Senglea, where the final meeting of this edition of the project took place.

At Senglea Parish, Fr Jean Claude Attard, coordinator of the MED25 project in Malta, shared a reflection on the past three days and the broader spiritual moment the Church is experiencing following the death of Pope Francis… Read more »

The youths participating in the MED25 – Bel Espoir Project, currently taking place in Malta, began their second day with a public lecture at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta. Titled “Art and the Catholic Reform in Hospitaller Malta: Faith and Patronage at the Heart of the Mediterranean,” the lecture was delivered by Rev. Dr Nicholas Doublet and explored Malta’s rich religious and artistic legacy during the Catholic Reformation. 

Rev… Read more »

The Cardinals present in Rome have agreed to begin the conclave on May 7th, 2025.

They made the decision at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican’s Synod Hall.

The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which will remain closed to visitors during those days.

What happens during the conclave?

The conclave will be preceded by a solemn Eucharistic celebration with the votive Mass Pro Eligendo Papa, attended by the Cardinal electors… Read more »

During the late afternoon of the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday, members of the College of Cardinals went to the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major to pay their homage to Pope Francis at his tomb open to the public since seven in the morning.

They then gathered there for evening prayer, Second Vespers, led by the Basilica’s Coadjutor Archpriest, Lithuanian Cardinal Rolanda Makrickas… Read more »