The general public and all University students and medical professionals are encouraged to attend tonight Prof. Marc Desmet’s SJ lecture entitled: “In search of Meaning at End-of-Life Care: Experiences of a Belgian Jesuit Palliative Care Physician.” It will be held at the South Auditorium of Mater Dei Hospital (Medical School) at 18:00.

There will also be the possibility to ask questions and discuss cases with Prof… Read more »

St Charles de Foucauld 

Just three days after declaring Charles de Foucauld a Saint, Pope Francis met with a delegation of the many women and men inspired by the French missionary’s life and charism.

Speaking to the Association of the Spiritual Family of Charles de Foucauld on Wednesday, the Pope called him a “prophet for our times, who knew how to highlight the essence and universality of the faith.”

He said St… Read more »

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(left) Fr Martin Micallef and Mgr George Frendo

“Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi, whose 35th anniversary of his death is being remembered today, 13th of May, will remain for us a model for the love he showed towards persons with disabilities. He also showed courage. Courage strengthened with a tremendous faith in God’s providence and Dar tal-Providenza is proof of this”. This was the message conveyed by Mgr George Frendo O.P., former Archbishop of Tirana in Albania, during a commemorative mass for Mgr Azzopardi who founded Dar tal-Providenza in 1965… Read more »

At the “General States of Birth” meeting, Pope Francis calls for joint efforts to reverse the course of the “cold demographic winter” as birth rates decline in several nations, stressing that “it can be done” through mutual collaboration at all levels of society.

Addressing participants at the second edition of the “General State of Births” meeting held on Thursday at the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, Pope Francis highlighted that the issue of the birthrate represents a real social emergency that is not immediately perceptible like other problems that occupy the news… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-aħħar parti ta’ dan l-Evanġelju smajnieha l-Ħadd li għadda. Is-silta b’xi mod hi kompluta kif smajnieha llum għax tagħtina l-post, il-ħin u anki għaliex Ġesù qal il-kliem sabiħ li smajna fil-Ħadd tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, ir-raba’ ħadd ta’ wara l-Għid. L-ewwel nett kienet ix-xitwa Ġesù, ovvjament immaġinaw żmien ix-xita u l-kesħa, ma jippritkax fil-beraħ imma jmur fit-tempju, fil-loġġa ta’ Salamun, xi ħaġa msaqqfa, u jitkellem hemmhekk jiltaqa’ man-nies u hemmhekk il-Lhud jistaqsuh ċar u tond: “Jekk inti l-Messija, għidilna ċar u tond” (Ġw 10:24)… Read more »