On Sunday 4th July 2021, Id-Dar tal-Providenza is organising a fund-raising marathon which will be broadcast on the main television stations between noon and midnight. This marathon is taking place instead of the annual Volleyball Marathon which is being cancelled once again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funds raised during this marathon will be going towards a refurbishing project for four flats in Villa Papa Giovanni so that every resident will have a more dignified environment with private rooms and all the amenities… Read more »

Spiritual Development in Schools (SDS) aims in assisting state and independent schools in their spiritual well being and pastoral care. Hence seeks to keep in touch with the schools, religious counsellors and chaplains.

This collaborative project was called Everyday Superheroes and saw its start during one of the phone calls to schools between Joseph Degabriele, a pastoral worker from SDS, and Graziella Vassallo Theuma, an assistant head in Żejtun Primary B school… Read more »

The Secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) released a position paper on the ‘Matić Report’ on Thursday 17 June 2021, ahead of its final submission to the upcoming EU Parliament Plenary session. The Catholic Church recognises the importance of protecting the health and rights of women and calls on all MEPs to take into account the sensitivity and complexity of the issue at stake, which “requires a lawful and ethical balancing of all rights involved” Read more »…

L-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna żar is-Servizz Nazzjonali tat-Trasfużjoni tad-Demm fi Gwardamanġa fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Dinji tad-Donaturi tad-Demm. Iż-żjara bdiet fiċ-Ċentru tal-Għoti tad-Demm fejn l-Arċisqof iltaqa’ mad-donaturi tad-demm u mal-ħaddiema, u kompliet fil-laboratorji fejn isir il-proċess li tgħaddi minnu kull borża demm qabel ma tingħata lill-pazjenti.

Fil-messaġġ tiegħu, l-Arċisqof stieden lil kull min hu f’saħħtu sabiex imur jagħti d-demm li qal hija għotja konkreta ta’ mħabba… Read more »

On Saturday, 12th June 2021, Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna inaugurated the new choir painting at the Minor Basilica of the Nativity of Mary, in Senglea.

During the 1930s, parts of the ceiling of the Basilica were painted by the artist Prof. Giuseppe Briffa, followed by a crash due to an air attack during World War II. Some ceiling sectors of the Basilica were painted by the artist Prof… Read more »