Heritage Malta presented Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna with a document registering his coat of arms with the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms. ‘Scicluna’ is a very old Maltese surname said to be derived from Sicilian origins.
The document was presented at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, Dr Charles A. Gauci, whose office within Heritage Malta’s remit regulates all heraldic emblems on the Maltese Islands… Read more »

Dar tal-Providenza, described as a ‘monument for mercy’, was awarded the European Citizen’s Prize 2021 for Malta from the European Parliament in recognition for the best Maltese and European values.

MEPs Roberta Metsola and David Casa, who put forward the nomination of Dar tal-Providenza, said that the mission of the project submitted provides homes in an atmosphere similar to that of the family, integrates and empowers persons with disability in the community in conformity with the norms and values of the EU and all this work went ahead even during the exceptionally difficult circumstanes of last year… Read more »

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

For the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bishops of COMECE gathered in Brussels for their Autumn Assembly – this time focusing on the Conference on the Future of Europe and the role of the youth in boosting the European integration process.

While renewing the support of the Catholic Church for this EU initiative and its stated goal to allow citizens to debate on Europe’s challenges and priorities, the Bishops highlighted the need to further involve Churches and the youth at the local, national and European level… Read more »

Caritas at work in Lebanon 

Addressing the humanitarian needs that emerged at the end of World War II and assisting the victims of the conflict. When Pius XII established it on December 12, 1951, these were the main objectives of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of national Caritas organisations – which has grown from the initial 13 to the 162 of today – that, in the course of these 70 years, has increasingly broadened its range of action and multiplied its sectors of intervention… Read more »