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Our God is a God of Peace – The Archbishop

Mass on the 20th Anniversary of the Foundation U

19/12/2025   The Parish Church of St Publius, Floriana

Ritratt: Timothy Camilleri L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Nisimgħu siltiet sbieħ mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark, ta’ San Mattew u ta’ San Luqa, li jippreparawna għall-festa kbira tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù. Illum smajna bit-tħabbira, waħda minn żewġ taħbiriet, mill-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa: it-tħabbira tat-twelid ta’ Ġwanni, aħna ngħidulu Ġwanni l-Battista, għax kien  hu li għammed lil Ġesù qabel ma beda l-missjoni pubblika tiegħu.

Żakkarija huwa raġel anzjan, li l-mara tiegħu ma jistax ikollha tfal, bħalma tammetti hi stess, fejn anke ’l quddiem l-anġlu Gabrijel jgħid lil Marija: “ara, il-qariba tiegħek Eliżabetta, dik li jgħidu li ma jistax ikollha tfal, fi xjuħitha hi wkoll nisslet iben fil-ġuf, u ġa għandha sitt xhur fit-tqala tagħha, dik li għaliha kienu jgħidu li ma jistax ikollha tfal” (Lq 1: 36 – 37)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Unjust investments come at bloody price of millions of human lives

17/12/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the challenges of the contemporary world. 8. Easter as the refuge of the restless heart

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

Human life is characterized by a constant movement that drives us to do, to act. Nowadays speed is required everywhere in order to achieve optimal results in a wide variety of fields… Read more »

“The devil doesn’t wake up in the morning and decide to possess someone” – Fr Franco Fenech

18/12/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Franco Fenech tkellem dwar l-esperjenzi tiegħu bħala eżorċista fejn qal li x-xitan ma jaqbadx u jqum filgħodu u jiddeċiedi li jidħol f’xi ħadd.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Franco Fenech u Kristjana Casha. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook… Read more »

COMECE position on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”

16/12/2025

COMECE calls on Members of the European Parliament to avoid further tension within the European Union and to vote responsibly, with due respect for the existing EU order of competences in the field of abortion and for existing EU health programmes. Ahead of the vote in the European Parliament on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice, For Safe and Accessible Abortion” (ECI (2024) 000004), the Secretariat of COMECE wishes to express serious concerns regarding the overall objective of this initiative and to call on Members of the European Parliament to exercise responsibility in their vote, taking into account the implications of this initiative in the current context… Read more »

Pope Leo effect: first Augustinian pope sparks interest in order

16/12/2025

Photo: Vatican Media

The election of the first-ever pope to hail from the Order of Saint Augustine appears to have renewed interest in the order, with a vocations director reporting receiving well over 400 inquiries from young men in the US.

The Order of Saint Augustine was officially formed in 1244, after hermits living in Tuscany petitioned the pope to be united as one group… Read more »

“My mother helped me forgive the person accused of killing my brother” – Fr Franco Fenech

16/12/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Franco Fenech irrakkonta l-esperjenza tal-mewt ta’ ħuh u kif ommu għenitu jaħfer lil min kien akkużat li qatlu.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Franco Fenech u Kristjana Casha. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 11, 47-54
“Ħażin għalikom intom l-għorrief tal-Liġi! … Read more »

Let’s celebrate the Christmas spirit by helping others – The Archbishop

15/12/2025   Archbishop's Minor Seminary, Tal-Virtù

Il-President ta’ Malta Myriam Spiteri Debono żaret is-Seminarju Minuri tal-Arċisqof fil-15 ta’ Diċembru bħala parti mill-kampanja L-istrina BOV Piggy Bank. Hi kienet akkumpanjata mill-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna, u l-Ministru għall-Edukazzjoni Clifton Grima.

Waqt li indirizzat lill-istudenti, il-President ħeġġithom biex ikunu parti minn L-Istrina ta’ din is-sena, billi jikkontribwixxu mill-ftit tagħhom. Spjegat li matul is-sena ltaqgħet ma’ xi studenti li wara l-iskola ma jsibux familja għand min imorru, u oħrajn li qed ibatu minħabba li l-mard ħakem lilhom jew lill-familja tagħhom… Read more »

Pope: Jesus’ words free us from the prison of despair

Angelus

14/12/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today’s Gospel places in jail with John the Baptist, who finds himself imprisoned because of his preaching (cf. Mt 14:3-5). Nevertheless, he does not lose hope, thus becoming for us a sign that a prophet, even in chains, retains the ability to use his voice in the pursuit of truth and justice… Read more »

Pope Leo: Flowers can bloom even in prisons

Holy Mass on the Third Sunday of Advent and the Jubilee of Prisoners

14/12/2025   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we celebrate the Jubilee of Hope for correctional institutions, prisoners and all those who oversee or work in the penitentiary system. The choice of this day, the third Sunday of Advent, for this particular jubilee is rich in meaning, as it is the day that the Church calls Gaudete Sunday, whose name comes from the first words of the entrance antiphon for the Mass (cf. Phil 4:4)… Read more »