Archbishop Charles Scicluna met with Minister Carmelo Abela and the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD) to discuss the pandemic effect.

This informal meeting, held on Thursday 19th November at the Archbishop’s Curia, served for the Archbishop to understand the stresses of the pandemic on the economic and social spectrum. He noted the State’s aid to help employees, while also noting the difficulties families are facing due to the crisis… Read more »

F’għeluq it-80 sena minn twelidu, ġiet ippubblikata l-bijografija ta’ Grezzju Pace, li kien membru tas-Soċjetà tal-MUSEUM u għalliem fi skejjel primarji u sekondarji.

F’din il-bijografija ħuh, Joe Pace, jirrakkonta b’mod realistiku kif Grezzju ta sehmu fil-formazzjoni reliġjuża tal-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi u kien juża kull okkażjoni biex jgħallem u jressaq it-tfal, iż-żgħażagħ lejn Alla.  Grezzju għadda minn diversi esperjenzi f’ħajtu u dejjem fittex x’inhi r-rieda ta’ Alla għalih.  Il-karattru ta’ Grezzju joħroġ mhux biss minn rakkonti ta’ ġrajjiet ta’ dawk li kienu l-aktar qrib tiegħu, imma wkoll mill-kummenti ta’ ħafna li kellhom ix-xorti li jkunu jafuh u jixorbu mit-tagħlim tiegħu… Read more »

Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of all EU Member States addresses on Wednesday 18 November 2020 a message of hope and a call to solidarity to the EU institutions and the Member States in this painful and uncertain historical moment marked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The EU Bishops’ Conferences state: “We strive to build a universal fraternity that leaves no one out”.

In the light of the recently published Pope Francis’ letter on Europe, the message “Regaining hope and solidarity” written by the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union addresses mostly the fight against Covid-19 and the common efforts we are all called to make to ensure a fair, just and person-centered recovery… Read more »

The Economy of Francesco kicks off on Thursday, 19 November, and runs for three days online, with the heart of the event taking place in the Italian town of Assisi.

Called for by Pope Francis, the event hopes to inspire young people to initiate a process of global change in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi and the encyclical Laudato si’… Read more »

Dear Brothers and Sisters, good afternoon!

On this next to the last Sunday of the liturgical year, the Gospel presents us the well-known Parable of the Talents (cf. Mt 25:14-30). It is part of Jesus’ discourse on the end times, which immediately precedes His passion, death and resurrection. The parable describes a rich gentleman who has to go away and, foreseeing a long absence, entrusts his property to three of his servants: to the first he entrusts five talents; to the second, two; to the third, one… Read more »

“Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32). Age-old wisdom has proposed these words as a sacred rule to be followed in life. Today these words remain as timely as ever. They help us fix our gaze on what is essential and overcome the barriers of indifference. Poverty always appears in a variety of guises, and calls for attention to each particular situation… Read more »

Jesuit Refugee Service working with children. Pope Francis praises the work of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in a letter to mark its 40th anniversary.

It’s been 40 years since the Jesuit Refugee Service began its mission to help the many men, women and children who seek refuge and assistance.

Christian ethos

In a letter to mark four decades of service, Pope Francis recalled its founder, the Servant of God Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, who, he said, is an example of “this intimately Christian and Ignatian desire to care for the well-being of all those who find themselves in a state of deep despair.”

Father Aruppe, wrote the Pope, transformed his dismay at the plight of the suffering “into a deeply practical attention to their physical, psychological and spiritual well-being.”

JRS past and present

The work of JRS has taken its cue from its Christian ethos, from its beginnings with the Vietnamese boat people in the 1980s up to the present day with the coronavirus pandemic, which has shown how the entire human family is “in the same boat,” finding itself faced with unprecedented economic and social challenges, the Pope said… Read more »