St Peter’s Square was aglow on Friday evening, as a host of onlookers beheld the lighting of this year’s creche and Christmas tree.

It provided a sign of Advent hope in Christ’s coming for a world straining under the darkness of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event began at 5:00 PM Rome time, and attendees observed all the now-normal health measures.

Silent night

The tree—a 30-meter-tall, 7-ton Norway spuce (Picea abies)—stood glowing with pride, surpassed in height in its immediate surroundings only by the ancient Egyptian obelisk towering next to it… Read more »

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome recently organised a webinar entitled “Financial transparency in the Church: Now more than ever” as part of the series of webinars “Building a Transparent and Accountable Church”. The webinar was also attended by the Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta, Michael Pace Ross.

The webinar focused on the importance of increasing financial transparency and accountability, and on the challenges, the Church faces to adapt to current professional standards within parishes and organisations… Read more »

Quddiesa ta’ radd il-ħajr fl-okkażjoni tal-ħatra bħala kardinal tal-Eminenza Tiegħu Rev.ma l-Kardinal Mario Grech., li saret l-Erbgħa, 9 ta’ Diċembru 2020, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

Ikkonċelebraw l-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna, in-Nunzju Appostoliku Alessandro D’Errico, l-Isqof Awżijlarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, l-Isqof Emeritu ta’ Garissa Pawlu Darmanin OFM Cap, il-Vigarju Ġenerali tad-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex Mons. Tarcisio Camilleri, il-provinċjali tal-ordinijiet reliġjużi u saċerdoti oħra. Preżenti wkoll l-ogħla awtoritajiet tal-Istat immexxija mill-President ta’ Malta George Vella u s-Sinjura Vella… Read more »

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Let us continue our reflections on prayer. Christian prayer is fully human – we pray as humans, as what we are – it includes praise and supplication. Indeed, when Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He did so with the “Our Father”, so that we might place ourselves in a relationship of filial trust with God, and ask Him all our questions… Read more »

You are invited to participate in this online anonymous survey on the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on our meaning in life, on personal beliefs, sense of community, and support systems. Your participation is anonymous and entirely voluntary: you are free to withdraw at any point.

The study is being conducted by the Department of Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law within the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta… 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 »

In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis describes Saint Joseph as a beloved father, a tender and loving father, an obedient father, an accepting father; a father who is creatively courageous, a working father, a father in the shadows.

The Letter marks the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pope Pius IX’s declaration of the St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church… Read more »

Żjara ta’ korteżija mill-Kardinal Mario Grech lill-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna u lill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, illum it-Tnejn, 7 ta’ Diċembru 2020, fir-residenza uffiċjali tal-Arċisqof fl-Imdina. Read more »

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Pope Francis meets Maltese people with disability

Dear brothers and sisters,
This year’s celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is an occasion to express my closeness to those experiencing situations of particular difficulty during the crisis caused by the pandemic. All of us are in the same boat in the midst of a turbulent sea that can frighten us. Yet in this same boat, some of us are struggling more; among them are persons with serious disabilities… Read more »