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Don’t be the one to destroy the people around you – the Archbishop

Thanksgiving mass with MCAST graduates

  St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Il-Fariżej għandhom kurżità kbira, il-kurżità tagħhom hi biex ikunu jafu meta se tiġi s-saltna li ħafna drabi jsemmi Ġesù. Diversi tixbihat, parabboli li kien juża, kien jgħid, is-saltna t’Alla tixbah meta għallem lilna d-dixxippli tiegħu nitolbu, għallimna nitolbu tiġi saltnatek. Imma din is-saltna meta ġejja, jgħidulu? Hu jinsisti li s-saltna li qed jitkellem fuqha mhijiex xi ħaġa sensazzjonali. Aħna mdorrijin bil-kriterju tad-dinja, nimmaġinaw li s-saltna tfisser poter, forsi xi ftit arroganza, xi ftit ‘fake news’ jew xi ‘fake profile’, li s-saltna tagħmlek bilfors sinjur u malajr u bil-qerq jew li s-saltna tfisser li taħkem fuq ħaddieħor billi tumiljah… Read more »

“Our heads down lost in social media, ignoring those who are talking to us” – Fr Charles Tabone

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Charles Tabone qal li ħafna drabi qed inkunu medhijin bil-mobile u l-midja soċjali mgħaddsin rasna ’l isfel mingħajr ma nagħtu ta’ kas ta’ ħadd u lanqas nisimgħu lil min jipprova jkellimna.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Charles Tabone u Tezara Saliba. 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 HandbookRead more »

True protection begins when we truly listen to survivors

First Church-led Safeguarding Conference discussed methods to strengthen survivor support

  ĊAK, Birkirkara

Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera and Mark Pellicano

Malta should implement a national safeguarding policy structure according to Mark Pellicano – head of Safeguarding for the Archdiocese of Malta – which would include mandatory Safeguarding Commissions for various entities.

Speaking at the first Church-led Safeguarding Conference today at ĊAK, Birkirkara, Mr Pellicano also expressed concern over the absence of legal mechanisms, which restricts the sharing of vital information between the Church and other entities… Read more »

Live: Thanksgiving mass with MCAST graduates, 13th November 2025, 6pm

  St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

Għin lill‑Arċidjoċesi twettaq il‑missjoni tagħha Agħti Donazzjoni »

Segwi l-qari tal-Quddiesa tal-lum hawnhekk.

Talba għat-Tqarbina tax-Xewqa

Ġesù, jiena nemmen li Inti tinsab tabilħaqq fis-Sagrament tal-Ewkaristija. 
Irrid inħobbok fuq kollox u fuq kulħadd.
Inti taf li nixtieq nirċevik ġewwa fija.
Imma ġaladarba bħalissa ma nistax nilqgħek ġewwa fija sagramentalment,
nitolbok li tiġi fija spiritwalment.
Ejja għandi Ġesù tiegħi, biex jiena niġi għandek… Read more »

As a Church, protection of the young and the vulnerable has to be a priority – The Archbishop

Opening Speech for the Safeguarding Commission conference ‘A Shared Mission’

Message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

First of all, thank you for being here because we are going to discuss today an important topic, a shared mission and I would like to encourage each and every one of us to adopt this attitude to safeguarding and protection of the vulnerable in the Church.

I remember a phrase in the movie Spotlight that gave the narrative of the debacle and the egregious situation in Boston at the turn of the millennium which said, “It takes a village to educate a child.” It also takes a village to protect a child… Read more »

Online dangers demand new child protection framework, Safeguarding Commission warns

The head of the Maltese Church’s Safeguarding Commission, Mark Pellicano, has underscored the critical need to protect young people from online risks, as the commission prepares to mark its 10th anniversary with a conference later this month.

In an interview with Newsbook Malta, Pellicano outlined the dual focus of the upcoming conference, scheduled for 13 November at the ĊAK Centre in Birkirkara… Read more »

“The school is fulfilling its role when it forms human beings at their best” – Andrew Borg

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, l-għalliem Andrew Borg qal li l-iskola u l-edukaturi jkunu qed jilħqu l-għan tagħhom jekk jiffurmaw bnedmin fl-aqwa tagħhom.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Sr Natalie Abela u Andrew Borg. 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 9, 43b-45
Waqt li kulħadd kien imnixxef bil-għaġeb quddiem dan il-kobor liema bħalu ta’ Alla, Ġesù qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Iftħu widnejkom sewwa għal dawn il-kelmiet: Bin il-bniedem għandu jkun mogħti f’idejn il-bnedmin”… Read more »

A unique musical experience at the Mdina Cathedral

Il-Katidral Metropolitan tal-Imdina ser ikun xhieda ta’ esperjenza mużikali nhar il-Ġimgħa, 14 ta’ Novembru 2025, fit-8pm. F’dan l-ambjent sagru u storiku, il-Banda Trinità Qaddisa tal-Marsa, taħt id-direzzjoni tal-Maestro David J. Sammut, ser tippreżenta r-Requiem – kapolavur immortali tal-kompożitur Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Ir-Requiem ta’ Mozart huwa meqjus bħala wieħed mill-ikbar eżempji ta’ espressjoni artistika u spiritwali, jiddistingwi ruħu għall-fond emozzjonali tiegħu u għall-kapaċità li jqanqal sens ta’ riflessjoni u kontemplazzjoni… Read more »

Watch: Father Ġulju gives a speech on his 100th birthday

Filmati: Laura Galea

Patri Ġulju Bonnici, li lbieraħ għalaq 100 sena, qal ma’ Newsbook Malta li jitlob lill-Mulej biex il-vokazzjonijiet li jħossu ż-żgħażagħ ikomplu jissaħħu.

Newsbook Malta lbieraħ ingħaqad mal-komunità ta’ saċerdoti anzjani residenti fid-Dar tal-Kleru biex jiċċelebraw għeluq il-100 sena ta’ Patri Ġulju. Din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni bdiet b’quddiesa ċċelebrata mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea Curmi u kkonċelebraw diversi saċerdoti mill-Ordni Agostinjana fosthom il-provinċjal Fr Leslie Gatt OSA. 

L-Isqof Awżiljarju, beda l-omelija billi kkwota l-Evanġelju tal-ġurnata, “Mulej kattar fina l-fidi”… Read more »