Players during the Volleyball marathon

€632,153 were raised by the end of the 53-hour BOV Volleyball Marathon at midnight Sunday, 20th July 2025.

Forty players went through fifty-three hours of non-stop volleyball. The Marathon started on Friday evening when it was officially inaugurated by H.E.  Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono, President of Malta and continued since then.

Mgr Martin Micallef, Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, thanked the people of Malta and Gozo, that once again responded with so much generosity to the call for fundraising for the Home through the Volleyball Marathon… Read more »

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi kkundanna bil-qawwa l-qtil kontinwu ta’ persuni innoċenti f’Gaża u tenna li dan qatt mhu ġustifikat.

Mindu faqqgħet il-gwerra bejn Iżrael u l-grupp militanti Ħamas, aktar minn 60,000 persuna nqatlu. Ħafna minn dawn il-persuni kienu Palestinjani li ma kinux suldati filwaqt li numru sostanzjali ta’ persuni kienu qed jistkennu f’kampijiet taf-refuġjati.

Fid-dawl li Iżrael għamilha ċara li mhux se jieqaf sakemm jiżvojta u jeqred lil Gaża, hu ġie kkundannat talli fetaħ il-bieb biex jitwettaq ġenoċidju f’din l-art… Read more »

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, made a visit on Friday to the only Catholic parish in Gaza, along with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III.

As they entered the enclave, Pope Leo XIV placed a call to Patriarch Pizzaballa to “express his closeness, care, prayer, support, and desire to do everything possible to achieve not only a ceasefire but also an end to this tragedy.”

“Pope Leo repeatedly stated that it is time to stop this slaughter, that what has happened is unjustifiable, and that we must ensure there are no more victims,” said the Patriarch, speaking to Vatican News… Read more »

“Policies that support and protect families, motherhood, and maternity, need to be implemented alongside the promotion of equality between women and men.”

The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, expressed this during the course of the High-Level Political Forum debates on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, on 14 July, and on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5), on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, on 15 July, at the UN in New York… Read more »

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Kull meta nisimgħu l-kelma ta’ Ġesù, hi sseħħ fostna. Il-kelma li jgħid Ġesù fis-sinagoga ta’ Nazaret, fejn kien trabba, isseħħ kull meta nisimgħu l-kelma tiegħu; din il-kitba seħħet illum intom u tisimgħu. Għalhekk is-smigħ tal-Kelma ta’ Alla li aħna niċċelebraw f’kull quddiesa, huwa mument għażiż ħafna. Il-kelma li nisimgħu, isseħħ, issir realtà. Illum Ġesù juża l-ktieb ta’ Isaija biex jagħtina l-programm ta’ ħajtu, tal-missjoni tiegħu, kif ukoll  jurina għaliex ġie fostna l-Iben ta’ Alla magħmul bniedem… Read more »