A laboratory technician on COVID-19 vaccine

Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, thousands of people have either fallen ill or lost their lives to this virulent virus. Medical services have also been stretched to their limits. Hopes are being pinned on the development of a vaccine to protect society from the disease.

Ethical issues

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Department of Social Justice of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales looks at the ethical issues surrounding the development and distribution of a vaccine… Read more »

The Professional Ethics Platform within the Department of Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology (UM) is organising an International Bioethics Conference on ‘Bioethics and the five senses: between clinical practice and metaphors’ (La Bioetica ed i Cinque Sensi: tra Clinica Pratica e Metafore), which will be held online between Thursday 1 and Sunday 4 October 2020… Read more »

Dear Brothers and Sisters, it does not seem that the weather is that great, but I wish you a good morning all the same!

To emerge better from a crisis like the current one, which is a health crisis and is, at the same time, a social, political and economic crisis, every one of us is called to assume responsibility for our own part, that is, to share the responsibility… Read more »

On Tuesday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced the publication of a Letter approved by Pope Francis on 25 June and entitled Samaritanus bonus (“The Good Samaritan”): On the Care of Persons in the Critical and Terminal Phases of Life”. It bears 14 July as its publication date, in honor of St Camillus de Lellis, the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses, and physicians… Read more »

Tlesta xogħol ta’ restawr tal‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Marija Annunzjata f’Ħal Balzan, xogħol li sar b’investiment ta’ ftit aktar minn €122,000 b’kofinanzjament minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea. Dan il‑proġett ġie inawgurat dalgħodu mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mis‑Segretarju Parlamentari għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti wkoll għall‑konferenza tal‑aħbarijiet kien hemm is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross.

Permezz ta’ dan il‑proġett li għalih ikkontribwixxa wkoll il‑poplu ta’ Ħal Balzan, twettaq xogħol ta’ restawr fuq il‑kappelluntal‑Kurċifiss, il‑ħitan tas‑sagristija minn barra, u l‑kampnar… Read more »