Pope Francis led the prayer of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on the fourth and final Sunday of Advent.

Reflecting on the day’s Gospel of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38), the Pope said the invitation to become the Mother of the Messiah carried with it both pure joy and great trial.

According to the Gospel, Mary was betrothed to Joseph, and faced the death penalty if found to be pregnant… Read more »

Dalgħodu l-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna bierek l-estensjoni l-ġdida taċ-Ċimiterju tal-Addolorata f’Raħal Ġdid. Hu kien akkumpanjat mid-Deputat Prim Ministru u Ministru għas-Saħħa Chris Fearne. Waqt iż-żjara, Mons. Arċisqof iltaqa’ wkoll mal-ħaddiema li qed jaħdmu fuq din iż-żona l-ġdida tac-ċimiterju. Read more »

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This year, the Dun Mikiel Azzopardi Award went to Gordon Hewitt, a volunteer at Dar tal-Providenza, and to all Dar tal-Providenza employees as a sign of gratitude and recognition for their dedication and extraordinary work done during the past hard months of the Covid-19 pandemic to keep the residents and their colleagues safe from the virus.

In 1989 Gordon had to take early retirement to look after his mother Sylvia who was seriously ill… Read more »

On the occasion of the last 2020 meeting of the COMECE Standing Committee on Tuesday 15 December 2020, the Bishops also addressed the European Commission Strategy on “Staying safe from Covid-19 during winter”. While welcoming the efforts for a coordinated and sustainable EU approach against the current pandemic, COMECE urges the European institutions to consult with Churches and religious communities especially when considering recommendations that have an impact on religious matters… Read more »

Following the analysis of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, proposed by the European Commission on 23 September 2020, the COMECE Working Group on Migration and Asylum expresses its concerns about the effectiveness of the Pact to alleviate the difficult situation, aggravated by COVID-19, in which migrants and refugees find themselves.

While recognizing the efforts of the European Commission to set out a new and comprehensive framework aimed to create a fair and predictable migration management mechanism, COMECE urges all negotiating actors to promote a welcoming context as well as a fair and just approach to those in need… Read more »

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Those who pray never turn their backs on the world. If prayer does not gather the joys and sorrows, the hopes and the anxieties of humanity, it becomes a “decorative” activity, a superficial, theatrical, solitary way of behaving. We all need interiority: to retreat within a space and a time dedicated to our relationship with God… Read more »

These ballots and registrations are going to be held for those who at present attend Kinder 2 at St Francis Santa Luċija and San Ġwann and opted for St Francis Birkirkara. This is due to more applications for Birkirkara than there are availabilities. Read more »

Ballot 1 starting at 11 am – St Francis transfer to Year 1 Girls Registration 1 starting at 11:15 am – St Francis transfer to Year 1 Girls Ballot 2 starting at 12 pm – St Francis transfer to Year 1 Boys Registration 2 starting at 12:15 pm – St Francis transfer to Year 1 Boys …

L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Beżqilhom mis-sunnara. Hekk jidher li għamel Ġesù fl-Evanġelju tal-lum lill-qassisin il-kbar u lix-xjuħ tal-poplu meta dawn għamlulu mistoqsija. Ġesù spiċċa biex ma weġibhomx, u huma baqgħu b’xiber imnieħer.

Ħa naraw ftit il-kuntest ta’ dan ir-rakkont, li jiġi ftit wara li Ġesù kien keċċa l-bejjiegħa mit-tempju, dik il-ġrajja li qajmet ferment sħiħ. Hawn jiġu l-qassisin il-kbar u x-xjuħ tal-poplu fit-tempju, fejn Ġesù qed jgħallem, u jistaqsuh: inti b’liema setgħa qed tagħmel dan? … Read more »

Fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof fil-Furjana, li għal dawn l-aħħar ħames snin ospitat l-ikla tal-Milied għal dawk li jinsabu weħidhom jew b’nuqqas ta’ mezzi, dalgħodu tħabbru l-inizjattivi l-ġodda ta’ Caritas għal Jum il-Milied.

Waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet, id-Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta, Anthony Gatt, semma it-tliet ġesti ta’ mħabba li Caritas se tkun qed tagħmel din is-sena b’differenza ma’ dak li sar fl-aħħar snin fejn il-kurituri tal-Kurja laqgħu ’l fuq minn 650 persuna li jinsabu weħidhom jew m’għandhomx il-mezzi biex jagħmlu l-ikla tal-Milied… Read more »

While various prayers and devotions are important to honor St. Joseph, what is more important is to imitate the life and example of the foster-father of Jesus.

In the 19th-century book Devotion to Saint Joseph, the author explains this concept plainly.

The book also details a helpful practice that can remind you to imitate St Joseph.

Listen to the Holy Spirit

The first was to raise his mind towards the heart of St Joseph and consider how docile he had been to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit, then examining his own heart he humbled himself for his resistance and animated himself to follow more faithfully the inspirations of grace… Read more »