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Public lecture on the ‘Ethical Challenges of AI’

31/01/2025

The French Embassy in Malta, the Alliance française de Malte-Méditerranée and the Archbishop’s Delegate for Culture are organising a public lecture in English on Monday, 3rd February at 6pm at the Catholic Institute in Floriana, on the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence with participation of top researcher Prof. Alexei Grinbaum from Paris-Saclay University, one week before the diplomatic summit on action for AI in Paris (10-11 February)… Read more »

New principal appointed for Archbishop’s Minor Seminary School

31/01/2025

Archbishop Charles Scicluna has appointed Fr Jean-Claude Schembri as the new Principal of the Archbishop’s Minor Seminary School in Tal-Virtù, Rabat. He succeeds Fr Mark Ellul, who has been appointed as the new Delegate for Catholic Education after serving as headmaster of the Minor Seminary School for 13 years.

The Archbishop’s Minor Seminary currently educates 800 students, providing education from the first year of primary to Year 11 of secondary school, and employs approximately 200 staff members… Read more »

Parish priests’ 2025 Live-In: ‘Missionaries of Hope’

30/01/2025

Il‑kappillani tal‑parroċċi f’Malta ltaqgħu għal‑live‑in annwali, bit‑tema li kienet ‘Missjunarji tat-Tama’, fid-dawl tal-Ġublew tat-Tama li l-Knisja Kattolika madwar id-dinja kollha qed tiċċelebra din is-sena. Huma kellhom il-ħin jirriflettu fuq xi tfisser tkun missjunarju llum u kif permezz tal-ezempju tagħhom, ikunu mezz ta’ tama lill-oħrajn.

Il-live-in ta’ din is-sena sar f’format differenti sabiex il-kappillani jkunu f’ambjent iktar rilassat u ta’ fraternità u jgħinhom jirriflettu aktar fuq dak li semgħu u ddiskutew… Read more »

New Vatican document examines potential and risks of AI

30/01/2025

The Pope’s warnings about Artificial Intelligence in recent years provide the outline for “Antiqua et Nova,” the “Note on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence,” that offers the results of a mutual reflection between the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Culture and Education. The new document is addressed especially to “those entrusted with transmitting the faith,” but also to “those who share the conviction that scientific and technological advances should be directed toward serving the human person and the common good” [5]… Read more »

Medicine

30/01/2025

Hawnhekk, fiċ-Ċentru tal-Onkoloġija, il-Mulej jagħtini l-grazzja li napprezza bil-bosta x-xogħol tant dedikat tat-team mediku kollu. Kemm napprezza bil-kbir il-kura li jagħtuna bħala pazjenti kemm għax hi tal-ogħla kwalità u anki wkoll l-għaliex l-mod kif tingħata hu tassew għaref u li jolqot mill-qiegħ nett il-bżonnijiet ta’ kull persuna.

Filwaqt li nuri l-apprezzament tiegħi lejn kulħadd, ħaddiema Maltin u mhux Maltin, nixtieq ninkoraġġiehom ilkoll ħa jibqgħu dejjem jitgħallmu mhux biss mill-kotba imma, u fuq kollox, mill-minjiera bla tarf tal-esperjenza… Read more »

St Sebastian’s hope is built on the certainty that God loves, saves and has mercy – The Archbishop

Mass on the liturgical feast of St Sebastian

27/01/2025   The Parish Church of St Sebastian, Ħal Qormi

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Kunu dejjem lesti biex tagħtu tweġiba lil min jitlobkom, il-għala tat-tama li għandkom. Xi jfisser dan il-kliem, li San Pietru appostlu jikteb fl-ewwel miż-żewġ ittri tiegħu. Qed jgħidilna li fil-ħajja tagħna niltaqgħu ma’ nies li jinnutaw li għandna tama partikolari, mhix tas-soltu. Jistaqsuna, imma għaliex tittamaw?

L-ewwel nett x’inhi t-tama tagħna? It-tama tagħna hi persuna, it-tama tagħna hi Ġesù… Read more »

2 young people begin preparation phase at the Seminary

28/01/2025

Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb

Aktar kmieni dan ix-xahar, fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof ingħataw merħba żewġ żgħażagħ li bdew il-perjodu Propedewtiku, jiġifieri fażi ta’ preparazzjoni.

Fi stqarrija ntqal li matul dan il-perjodu, il-propedewtiċi jiġu introdotti għal ħajja aktar organizzata ta’ talb u ta’ dixxerniment personali sabiex jibdew il-vjaġġ tagħhom.

Dawn iż-żewġ żgħażagħ ġew mistiedna jikbru aktar fl-għarfien tagħhom infushom u li jsiru aktar familjari ma’ modi differenti ta’ talb, ma’ ħajja u servizzi fil-komunità, u mal-apprezzament ta’ x’inhi s-sejħa tas-saċerdot fil-Knisja u s-soċjetà Maltija llum… Read more »

Celebrating 60 years since the founding of St Paul Missionary College

28/01/2025

St Paul’s Missionary College in Rabat celebrates sixty years since its foundation, which first welcomed students on 3 October 1964.

As part of the celebrations, Archbishop Charles Scicluna visited the school, where he celebrated mass, engaged in a Q&A session with the students and participated in a dialogue with the staff. Reflecting on the Bible passage of the conversion of St. Paul, the Archbishop emphasised how an encounter with Jesus enlightens and transforms us because we are able to see the truth about our lives… Read more »

Seminarian André Psaila instituted into Ministry of Lector

27/01/2025

André Psaila instituted into the Ministry of Lector by the Archbishop
Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

Seminarian André Psaila from Christ the King Parish in Paola, was instituted into the Ministry of Lector by Archbishop Charles Scicluna during a Mass celebrating the Word of God Sunday and the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul at Mdina Cathedral.

As Lector, seminarian André Psaila becomes an official reader of the Word of God during Mass and other liturgical celebrations… Read more »

Pope to Catholic communicators: ‘Tell stories that nourish hope’

26/01/2025

As Catholic communicators from across the world convened to Rome for the Jubilee of the World of Communication this weekend, Pope Fracis urged them to approach their work with courage, integrity, and a steadfast focus on hope, liberating “the inner strength of the heart.“  “Let your storytelling be hope-telling”, the Pope said in prepared remarks he addressed on Saturday to the communicators  gathered in the Paul VI Hall… Read more »