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In Mary of Nazareth, we recognize our own history: the history of the Church, immersed in the common lot of humanity

Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

15/08/2025   Pontifical Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova,Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today is not Sunday, yet we celebrate in another way the Paschal Mystery of Jesus, which changed the course of history. In Mary of Nazareth, we recognize our own history: the history of the Church, immersed in the common lot of humanity. By taking flesh in her, the God of life — the God of freedom — has conquered death… Read more »

“One can never say: God has given up on me” – Fr Josef

16/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, ġiet diskussa t-tixbiha tan-nagħġa l-mitlufa fejn Fr Josef Mifsud qal li wieħed żgur qatt ma jista’ jgħid li Alla qata’ qalbu minnu.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Josef Mifsud u Daniela 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… Read more »

“We have to sort out our priorities” – Fr Josef

14/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Josef Mifsud qal li tajjeb li nirriflettu ta’ spiss u ngħarblu ħalli npoġġu l-prijoritajiet tagħna f’posthom.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Josef Mifsud u Daniela 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 Mattew – Mt 17, 22-27
Meta daħal id-dar, Ġesù, bla ma ħallieh jitkellem, staqsieh: “Int x’jidhirlek, Xmun? … Read more »

Pope at Audience: Sincere sorrow can open door to conversion and joy

13/08/2025   Paul VI Audience Hall, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 2. The betrayal. “Surely it is not I?” (Mk 14,19)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Let us continue our journey in the school of the Gospel, following Jesus’ steps in the final days of his life. Today we will pause at an intimate, dramatic, yet also profoundly true scene: the moment at which, during the Passover supper, Jesus reveals that one of the Twelve is about to betray him: “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me” (Mk 14:18)… Read more »

Pope Leo returns to Castel Gandolfo for Assumption holiday weekend

14/08/2025

Photo: Vatican News

The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV returned to Castel Gandolfo by car on Wednesday afternoon.

The Pope stayed at the papal summer residence in the hilltop town near Rome for several days in July. 

While there, he celebrated Mass in the local parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, visited the Vatican Observatory, and met with various local residents… Read more »

Caritas Malta’s key proposals on National Alcohol Policy

14/08/2025

Photo: The Malta Independent

Caritas welcomes the June 2025 draft of the National Alcohol Policy and urges the final policy to retain its core goals and ensure effective implementation. Highlighting alcohol’s serious health risks, Caritas stresses the need for clear public education on binge drinking and its long-term impacts. The organisation advocates for promoting wellbeing and resilience over harmful coping mechanisms, encouraging healthier, more connected lifestyles… Read more »

“Before entering the seminary, I worked in home maintenance” – Seminarian Marvic Mallia

12/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Marvic Mallia rrakkonta kif qabel daħal is-seminarju ta’ 34 sena, huwa kien jagħmel xogħol ta’ manutenzjoni fid-djar tan-nies.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Marvic Mallia u Marthese Brincat. 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-evanġelju tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Mattew – Mt 9, 32-38
Ġesù dar l-ibliet kollha u l-irħula jgħallem fis-sinagogi, ixandar l-Evanġelju tas-Saltna, u jfejjaq kull xorta ta’ mard u ’l kull min kien nieqes minn saħħtu… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Invest the treasure of your life in love and mercy

10/08/2025

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s Gospel Jesus invites us to consider how we will invest the treasure that is our life (cf. Lk 12:32-48). He says: “Sell your possessions and give alms” (v. 33).

He exhorts us not to keep to ourselves the gifts that God has given us, but rather to use them generously for the good of others, especially those most in need of our help… Read more »

The Archbishop’s advice: let us not attach our hearts to wealth that passes away

Sunday Mass on the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time

10/08/2025   The Chapel of Our Lady of Ransom, Selmun

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Hemm kelma moderna – anzi, nistgħu ngħidu kelma li saret tal-moda – imma fil-verità hi antika ħafna. Ġesù jitkellem fuq dak li llum insejħulu accountability, jew il-kontabbiltà. Jitkellem dwar il-fatt li iżjed ma tingħatalek responsabbiltà, iżjed jippretendu kont mingħandek: “Għax lil min tawh ħafna, ifittxu li jieħdu ħafna mingħandu; u min ħallewlu ħafna f’idejh, iżjed jippretendu mingħandu” (Lq 12:48)… Read more »

The slaughter of the innocents in Gaza

10/08/2025

Photo: Caritas Internationalis Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

The Gospel of Matthew recounts a heart-wrenching event that darkens the early pages of the New Testament: the Massacre of the Innocents. Herod, feeling threatened by the birth of “a new king”, orders the killing of all male children under two in Bethlehem and its surroundings. It is a story of fear, power, and cruelty – and of the innocent caught in the crossfire of a tyrant’s ambitions. 

In the last months, the world has witnessed a chilling horror in Gaza, where thousands of innocent lives – many of them children – have been brutally extinguished… Read more »