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Eucharistic celebration with students from the Pontifical Universities

27/10/2025 St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

To gather in this place during the Jubilee Year is a gift that we must not take for granted. Above all, it is a gift because to go on a pilgrimage, to pass through the Holy Door, reminds us that life makes sense only when it is lived as a journey, when it knows how to keep moving forward, that is, when it is capable of making the reality of Easter present… Read more »

The Pope at Jubilee Audience: Hope is a journey for all humanity

Jubilee Audience

25/10/2025 St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis 7. To hope is not to know. Nicola Cusano

“You have reached the goal of your pilgrimage,” Pope Leo told pilgrims at Saturday’s Jubilee Audience, “but now, like the disciples of Jesus, we must learn to dwell in a new world.”

The Holy Father reminded them that “The Jubilee has made us pilgrims of hope precisely for this reason: everything must now be seen in the light of the Crucified One… Read more »

“I cannot remain passive in a society that promotes so many different choices” – Fr Malcolm Saliba

27/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Malcolm Saliba qal li nkun dixxiplu jfisser fost l-oħrajn li ma nibqax passiv quddiem soċjetà li tippromovi tant għażliet differenti.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Malcolm Saliba u Abigail Zarb. 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 »

The Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism

25/10/2025

The Diocesan Ecumenical Commission is holding the Second Maurice Eminyan SJ Lecture on Ecumenism on Friday 31 October 2025 at 6:30pm, at the Archbihsop’s Curia, Floriana.

This year’s distinguished speaker is Rev. Professor Edward Farrugia SJ from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He has a long experience in ecumenical relations, especually with the Orthodox Churches.

The theme of the Public Lecture is Shall we ever be united? … Read more »

“We sometimes do something not for its own benefit but according to what others think” – Abigail Zarb

25/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Abigail Zarb qalet li kultant tinkwieta li tagħmel xi ħaġa mhux għall-benefiċċju tagħha imma skont x’jaħseb ħaddieħor dwarha.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 7, 36-50
Wieħed mill-Fariżej stieden lil Ġesù biex jiekol miegħu; Ġesù daħal għand il-Fariżew u qagħad għall-ikel… Read more »

Public Talk by Trappist Bishop Erik Varden

24/10/2025

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The Trappist Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, will deliver a public talk entitled Living by Hope in a Time of Crisis on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, at 7pm at the MUSEUM Auditorium, Blata l-Bajda.

Bishop Varden, a member of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance and author of several spiritual books, previously served as Abbot of Mount St Bernard Abbey in England before being consecrated bishop of Trondheim in Norway… Read more »

Signing of collective agreement between Church schools and MUMN regarding employees in the grades of Social Work

23/10/2025 Offices of the Secretariat for Catholic Education, Ħal Balzan

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Is‑Segretarjat għall‑Edukazzjoni Kattolika u l‑Union tal‑Infermiera u l‑Qwiebel (MUMN) iffirmaw ftehim kollettiv dwar l‑impjegati fil‑gradi tas‑social work. Dan hu mibni fuq l‑istess ftehim li ntlaħaq iktar kmieni din is‑sena bejn il‑Gvern u l‑MUMN għall‑gradi ekwivalenti li jaħdmu fis‑settur pubbliku.

Dan il‑ftehim il‑ġdid hu konformi mal‑ftehim li kien sar bejn is‑Santa Sede u r‑Repubblika ta’ Malta fl‑1991 li jistabilixxi li l‑impjegati kollha meħtieġa għas‑servizz edukattiv fl‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja għandhom jibbenefikaw mill‑istess kundizzjonijiet tax‑xogħol ta’ dawk li jaħdmu fl‑iskejjel statali… Read more »

Pope accepts resignation of Bishop George Bugeja serving Catholics in Libya

22/10/2025

Photo: Miguela Xuereb- Newsbook

Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop George Bugeja from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli, the Holy See announced on Wednesday. The Gozitan bishop had led the Catholic community in Libya for a decade.

The announcement follows a revealing interview the bishop gave to Newsbook Malta three weeks ago, where he detailed the extreme perils of his ministry… Read more »

Pope at Audience: The Risen Christ radically changes our perspective, instilling the hope that fills the void of sadness

22/10/2025 St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of the Contemporary World 2. The Resurrection of Christ, the Response to Human Sadness

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! And welcome to you all!

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an event that one never finishes contemplating and meditating on, and the more one explores it, the more one is filled with wonder, drawn in as if by an overwhelming yet fascinating light… Read more »

The Vatican praises Malta’s ‘examplary’ Safeguarding Commission

23/10/2025

The Safeguarding Policy launched in 2024 (Photo: Evan Demicoli)

The Vatican’s Commission for the Protection of Minors (Tutela Minorum) has lauded the Malta Church’s Safeguarding Commission for its “exemplary” guidelines, recommending that other episcopal conferences around the world adopt similar standards.

In its 2024 annual report on Church safeguarding policies and procedures, the Pontifical Commission said the Archbishop of Malta and Bishop of Gozo were fully committed to the Church’s response to abuse and had shown “strong and admirable leadership in safeguarding over a sustained period.”

The Pontifical Commission also commended the Malta Safeguarding Commission for adopting a “conversional justice” style with a “strong emphasis on a victim-centred approach”… Read more »