Greeting pilgrims and visitors gathered in the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday, Pope Francis continued his reflections on the celebration of the Eucharist, focusing on the penitential rite which helps us to prepare our hearts to receive God’s mercy.

Presumptous heart cannot receive pardon

We acknowledge before God and before our brothers and sisters that we are all sinners, he said…

According to UNICEF, Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale throughout the year but the warring parties have ignored international laws to protect the most vulnerable.

“As these attacks continue year after year, we cannot become numb. Such brutality cannot be the new normal”, said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes. 

The current report highlights several conflict zones where children suffered during the year…

€1,255,269 were raised during the New Year’s day Feast of Generosity organised  by Id-Dar tal-Providenza with the support of RTK Radio. The dry but rather windy weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the large crowds that made it to Siġġiewi during the day to make their donation under the big tent set up in the parking lot…

Imagine the scene: It’s night. I’m writing an article, doing some online shopping, or maybe I’m cooking a pot of soup for another day. It’s so late! I’m tired, and angry that I didn’t have time to do all the things I had planned during the day, at a “normal” time…

Ever since the 5th century the Church has commemorated a separate day in memory of the children killed by King Herod after Jesus’ birth. Matthew is the only one to record the event and the details surrounding it are slim.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men…