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Watch: “I would like the next generation to know about the Ta’ Pinu story”

L-awtur tal-pubblikazzjoni ġdida dwar l-istorja tas-Santwarju Ta’ Pinu, Francesco Pio Attard qal li jixtieq li l-familji kollha jkunu jafu dwar il-ġrajja Ta’ Pinu u stieden lis-segwaċi biex jixtru dan il-ktieb ħalli jkunu jistgħu jwasslu l-ġrajja Ta’ Pinu lill-ġenerazzjonijiet ta’ warajna.

Newsbook Malta mar sa Ta’ Pinu fejn iltaqa’ mal-awtur li silet xi partijiet interessanti minn dan il-ktieb, fosthom kif il-kappella li kien hemm kienet se titwaqqa’ għax kienet fi stat ħażin, iżda l-bennej waqa’ u weġġa’ u minflok twaqqgħet spiċċaw irranġaw il-kappella… Read more »

“The roof of the Catholic Institute is offering a breath of fresh air through art” – Annalisa Schembri

Background photo: Miguela Xuereb

Id-Direttur Artistiku tar-Roof Top Series Annalisa Schembri stqarret li l-bejt tal-Istitut Kattoliku bil-veduti li għandu u permezz tal-arti, qed joffri nifs biex wieħed jieqaf ftit u japprezza dak li qed jiġi ppreżentat. Min jattendi qed jingħata ċ-ċans li jkun viċin ħafna tal-artisti f’palk pjuttost intimu, għaliex ix-xewqa ta’ Schembri hi li “l-udjenza tħoss aktar milli tara” u hekk jkunu mqanqlin biex huma wkoll joħolqu jew iwettqu x-xewqa artistika li dejjem ħolmu li jagħmlu… Read more »

“The Lord is always by our side” – The Archbishop

A Mass praesente cadavere with suffrage for Mr Anthony Spiteri Debono

  The Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, Valletta

Ritratt: Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta – Ian Noel Pace L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Il-vers li l-kor kanta b’mod tant sabiħ qabel l-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna huwa vers tassew kommoventi li jiġbor l-esperjenza tal-mewt għal min jemmen.

Tenuisti manum dexteram mea (qbadtli idi u mexxejtni minn idejja)
Et in voluntate tua deduxisti me (ħadtni skont ir-rieda tiegħek)
Cum gloria assusisti me (dawwartni bil-ġieħ u l-glorja)

Din it-tama tagħna, aħna l-Insara meta quddiem il-fdalijiet ta’ Anthony illum, qegħdin nagħmlu talba lil Alla, għajn ta’ kull ħniena biex lil Anthony, li għaddieh minn din l-esperjenza, isir għalih faraġ, hena u sliem… Read more »

Restoration completed on façade and sides of St Leonard’s Parish Church in Ħal Kirkop

Il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Leonardu Abbati f’Ħal Kirkop
Ritatt: Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta – Ian Noel Pace

Tlesta il‑proġett ta’ konservazzjoni fuq il‑koppli, il‑kampnari, il‑faċċata prinċipali u l‑ġnubijiet tal‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Leonardu Abbati f’Ħal Kirkop. Ix‑xogħol ta’ restawr, li ammonta madwar €100,000 b’kofinanzjament ta’ 80% minn fondi tal‑Unjoni Ewropea, ġie inawgurat mill‑Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea‑Curmi u mill‑Ministru għall‑Fondi Ewropej Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. Preżenti għall‑inawgurazzjoni kien hemm ukoll is‑Segretarju Amministrattiv tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta Michael Pace Ross u l‑Kappillan Dun Martin Cardona… Read more »

Catholic Digital Missionaries and Influencers share hope at Jubilee event

Photo: Archdiocese of Malta – Digital Presence Office

Part of the Jubilee of Youth and held on July 28–29, the Jubilee for Digital Missionaries and Influencers, promoted by the Dicastery for Evangelization in collaboration with the Dicastery for Communication, brings together those who evangelize online to reflect, pray, and celebrate together as one Church without borders.

“A network of people, not of algorithms”

In his opening remarks of the event held at Rome’s Auditorium Conciliazione, Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, welcomed participants inviting them into a sacred space of listening and encounter… Read more »

AI service that answers questions on Catholic teaching now available in Maltese

Magisterium accesses thousands of documents to make Catholic teaching more accessible

Photo: Fr Jean Gove’ (Facebook)

Magisterium AI, a generative AI project designed to make the teachings and doctrine of the Catholic church more accessible, is now also available in the Maltese language.

Magisterium was launched by Canadian company Longbeard in 2023, founded by entrepreneur and former seminarian Matthew Harvey Sanders. It presently accesses some 30,000 documents, including papal encyclicals, theological and philosophical works from doctors of the church and magisterial documents… Read more »

“Sometimes we go to Jesus with the answer already in hand” – Fr Leslie Gatt

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Leslie Gatt qal li Ġesù qalilna li jekk immorru għandu jserraħna, iżda xi drabi aħna mmorru għand Ġesù bir-risposta lesta.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Leslie Gatt u Jurgen Calafato. 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 HandbookRead more »

Here is your Mother – The Archbishop

Mass on the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows

  The Parish Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, St Paul's Bay

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

“Mara, hawn hu ibnek” (Ġw 19:26).  Din il-kelma ta’ Gesù, illum nixtieq nimmaġinah, lil ommu, mhux biss jafdana f’idejha, imma jgħidilna wkoll, u jgħidilna fiex aħna. “Hawn hu ibnek, hawn hi bintek, hawn uliedek. Uliedek inkwetati minħabba n-nuqqas ta’ paċi fid-dinja. Uliedek li qegħdin jgħixu dan il-wied ta’ dmugħ u għandhom bżonn kelma ta’ tama.” Meta aħna nsellmulha fl-antifona b’talba sabiħa tas-Salve Regina, lill-Madonna nitolbuha tħares lejna b’din il-ħarsa ħelwa ta’ ħniena, tgħinna, lilna, li qegħdin ngħaddu minn dan il-wied tad-dmugħ u bil-ħarsa tagħha wkoll, tindikallna l-ħarsa ħanina ta’ Binha Ġesù… Read more »

Jubilee of Youth: ‘A step towards building peace in the world’

Pilgrims cheer prior to the opening Mass for World Youth Day at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

The Jubilee of Influencers and the Jubilee of Youth are next on the agenda for the events in the Jubilee Year of Hope. Ahead of the events taking place from 28 July – 3 August, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, highlighted the multicultural and diverse events that will make up this Jubilee… Read more »

Archbishop pleads for Gaza children’s food access

Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim on Unsplash

L-Arċisqof ta’ Malta, Charles Scicluna wassal appell imqanqal sabiex it-tfal f’Gaża jingħataw l-iktar dritt bażiku fil-ħajja – dak ta’ aċċess għall-ikel.

“L-immaġnijiet tat-tfal innoċenti li qed imutu bil-ġuħ f’Gaża huma akkuża għalina lkoll,” qal Mons. Scicluna.

Mindu faqqgħet il-gwerra bejn Iżrael u l-grupp militanti Ħamas, aktar minn 60,000 persuna nqatlu. Ħafna minn dawn il-persuni kienu Palestinjani li ma kinux suldati filwaqt li numru sostanzjali ta’ persuni kienu qed jistkennu f’kampijiet taf-refuġjati… Read more »