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The Pope: Walking together in Hope

Celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate

28/10/2025   Audience Hall, the Vatican

Address of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Respected Heads and Representatives of World Religions,
Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Peace be with you!

It is with joy and deep gratitude that I extend my cordial greetings and express my sincere thanks for your presence at this commemoration of the ground-breaking document Nostra Aetate… Read more »

Forum theatre sessions encourage reflection on power, language, and healing

28/10/2025

Between 19 and 21 September, MELA organised a series of Forum Theatre sessions at the Apap Bologna Pastoral Centre in Marsaskala. The sessions featured actors Angele and Malcolm Galea, Naomi Said, and theatre director Dr Tyrone Grima.

Forum Theatre—an interactive form of performance developed by Brazilian practitioner Augusto Boal within his Theatre of the Oppressed methodology—aims to empower marginalised communities by inviting audiences to become active participants in the search for change… Read more »

“The Word of God speaks to you today in the circumstances you are going through” – Fr Malcolm Saliba

29/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Malcolm Saliba qal li l-Kelma t’Alla tibqa’ ħajja u tkellmek fiċ-ċirkostanzi li għaddej minnhom bħalissa.

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.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Luqa – Lq 8, 4-15
“Wieħed bidwi ħareġ jiżra’ ż-żerriegħa li kellu… Read more »

Pope: Educate to promote dignity, justice, and trust in a war-torn world

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.

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.

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 »