News from the Church in Malta
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
I am still at the beginning of my ministry among you. Before all else, I would like to thank you for your demonstration of affection and ask you to keep supporting me with your prayers and closeness.
In whatever the Lord calls us to do, in both our daily lives and our journey of faith, there are times when we feel inadequate… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Hi kelma ta’ faraġ, dik li jgħidilna Ġesù llum: “Tħallux qalbkom titħawwad u anqas titbeżża’” (Ġw 14:27). Donnu jafna tajjeb ħafna l-Iben ta’ Alla magħmul bniedem, jaf li ċerti ċirkustanzi diffiċli tal-ħajja, nitħawdu u nibżgħu fihom. Illum waqt li nsellem lill-Hospice, nixtieq insellem lil kull min, għax għandu dijanjosi ta’ marda terminali, iħossu mħawwad u mbeżża’. Dan hu territorju qaddis li jeħtieġ minna mogħdrija, kompassjoni u wens; l-għerf ta’ min jaf jiskot quddiem il-misteru tal-proċess tal-mewt, għax il-mewt hi proċess… Read more »
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi has pointed to what he describes as a “great contradiction” in the government’s approach to end-of-life issues, as a White Paper on voluntary assisted euthanasia comes just weeks after the publication of a national suicide prevention strategy.
Speaking this morning on RTK103, Bishop Galea-Curmi urged the public to closely examine the recently published consultation document, which proposes that euthanasia could be carried out with “the express, free and documented will of the person suffering from a terminal and irreversible illness.”
“If you are making a strategy for suicide prevention, you do not issue a White Paper that says that assisted suicide is a solution,” the bishop said, highlighting what he sees as inconsistency in policy… Read more »
Dear brothers and sisters,
I am pleased to welcome you in this, my first general Audience. Today I will resume the cycle of Jubilee catecheses, on the theme “Jesus Christ Our Hope”, initiated by Pope Francis.
Let us continue today to meditate on the parables of Jesus, which help us to regain hope, because they show us how God works in history… Read more »
Il-prinċep tad-dinja ġej. Il-prinċep tad-dinja jiġi kull darba li niftħulu l-bieb. Jipprova jidħol anki mill-ventilatur. Il-prinċep min hu? Il-prinċep tad-dinja huwa x-xitan, il-giddieb, il-qattiel.
Minn qaddejja ta’ Alla nistgħu nsiru qaddejja tax-xitan. Ġesù jgħid ċar u tond li huwa l-iben t’Alla, “kontra tiegħi xejn ma jista’ jagħmel”. Mhux se jisraq qalb Ġesù imma lilna jipprova jisirqilna qalbna.
Aħna qed nakkumpanjaw lis-saċerdoti ġodda tagħna f’riġlejn Marija, li l-qaddisin kienu jgħarfu bħala t-terrur tax-xitan… Read more »
Sr Emanuel Borg li ilha snin twal missjunarja fl-Indja, għaddiet għall-ħajja ta’ dejjem matul il-lejl li għadda.
Il-Kummissarju Għoli għal Malta fl-Indja flimkien ma’ Sr Emanuel
Il-Kummissarju Għoli għal Malta fl-Indja Reuben Gauci kkonferma dan b’dieqa kbira u qal li Sr Emanuel, li dejjem ftaħret bl-għeruq Maltin tagħha speċjalment bil-laqam tal-familja – Taż-Żundajru, mietet f’Dumka, f’Jharkhand.
Sr Emanuel kienet membru tal-Kongregazzjoni tas-Sorijiet tal-Karità ta’ Santa Bartolomea Capitanio u Santa Vincenza Gerosa, li huma magħrufa wkoll bħala s-Sorijiet ta’ Marija Bambina… Read more »
Dear Brother Cardinals,
Brother Bishops and Priests,
Distinguished Authorities and Members of the Diplomatic Corps.
Greetings to the pilgrims who have come for the Jubilee of Confraternities!
I greet all of you with a heart full of gratitude at the beginning of the ministry that has been entrusted to me. Saint Augustine wrote: Lord, “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you” (Confessions, I: 1,1)… Read more »
The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation commemorated its 2025 General Assembly and International Conference from May 15-17 in Rome, and the last day kicked off with a private audience with Pope Leo XIV.
The conference’s theme was “Overcoming Polarization and Rebuilding Global Governance: The Ethical Foundations,” and the Pope focused his message on the theme’s connection to the heart of the Church’s Social Doctrine… Read more »
L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna
Johann, Matthew, u Shawn, enjoy the moment, gawduh dan il-mument taċ-ċapċipa għax għadna fil-bidu. Nixtieqkom li fil-qalb tagħkom jitnaqqax il-kliem tal-Kelma ta’ Alla li smajna llum. Jiena u nitlob fuq din il-Kelma ta’ Alla, laqtitni espressjoni sabiħa, imma qawwija ħafna: “Isejħulhom ballut tas-sewwa mħawla mill-Mulej għal foħritu”. “They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory” (Is 61:3)… Read more »
This Saturday, 17 May 2025 at 9:30am, the Church in Malta will celebrate the ordination of three new priests. Archbishop Charles Scicluna will preside over the ordination of: Rev. Matthew Sammut from the Parish of the Resurrection of Christ in Pembroke; Rev. Johan Bugeja, a Salesian of Don Bosco; and Rev. Tian Ci Shawn Dominic Wong, a seminarian of the Institute for World Evangelisation – ICPE Mission… Read more »
