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Pope offers prayers for flood victims in Pakistan, Nepal and India

17/08/2025 Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today’s Gospel presents us with a demanding text (cf. Lk 12:49-53), in which Jesus uses strong images and great frankness to teach his disciples that his mission, and even that of his followers, is not a “bed of roses”, but a “sign of contradiction” (cf. Lk 2:34).

In this way, the Lord anticipates what he will have to face in Jerusalem when he will be opposed, arrested, insulted, beaten, crucified; when his message of love and justice will be rejected; when the leaders of the people will react with viciousness at his preaching… Read more »

Welcome Christ in the poor – The Pope

17/08/2025 Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda in Albano, Italy

Having returned to Castel Gandolfo in the Castelli Romani on 13 August, Pope Leo XIV presided over Mass at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda. Reflecting on the gift of celebrating another day together, the Pope turned to the “greater gift” that Christ has already overcome: death. He explained that Sunday is a reminder of this victory.

He acknowledged that while we might come to church with fear and anxiety, “immediately we are less alone” once we gather together and encounter the Word and Body of Christ… Read more »

“Alone we can only do so much, but together we can do much more” – Daniela Borg

18/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, ġiet diskussa l-importanza tal-komunità u li nkunu flimkien fejn nistgħu nagħmlu iktar milli meta nkunu waħidna.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Fr Josef Mifsud u Daniela Borg. 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 Mattew – Mt 18, 15-20
Ngħidilkom ukoll li jekk tnejn minnkom fuq l-art jgħollu leħinhom flimkien biex jitolbu xi ħaġa, Missieri li hu fis-smewwiet, jagħtihielhom… Read more »

The courage of faith: when we feel the weight of good and evil – The Archbishop

Mass on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

17/08/2025 The Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck, St Paul's Bay

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

Ħa noħodkom ftit lura fiż-żmien, meta Ġesù kellu 40 jum u l-ġenituri tiegħu ħaduh fit-tempju, skont il-Liġi, “biex jippreżentawh lill-Mulej” (Lq 2:22). Dakinhar kien hemm Xmun fit-Tempju u malli ra lil din it-tarbija, qal: “għajnejja raw is-salvazzjoni” (Lq 2:30). Imma waqt li sejjaħ lil din it-tarbija “d-dawl tal-ġnus, il-glorja ta’ Iżrael” (ara Lq 2:32), ħares lejn ommu u qalilha: “sejf jinfidlek ruħek” (Lq 2:35)… Read more »

In Mary of Nazareth, we recognize our own history: the history of the Church, immersed in the common lot of humanity

Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

15/08/2025 Pontifical Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova,Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today is not Sunday, yet we celebrate in another way the Paschal Mystery of Jesus, which changed the course of history. In Mary of Nazareth, we recognize our own history: the history of the Church, immersed in the common lot of humanity. By taking flesh in her, the God of life — the God of freedom — has conquered death… Read more »

“One can never say: God has given up on me” – Fr Josef

16/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, ġiet diskussa t-tixbiha tan-nagħġa l-mitlufa fejn Fr Josef Mifsud qal li wieħed żgur qatt ma jista’ jgħid li Alla qata’ qalbu minnu.

“We have to sort out our priorities” – Fr Josef

14/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Fr Josef Mifsud qal li tajjeb li nirriflettu ta’ spiss u ngħarblu ħalli npoġġu l-prijoritajiet tagħna f’posthom.

Silta mill-qari tal-lum
Qari mill-Evanġelju skont San Mattew – Mt 17, 22-27
Meta daħal id-dar, Ġesù, bla ma ħallieh jitkellem, staqsieh: “Int x’jidhirlek, Xmun? … Read more »

Pope at Audience: Sincere sorrow can open door to conversion and joy

13/08/2025 Paul VI Audience Hall, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 2. The betrayal. “Surely it is not I?” (Mk 14,19)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Let us continue our journey in the school of the Gospel, following Jesus’ steps in the final days of his life. Today we will pause at an intimate, dramatic, yet also profoundly true scene: the moment at which, during the Passover supper, Jesus reveals that one of the Twelve is about to betray him: “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me” (Mk 14:18)… Read more »

Pope Leo returns to Castel Gandolfo for Assumption holiday weekend

14/08/2025

Photo: Vatican News

The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV returned to Castel Gandolfo by car on Wednesday afternoon.

The Pope stayed at the papal summer residence in the hilltop town near Rome for several days in July.

While there, he celebrated Mass in the local parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, visited the Vatican Observatory, and met with various local residents… Read more »

Caritas Malta’s key proposals on National Alcohol Policy

14/08/2025

Photo: The Malta Independent

Caritas welcomes the June 2025 draft of the National Alcohol Policy and urges the final policy to retain its core goals and ensure effective implementation. Highlighting alcohol’s serious health risks, Caritas stresses the need for clear public education on binge drinking and its long-term impacts. The organisation advocates for promoting wellbeing and resilience over harmful coping mechanisms, encouraging healthier, more connected lifestyles… Read more »