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Agostinian missionary work in Peru

21/08/2025

Matul ix-xahar ta’ Lulju, 2025, Patri Mario Abela OSA; id-Direttur tas-Segretarjat Missjonijiet Agostinjani Amigos, flimkien ma’ Patri Terence Spiteri OSA; u sitt żgħażagħ Maltin għamlu ħidma missjunarja fil-Perù qalb il-familji u t-tfal foqra f’Iquitos u Nauta.

Is-Segretarjat Missjonijiet Agostinjani, ilu għal dawn l-aħħar 31 sena, sa mill-1994, itella’ gruppi ta’ żgħażagħ kull sena f’diversi pajjiżi fosthom il-Brażil, Mozambique u l-Kenja fl-Afrika. Din is-sena għall-ewwel darba saret ħidma f’Iquitos u Nauta fil-Perù… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Even at darkest moment, never too late to love and forgive

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025

20/08/2025 Audience Hall, Vatican City

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025: Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 3. Forgiveness. «He loved them to the end» (Jn 13:2)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we will look at one of the most striking and luminous gestures in the Gospel: the moment when Jesus, during the last supper, offers a morsel to the one who is about to betray him… Read more »

Concert inaugurates the restoration of Dominican Church titular painting in Vittoriosa

21/08/2025 The Church of the Annunciation, Birgu

Fl-okkażjoni tal-inawgurazzjoni tar-restawr li sar fuq il-kwadru ta’ Sidtna Marija Annunzjata fil-Knisja ta’ San Duminku fil-Birgu, se jittella’ kunċert bid-direzzjoni tas-Surmast Stephen Camilleri, nhar il-Ħadd 24 t’Awwissu 2025 fis-7:15pm. Matul il-kunċert, Valentina Lupo minn Atelier del Restauro Ltd, se tagħti spjegazzjoni dettaljata dwar il-proċess tar-restawr u Rev. P. Tonio Mallia Milanes OP se jagħmel diskors tal-okkażjoni. Dakinhar se jkun espost fil-knisja l-abbozz tal-istess pittura.

Il-kwadru ta’ Marija Annunzjata sar fl-1959 mill-artist Emvin Cremona biex ikun il-kwadru titulari tal-knisja l-ġdida tad-Dumnkani fil-Birgu… Read more »

“We are not called upon to always be comfortable” – Daniela Borg

20/08/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Daniela Borg qalet li aħna mhux imsejħin biex nibqgħu dejjem komdi u newtrali, iżda xi drabi jkun hemm bżonn li mmorru anki fl-iskumdità.

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… Read more »

Pope Leo XIV dines with 100 homeless at Castel Gandolfo

19/08/2025

Photo: Vatican News

Over 100 homeless and vulnerable people supported by Caritas of Albano joined Pope Leo XIV for a meal in the gardens of Castel Gandolfo, where the Pontiff is spending much of his summer break.

The initiative continues the practice established by Pope Francis, who frequently invited disadvantaged groups to share meals with him. Many of the attendees at Castel Gandolfo face homelessness or other personal difficulties, and the gathering was coordinated by the Diocese of Albano Laziale together with the Borgo Laudato Si’ centre… Read more »

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.

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 »