Pope Francis has called for Peace in Syria, and announces a worldwide day of fasting and Prayer on 7th September. Why do we fast?

“Why do your disciples not fast?” Jesus answered: “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast” (Mt 9:15)

Fasting, to which I intend to draw your attention briefly today, is the second element necessary for the spring of the spirit…

The Sunday about evangelisation, the so-called “Home mission Sunday” due to be celebrated in the English parishes on September 15th, is drawing nearer, and the Church of England and Wales have reasons for celebrating.

A survey conducted on 22 cathedrals in England and Wales, has given hope to the country…

Ser jerġgħu jintlaqgħu applikazzjonijiet għal numru ta’ postijiet għall-bniet fl-ewwel sena sekondarja.

L‑applikazzjonijiet jintlaqgħu nhar il-Tlieta, 3 ta’ Settembru 2013, fis-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija, 16, il-Mall, Furjana, bejn id-9:00 a.m. u nofsinhar, u jkunu skont dawn il-kriterji: studenti skont l-ewwel kriterju (Djar tal-Knisja), aħwa, ulied ta’ impjegati fi skola tal-Knisja u ta’ skola bla kontinwità, u skont it-tielet kriterju (Applikanti Oħra)…

Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th August 2013, Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of Malta will leave Malta to lead a pilgrimage in Lourdes. A group of 336 Maltese pilgrims will be attending this pilgrimage organized by the Assocjazzjoni Voluntarji Lourdes (AVL).

Each year, the Association assists sick persons to travel from Malta to visit the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Lourdes at the Grotto, where she appeared for the first time to Bernadette Soubirous on the 11th February 1858.   

On Sunday 1st September 2013, at 8.30 a.m., Bishop Scicluna will lead a concelebrated Mass in Maltese at the Grotto…

In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Francis spoke about the words of Jesus from the day’s Gospel: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.”
The Holy Father noted that Jesus was responding to the question of how many people will be saved. But, the Pope said, “it is not important to know how many are saved…