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Restoration project leads to new information on the Ta’ Ġieżu Via Sagra

27/03/2024

14-il pittura tal-Via Sagra, li jinsabu fil-Knisja Santa Marija ta’ Ġesù, magħrufa wkoll bħala tal-Ġieżu, fil-Belt Valletta, ingħataw ħajja ġdida bħala parti minn proġett ta’ restawr u konservazzjoni li sar fuqhom.

Ir-restawr kien mifrux fuq 11-il xahar u wassal biex instabet informazzjoni ġdida dwar din il-Via Sagra, fosthom għax studju li sar fuqha wassal biex ir-restawraturi setgħu jattribwixxu xi pitturi lil Francesco Zahra u Gian Nicola Buhagiar, li huma żewġ artisti prominenti Maltin… Read more »

Holy Week in the Holy Land: Forgiveness is the only way to peace

26/03/2024

As Christians enter the holiest part of the year, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem talks to Vatican News about the Easter celebrations in the Holy Land, amidst ongoing violence and conflict, and calls for forgiveness to move towards peace.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Holy Week will be celebratory but not as festive as usual in the Holy Land… Read more »

The facade of the Ta’ Ġieżu Church in Valletta has been restored

26/03/2024

Il-faċċata tal-Knisja tal-Franġiskani ta’ Ġieżu fil-Belt Valletta ġiet irrestawrata u nawgurata sabiex titgawda fis-sbuħija kollha tagħha għal żmien ir-Randan u l-Għid b’interventi li jinkludu x-xogħol ta’ tindif, bdil ta’ ġebel, tikħil u mili tal-fili skont il-bżonn.

Ix-xogħol ta’ restawr fuq il-Knisja beda f’Ottubru tal-2022 fi Triq Sant’Ursula sar b’attenzjoni kbira sabiex ma jkunx hemm ħsara fuq il-ġebla oriġinali. Ix-xogħol beda bit-tneħħija taż-żebgħa, kisi bis-siment u tikħil fuq il-faċċata… Read more »

Liturgical celebrations led by the Archbishop during Holy Week

23/03/2024

Archbishop Charles Scicluna invites Christians to participate in the Holy Week functions during which the Catholic Church commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. During these holy days, the Archbishop will preside over the celebrations at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta. These celebrations will be broadcast live on TVM, TVMNews+, radio station RTK103, Knisja.mt and Newsbook.com.mt.

Next Sunday, 24th March, at 9:30am, the Archbishop will lead the Palm Sunday celebration, which includes the blessing of olive branches and palm fronds, followed by the commemoration of the Lord’s Passion through the reading of the account of the passion… Read more »

The Archbishop reflects: everything starts from peace in the heart

Lenten Reflection 2024

22/03/2024

For 2024, the Bishops of Malta and Gozo are proposing that as a country, and as Christians, we ought to reflect on the five gifts of God that Dun Karm Psaila, the national poet, reminds us of in Malta’s national anthem: sound judgement, mercy, health, unity and peace. This reflection is particularly significant as this year, Malta celebrates 60 years of independence and 50 years as a republic… Read more »

The Pope speaks about his beautiful memories with the Gozitans and the Maltese to the President

21/03/2024

The President of Malta, George Vella, met with Pope Francis on Thursday in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.

Their encounter lasted just over an hour, with the Pope and the President exchanging gifts.

Pope Francis gave President Vella a bronze sculpture entitled “Intergenerational Dialogue,” as well as a book of his papal magisterium.

The President reciprocated with six All-in-One PCs destined for the Mother of Mercy Clinic, a medical centre set up in St Peter’s Square that serves people facing financial difficulties… Read more »

Pope’s Vocations Day message: ‘Pilgrims of hope, builders of peace’

20/03/2024

Pope Francis releases his message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated on April 21, and urges Christians to welcome our shared vocation to sow the seeds of hope and peace in our world.

“Our life finds fulfilment when we discover who we are, what our gifts are, where we can make them bear fruit, and what path we can follow in order to become signs and instruments of love, generous acceptance, beauty, and peace, wherever we find ourselves.”

Pope Francis offered that summary of our Christian vocation in his message for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which the Church marks on April 21, 2024… Read more »

Sōtēr: A book of traditional community prayers for Lent, Holy Week and Easter

18/03/2024

The Archdiocese of Malta launched the publication Sōtēr (Salvatur), which brings together traditional Lent, Holy Week and Easter communal prayers in poetic and artistic form. Through this book, the reader is invited to contemplate the beauty of the Lord’s Passion and the Light of his resurrection through a contemporary lens. The spiritual meditations, with a social accent, include the Veneration of the Cross, Via Matris, Seven Teachings, the Via Crucis and Via Lucis… Read more »