Pope Francis

Pope at Angelus: God’s plans are infinitely greater than we can imagine

20/09/2026   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s liturgy, through the words of the prophet Isaiah, the Lord gives us great cause for hope, telling us that his thoughts are not our thoughts, that his ways are not our ways (cf. Is 55:8). Yes, God’s plans are infinitely greater — and, let us say, more “human”— than those that we men and women, marked by sin, can conceive or bring to fruition… Read more »

In our relationship with God, let’s approach him with an open heart not a measuring stick – The Archbishop

20/09/2026   The Chapel of Mary Mother of the Church, Ta' Mlit, Mosta

L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna

L-Ewwel Qari jippreparana ftit għas-sorpriża ta’ din il-parabbola ta’ Ġesù: “Il-fehmiet tiegħi m’humiex fehmietkom, u t-triqat tiegħi m’humiex triqatkom” (Is 55:8). Donnu l-Mulej qiegħed jgħidilna, nifhem li intom tħobbu tkejlu, b’mod speċjali meta tqabblu lilkom infuskom mal-oħrajn, hija tendenza fina. Imma l-Profeta Isaija, jgħinna nifhmu s-sorpriża tal-istorja tal-Parabbola ta’ Ġesù, billi jinsisti: “daqskemm huma ogħla s-smewwiet mill-art, daqshekk ieħor huma triqati ‘l fuq minn triqatkom, u l-fehmiet tiegħi mill-fehmiet tagħkom” (Is 55:9)… Read more »

Pope: Humanity’s future depends on collaboration in building more humane world

17/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS, 23-32). 3. The human community -Dokumenti tal-Konċilju Vatikan II. IV. Kostituzzjoni pastorali Gaudium et spes (GS 1-10). 3. Il-komunità tal-bnedmin (GS, 23-32)

Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

By dedicating the second chapter to the “human community”, the Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS) invites us to consider “the growing interdependence of men” as “one of the salient features of the modern world” (no… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Without forgiveness we cannot live in peace

13/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Sunday!

Today’s Gospel speaks to us of forgiveness, which is a fundamental feature of the Christian life. Jesus taught and exemplified forgiveness even on the cross, where he prayed to the Father for his persecutors with the familiar words: “Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Lk 23:34).

In today’s passage, Peter asks the Master precisely about this question: “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? … Read more »

Pope at Audience: Human dignity must always be defended as God’s gift

09/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis.The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS12-22). 2. Human dignity: gift and responsibility.

Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

The Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et Spes (GS), by dedicating the first chapter to the dignity of the human person, emphasizes that it is the foundation and condition for “those values which are most highly prized today”, but these must not lose sight of their “divine source”, in order to avoid possible distortions arising from the “taint in man’s human heart” (GS, 11)… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Mutual love is one debt that ‘does not enslave us’

06/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

The word of God proclaimed in this Sunday’s liturgy offers us some fundamental criteria for thought and action.  In the Letter to the Romans, we read that every commandment is “summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’” (Rom 13:9).  Saint Paul insists on this point with a very powerful image, one that also appears in the Lord’s Prayer.  He writes: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another” (v… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Church is called to serve humanity, unmask society’s contradictions

02/09/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 1–10) 1. The Church: Listening to and Serving the World

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

With today’s meeting, we will begin to reflect on the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, with which the Second Vatican Council intended to focus on a fundamental theme, namely the relationship between the Church and the contemporary world… Read more »

Let’s renew our commitment to universal fraternity and caring for creation

Holy Mass on the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

02/09/2026   Garden of the Madonnina del Borgo Laudato Si’, the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, Italy

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

On this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the readings chosen for today’s liturgy offer us two invitations to contemplate the works of the Lord — a task that is certainly not difficult in the setting of these beautiful gardens.

The Book of Wisdom encourages us to contemplate the beauty and power of creation, in order to appreciate its Creator (cf. Wis 13:1–9)… Read more »

God’s love for everybody – Bishop Galea-Curmi

01/09/2026   Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa, Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace -Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Hija storja drammatika din li għadna kif smajna meta Ġesù mar Nazaret, “fejn kien trabba” (Lq 4:16). U żgur li jolqotna kif hemm differenza kbira, kuntrast kbir, bejn il-bidu ta’ din il-ġrajja u kif spiċċat, speċjalment fir-reazzjoni tan-nies. L-Evanġelju jgħid li meta n-nies semgħu lil Ġesù jaqra s-silta mill-Ktieb ta’ Isaija l-Profeta, u mbagħad jgħid “din il-kitba seħħet illum intom u tisimgħu” (Lq 4:21) – “ilkoll laqgħu kliemu u stagħġbu għall-kliem mimli ħlewwa li kien ħiereġ minn fommu” (Lq 4:)… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Even when confused like Peter, dialogue with the Lord

30/08/2026   Liberty Square, Castel Gandolofo

Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon and happy Sunday!

Today’s Gospel tells us how Jesus reveals to his disciples the Mystery of his impending Passion.  The Messiah, he says, must “go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised” (Mt 16:21)… Read more »