When 7-year-old Jacob observed a group of homeless people huddled together in a scaffolding, he didn’t waste time. As soon as he arrived home, he dashed upstairs to make a poster seeking donations to fill 10 backpacks to give away. But now he’s collected enough items for no fewer than 130 backpacks.

Barely able to lift the backpack, Jacob shuffled down the street to deliver one of his packages…

Undersecretary for Migration at the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Br Fabio Baggio C.S., presented Pope Francis’ 20 points on the Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees at Justice Committee of the European Parliament.

Some MEPs considered the measures suggested in the document as «serving the interest of the migrants, of the societies that are hosting them and of the entire international community»…

Pope Francis has arrived in Chile, beginning a week-long Apostolic journey that will take him to 6 cities in as many days in Chile and Peru. This his 6th apostolic visit to Latin America. The Pope was met at Santiago International airport by Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, and the President of the country’s Bishops’ Conference. There were no official discourses as the Pope went immediately to the Apostolic Nunciature to rest…

Ix-xogħlijiet tar-restawr fuq il-faċċata tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann tlestew. Dan il-proġett inkluda d-daħla prinċipali, il-ġnub, il-kampnari, l-arloġġ u d-dewwiema. Din hija l-ewwel darba li l-faċċata tal-kon-katidral għadda minn restawr b’reqqa bħal dan. Dan kollu jkopri aktar minn 2,000 metru kwadru. Il-proġett beda fl-2014 mill-Ministeru għall-Kultura u mill-Fondazzjoni tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, permezz ta’ ħaddiema mid-Direttorat tar-Restawr.

Il-President tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, Wilfrid Buttigieg spjega kif dan l-proġett ta’ restawr kien parti mill-fażi inizzjali fil-preparazzjoni ta’ pjan shih ta’ illuminazzjoni tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, li huwa monument ikona fiċ-ċentru tal-Belt Kapitali Ewropea tal-Kultura…