Pope Francis prayed the Angelus on Sunday with thousands of pilgrims huddled under umbrellas in a rainy St. Peter’s Square. He even complemented their courage. “You’re brave to have come with this rain!” he said.

In his address ahead of the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father reflected on the day’s Gospel passage (Jn 18:33b-37) and the Solemnity of Christ the King…

Il-kunċert annwali mill-banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza fl-okkażjoni tal-Ġimgħa tal-Persuni b’Diżabilità, se jsir fil-Katidral tal-Imdina nhar il-Ġimgħa, 7 ta’ Diċembru 2018, fit-8pm.  Il-kunċert vokali u strumentali se jkun taħt il-patroċinju tal-President ta’ Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca u Mons. Arċisqof Charles J Scicluna. Il-kunċert se jsir bil-korteżija tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan. Bħala parti mill-kunċert jitħabbar ir-rebbieħ tal-Premju Mons. Mikiel Azzopardi 2018…

A 4.5 tonne Christmas tree was put up in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday morning. The 23metre high tree travelled from the northern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, more specifically, from Pordenone.

The Christmas tree, along with a life-sized nativity scene (which this year is being sculpted from sand) has been a tradition since 1982 when John Paul II was Pope…

L-Assemblea Djoċesana 2018 kompliet ilbieraħ, il-Ġimgħa, 23 ta’ Novembru, fejn ġew diskussi tliet dokumenti tas-Sinodu Djoċesan li ntemm fl-2003 u żewġ dokumenti oħra li saru wara s-Sinodu. Dawn huma: Viżjoni ta’ Knisja Komunjoni, Xandir tal-Kelma, Liturġija u Sagrament, Lejn Knisja Dejjem Aktar Inklużiva u Il-Wiċċ Diġitali tal-Mulej.

Dawn il-jumejn ta’ evalwazzjoni u diskussjoni huma l-bidu ta’ proċess li għandu jwassal biex id-dokumenti tas-Sinodu jiġu aġġornati b’mod li jirriflettu r-realtajiet soċjali preżenti filwaqt li joffru proposti u inizjattivi ġodda ta’ kif il-Knisja twieġeb għalihom…

Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, centre, has been chosen as part of a steering committee to lead the meeting of bishops’ conferences from around the world in February. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Santiago) 

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In a decision highlighting the great importance he gives to next February’s summit meeting on “the protection of minors in the church,” to which he has called the presidents of all the Catholic bishops conferences, Pope Francis has appointed a high-powered steering committee to oversee the project…

The Holy See’s Press Office released a statement on Friday in which it announced that Pope Francis has named several people to an organising committee to prepare for a meeting to take place in the Vatican from the 21-24 February 2019. This meeting will take up the subject of the protection of minors in the Church and will be attended by the Presidents of the Episcopal Conferences. Full statement of the text follows…