Ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Athletica Vaticana encourages the athletes in fraternal friendship and reiterates Pope Francis’ appeal for an Olympic Truce.

“The Olympics and Paralympics can be strategies for peace and antidotes to war games.”

That was the message conveyed by Athletica Vaticana, the Holy See’s official sports association, in an open letter sent to the athletes participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris… Kompli aqra »

A new report issued by the UN’s Children’s Fund, UNICEF, reveals that nearly 400 children were killed in 2021, alone, across Europe and Central Asia, as drastically-increasing temperatures threaten the lives of the youngest and most vulnerable.

An estimated 377 children were killed in 2021 by rising temperatures across Europe and Central Asia.

This was the disturbing finding revealed today, 24 July, by UNICEF in a new analysis of data from 23 countries… Kompli aqra »

Cardinal Parolin and President Zelensky 
Photo: Vatican News

The institutional meetings held in recent days by Cardinal Pietro Parolin with Ukrainian leaders culminated on Tuesday morning in Kyiv with the meeting between the Cardinal Secretary of State and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Following the meeting, in a post on X, the Secretariat of State announced that the Cardinal reaffirmed “the Pope’s solidarity and the commitment to finding a just and lasting peace for war-torn Ukraine.”

Zelensky had already received a papal envoy in June last year… Kompli aqra »

Il-Ħadd 21 ta’ Lulju 2024, saret iċ-Ċerimonja tal-Kandidati lil Thomas Njuguna u Jacob Mukhamia fil-Qasam ta’ Ruiru, il-Kenja. Preżenti kien hemm is-Superjur Ġenerali Roberto Zammit li bħalissa qed jagħmel żjara uffiċjali f’dan il-Qasam. Pio Farrugia għamel id-diskors tal-okkażjoni. Kienet Ċermonja sabiħa li għaliha attendew numru sabiħ ta’ Reliġjużi, ġenituri, membri ta’ Grupp San Ġorġ Preca u ħafna tfal u żgħażagħ li jattendu l-qasam. Nirringrazzjaw lil Alla għal dawn iż-żewġ żgħażagħ li esprimew ix-xewqa tagħhom li jibqgħu jħarsu lejn Ġesù il-ġranet kollha ta’ ħajjithom! … Kompli aqra »

Ritratt: Bernard Cachia

It‑53 siegħa tal‑BOV Volleyball Marathon intlaħqu f’nofsillejl tal‑Ħadd imma mhux qabel ma nġabret is‑somma ta’ €466,688 .

40 plejer, li ffurmaw ħames timijiet, baqgħu jilagħbu mingħajr waqfien fi sħana qawwija. Uffiċjalment il-Maratona bdiet fis-sitta ta’ filgħaxiija tal-Ġimgha fil-preżenza tal-President ta’ Malta, Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono u baqgħet sejra minn dak il-ħin.

Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad‑Dar tal‑Providenza, irringrazzja lill‑poplu Malti u Għawdxi, li għal darba oħra wieġeb b’tant ġenerożità għas‑sejħa li saret biex jinġabru l‑fondi għad‑Dar, permezz tal‑Maratona tal‑Volleyball.  Grazzi wkoll lill‑plejers, lill‑volontiera, lill‑membri tal‑kumitat organizzattiv, l‑isponsors kollha, l‑istazzjonijet ewlenin tat‑televixin li xandru din il‑maratona, kantanti u bands,  lill‑pulizija u lil dawk kollha li b’xi mod jew ieħor għenu biex din il‑Maratona tkun suċċess. 

Il-Ħadd filgħodu, l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna ċċelebra quddiesa fil-kappella tad-Dar assistit minn Fr Martin u emfażizza fuq is-solidarjetà mad-Dar tal-Providenza matul il-BOV Volleyball Marathon għall-ġbir ta’ fondi tant meħtieġa. L-Arċisqof Scicluna rringrazzja lil Alla li d-Dar tal-Providenza dejjem kellha mexxejja tajba li kellhom sens kbir ta’ dak li sejjaħ caring leadership… Kompli aqra »

Il‑Ġimgħa 19 ta’ Lulju, l‑E.T. Dr Myriam Spiteri Debono, inawgurat uffiċjalment l‑14‑il edizzjoni tal‑BOV Volleyball Marathon b’risq id‑Dar tal‑Providenza. Erbgħin player, magħżula minn fost sebgħin applikant, bdew l‑isfida ta’ 53 siegħa ta’ logħob tal‑volleyball bla waqfien għal għan nobbli.

Fid‑diskors tiegħu ta’ merħba, Fr Martin Micallef filwaqt li sellem lill‑President ta’ Malta, fl‑ewwel żjara tagħha fid‑Dar tal‑Providenza, qal li l‑impenn tal‑plejers u l‑voluntiera jwassal messaġġ pożittiv għas‑soċjetà Maltija  tas‑sabiħ li tagħti… Kompli aqra »