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Archbishop challenges leaders: use power to serve, not to 'crush and destroy"
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (554+ words) The cloak of St Publius, blood-red in the celebrated statue carved by Vincenzo Dimech at the dawn of the nineteenth century, was the starting point for the Archbishop of Malta's homily at Sunday's pontifical Mass marking the feast of Malta's…...
Pursue peace through dialogue, not force " Pope Leo XIV
2+ week, 2+ day ago (409+ words) Pope delivers his first Easter Urbi et Orbi address Pope Leo XIV appealed to those "with the power to launch war" to pursue peace "not through force but through dialogue" as he delivered his first Urbi et Orbi blessing for…...
Bishops to baptise 36 adults from 11 different countries during Easter Vigil
2+ week, 3+ day ago (238+ words) This evening, during the Solemn Vigil of the Resurrection of our Lord, the bishops of Malta will administer the Sacraments of Christian Initiation " Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion " to 36 catechumens who, as adults, have chosen the Christian path. Due to…...
Israel bars Latin Patriarch from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
3+ week, 1+ day ago (439+ words) For the first time in centuries, the head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land has been prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, after Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa…...
Pope Leo XIV embarks on one-day visit to Monaco
3+ week, 2+ day ago (330+ words) First papal visit to Mediterranean principality since 1538 Pope Leo XIV has chosen Monaco for what is only" his second international apostolic journey, marking the first papal visit to the tiny principality in nearly 500 years. The visit is Pope Leo's second…...
Archbishop visits Malta's prisons for Our Lady of Sorrows
3+ week, 2+ day ago (182+ words) Archbishop Charles Scicluna visited Malta's two prisons " the Corradino Correctional Facility and the Centre of Residential Restorative Services (Co RRS) in Mta'leb " and prayed with residents on the occasion of the celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows. The archbishop made…...
Archbishop Charles Scicluna marks 11 years as shepherd of Malta's archdiocese
4+ week, 2+ day ago (372+ words) Today marks the 11th anniversary of Archbishop Charles Scicluna's solemn installation as Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta, a milestone in his pastoral ministry that began with his formal entry into St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina on 21 March 2015. Along the route to Mdina,…...
Archbishop Mercieca grasped the need for national reconciliation " Archbishop Scicluna
4+ week, 2+ day ago (449+ words) Archbishop Scicluna marks 10th anniversary of Archbishop "u'eppi Mercieca's death with Mdina Mass Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrated Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul in Mdina on Saturday to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of his predecessor Archbishop…...
Pope Leo moves into papal apartments at the Apostolic Palace
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (313+ words) On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV has moved to the papal apartments within the Vatican City's Apostolic Palace, which had been vacant since the resignation of the late Pope Benedict XVI in 2013. Leo's predecessor, Pope Francis, had eschewed the papal apartments…...
Local Knight Templars participate in a special Mass at the Vatican
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (248+ words) On the occasion of the Jubilee year (Pilgrims of Hope) 2025, that started last year from the late Pope Francis, the Order of the Knight Templars, of the Ordine Civile e Militare Cavalieri del Tempio (OCMCT), recently organised a special mass…...