1+ week, 1+ day ago  (412+ words) Easter invites us to rediscover the value of dialogue, patience, and mutual respect, writes Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna In Malta, where Easter is woven deeply into our cultural and spiritual identity, this greeting carries particular resonance. Our villages come alive with…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (304+ words) Snippets of religious statements and highlights of events from around the world The following are extracts of an address Pope Leo gave on November 5, 2025, to answer the question: "How can we say that it is Easter every day?: Every day…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (623+ words) David Grech among select group of four behind floral arrangement at St Peter's Basilica The Vatican's Easter floral display this year will carry a message of hope amid ongoing wars with a Maltese florist playing a key role in the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (495+ words) The wooden instrument dates back to Medieval Ages The sound of church bells falls silent during Maundy Thursday in some localities, replaced instead by the distinctive wooden clapper known as the "uqlajta. In "ejtun, this centuries-old tradition remains a central…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1068+ words) Fr Peter Serracino Inglott, who died in March 2012, would have been 90 this month Before "always on" became many people"s default setting, Fr Peter Serracino Inglott was warning that a society addicted to frenzy would lose the time to judge…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (331+ words) Held on first Wednesday after Easter, the feast also marks the occasion of the first swim The traditional feast of St Gregory in "ejtun this year will be marked with a series of cultural activities, music, folk singing and educational…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (270+ words) Today's letters by Times of Malta readers Charles Buttigieg of Tarxien writes: The Addolorata Cemetery extension project (20192020) involving a "17 million investment to construct 2,880 new graves over 26,000 square metres on the southwest side and restore the chapel was surely a most…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (603+ words) For first time in centuries, Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Christianity's holiest site Israel said the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem would regain access to Christianity's holiest site after the decision to block him…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (166+ words) Programme of events for the coming days The parish community of St Paul's Shipwreck collegiate church, Valletta, will be celebrating the Easter Triduum solemn liturgy as follows. On April 2, Maundy Thursday, mass will be celebrated at 6.30pm. An adoration animated by…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (313+ words) In the annual recounting of the passion of Jesus we express our desire to participate more intimately in his total and selfless act of saving love for the redemption of humanity Palm Sunday and the Lord's Passion. Today's readings: Isaiah…...