Dun Giljan's Blog

These are some messages expressed by Pope Francis yesterday in his speech at the palace of the Malta President: Do not become victims of c...

                       A brief biography of Pope Francis as he arrives in Malta: Born: December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ordai...

When the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on Malta in 60 AD, he was welcomed with "extraordinary hospitality." Nearly 2,000 years lat...

Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) was one of Britain’s most famous explorers. For one of his trips, he wanted some young peopl...

This is the last part of the prayer that Pope Francis offered for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia: O Mother, may your sorrowful plea ...

                       Continuing sharing with you the prayer that Pope Francis shared at the Penitential Service last Friday at the Vatican...

Over the next three days, I will be sharing with you the prayer that Pope Francis shared at the Penitential Service last Friday at the Vatic...

It is customary that many churches do the minimum of decorations during the Lenten season, not only to accentuate the mood for this time of ...

Yes, you’ve read it right....today I am making a promise to see Jesus in every person I meet. Every person I love and every person I don’t l...

Annunciation by Emvin Cremona We celebrate today the feast of the Annunciation, and we reflect on that historic moment when Mary said her YE...

I’ve said it many times that ‘Ben Hur’ is my all-time favorite movie, produced in 1959 with Charlton Heston in the main role, and I make it ...

The border between Switzerland and Italy is called the St. Bernard’s Pass, covered with snow most of the year. Now back in 1050, St. Bernard...

Earliest Crucifixion known - from 420 AD This is one of the earliest known depictions of the Crucifixion in Christian art. It was made in Ro...

Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary o n Friday, March 25, during the Celebration of Penance at ...

                    A teacher in California asked her 8-year old bright students to write an essay to explain who is God to them. One of the...

Dear St Joseph,     Today being your feast day, I thought of writing you a few lines mainly to show my gratitude to you for all you did fo...

Pope Francis and Archbishop Kirill when they met in 2015. Pope Francis on March 16 spoke by video conference with Russian Orthodox Patriarch...

S aint Patrick was born around 385 in Scotland, probably Kilpatrick from parents Calpurnius and Conchessa . Taken as a slave, he escaped, b...

On a busy road in Malta, between the towns of Attard and Rabat, there grew a pine tree that took an unusual and fascinating shape. The trunk...

Vincenzo Camuccini - The death of Julius Caesar Back in 1967, I was studying at the Minor Seminary and one of the books we had to dissect an...

Pope Francis with Grand Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb Pope Francis in his third Encyclical 'Fratelli Tutti' lists this declaration he made wi...

As we approach Holy Week and the passion, crucifixion and death of Jesus, let us meditate for one moment on the hours Jesus spent on the cro...

                       O God, forgive us for the faults which make us difficult to live with. If we behave as if we were the only people fo...

Emvin Cremona - 'Sacred Heart Aglow' W hen my life lacks any purpose or direction - Lord Jesus you say: “Come to me, all you who are...

Ponderosa trees, popular in Oregon While I was serving in Oregon between 2003 and 2016, one of the most common scenes on the road was the si...

The damaged crucifix and the bullet on the left Several hours before the beginning of 2021, a 9-year-old Argentine boy was saved from a stra...

A Ukrianian photographer, Dennis Melnichuk, snapped this image outside the Catholic Bernardine monastery and church in Lviv on Feb 24. The p...

One of the most prominent statues in the Ukraine capital’s Independence Square is a powerful image of St. Michael the Archangel, watching ov...

As part of Winter Carnival 2022, students of Michigan Technological University in the US A built an ice chapel in which Holy Masses were ce...