For more than a year, international news have been dominated by the American general election in what proved to be one of the most polarising, unpredictable presidential races ever. Even if covered like so, the US election is not simply an expensive sport. While no country can go alone in today’s world the economic, military, […]Read More
In 2013 the German Bishops approved the use of Plan B in Catholic Hospitals in cases of rape with Vatican endorsement when this acts only as preventing ovulation. Pro-life organisations have often criticised this decision saying that research shows that this pill can also be abortifacient. In this interwiew, Dr John A. Di Camillo from […]Read More
Spiritual guide Josette Vassallo discusses the abuses in Catholic Church and how we can deal with them -“acknowledge the bad behaviour, forgive and work on your own self-transformation.” Bad examples from Church people “robbed my peace” I empathise with you as I felt the same way years ago. I was criticised and laughed at by […]Read More
UNDERSTANDING REFUGEES WHO IS A REFUGEE? WHY ARE PEOPLE REFUGEES? A refugee is a person who flees his country for safety or survival. Reasons for fleeing one’s country and becoming a refugee include war, genocide and/or ethnic cleansing, abuse of human rights or opposition to the government, natural disasters like drought or economic crisis and […]Read More
CATHOLIC STANCE ON LGBT In this interview, Fr James Alison and Fr Mark Sultana, two Catholic priests, offer different perspectives on questions regarding homosexuality yet both agreeing that the Church cannot and does not want to speak about homosexuality as an illness. 1. You believe that the Church’s teachings on homosexuality are false. On what […]Read More
Fr. Mark Sultana discusses the relationship between food and faith. The need for food and the meaning it expresses Food expresses relationships , biological and social, personal and festive. Food is both a need and a symbolic gesture. We can eat in so many ways , hurriedly or sedately, alone, in a crowd, or in […]Read More
Profs. Oliver Friggieri reflects on faith as a matter of life and its effect on politics in the context of Malta Can the Constitution ignore a major collective dimension such as faith? Is culture complete without its transcendental component? Is there art which is not intrinsically religious? Is it possible for a political party to […]Read More