It did not take long for Mgr Paul Cremona, who yesterday became Malta’s third Archbishop in a moving ceremony held at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, to make his way into the hearts of the Maltese and Gozitans....

Mgr Paul Cremona will today take over the headship of the Maltese Catholic Church when he becomes Archbishop of Malta, succeeding Archbishop Mgr Joseph Mercieca, who led the local church for 30 years....

An online poll on The Malta Independent website has indicated that many people would like the site of the old opera house in Valletta to be rebuilt as it was before or as a theatre....

The next election will possibly make or break Alternattiva Demokratika....

The 11 September, 2001 World Trade Centre bombings, the terrorist attack in London in 2005 and last August’s foiled attack at London Heathrow Airport have served to shift the world’s attention to security....

German Chancellor Angela Merkel made things very clear when she addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg last Wednesday....

It used to be the custom for a priest to walk in front of the Pope at his coronation Mass holding aloft a jar of burning spices and chanting to him: “Sic transit gloria mundi”....

30 years is a long time.To spend 30 years as head of the Catholic Church in Malta must not have been an easy matter for Archbishop Mgr Joseph Mercieca....

Government Whip Mario Galea came up with some interesting suggestions when he was interviewed by The Malta Independent earlier this month....

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi is in Rome for an official meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. ...