Piero Ugolini and Richard Nun   We refer to Mr Anthony Curmi’s latest – but likely not last – letter (TMIS, 29 September) which says that we are audacious, arrogant,...

Jorg Sicot, obo Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar   Despite the stormy weather, despite the sudden arrival of autumn over Malta, a strong and visibly upset group of approximately 180 to 200...

On his way out of a doctor’s clinic at a pharmacy, my 73-year-old friend tripped in the corridor, falling heavily to the floor and landing on his elbow, with very painful consequences. The...

“During a recent period of years, the great ice-cap that is piled up on the lofty top of Greenland has been dissolving away all its edges more rapidly than has been known before and that rocks...

Here are a few historical facts about the Marian cult. In the year 431, Cyril, archbishop of Alexandria, in a sermon at Ephesus applied to Mary many of the terms fondly ascribed by the Ephesians to...

With reference to the recent letter ‘Jesus visits a festa’, every form of communal festa rivalry, wherever that is and whatever cloak it wears, is essentially sectarian in nature. The...

I feel that the Church in Gozo is out of step with the outlook of Pope Francis and with how the Church should live in our post modern world. Consider the Pope's recent visit to Africa. One of his...

My article with the above-mentioned heading (TMIS 8 September) was intended to be my last one in this saga. However, I am constrained to respond to the latest article by Piero Ugolini and Richard Nun...

Vehicle taxation in Malta, as a percentage of total taxation, is the highest in the European Union according to the latest publication Taxation Trends in the European Union, 2019 edition. At 3.4...

A local newspaper published a write-up by a Catholic priest from a Third World country praising Malta's pagan festas , "defying modernity" - and embracing paganism, kitsch and idolatry. What...