A conflict that was fuelled by Russian weaponry and led by nationalists has now developed a momentum of its own. There has been no invasion, yet the borders of a European country...

Although the Opposition party (PN) has managed to persuade the party in government (PL) to hold parliamentary debates about Libya just before Parliament’s summer recess, and shed a tear or two...

    It seems that they have been around forever. They have infiltrated every community. They hide under the guise of public servants while practising their dark arts. Some say they are...

My pilgrimage to Poland took me to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The Polish names for these two unfortunate towns that were brutally annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis were Oswiecim and...

    Some countries seem to be losing ground as people are faced with one crisis after another!   The Israeli-Gaza conflict, Libya’s deteriorating state of affairs, the...

A little known incident concerning the communist regime in the former USSR is the fact that at the height of the last war, with the Nazi armies deep in Russian soil, Joseph Stalin, the Communist...

In my pastoral work, I often come across people who claim their ‘righteousness’ by saying: “I haven’t killed anyone!” For them Christian life is simply translated into...

I've been coming to Gozo every year for a long time now and in my opinion it's like heaven on earth. I lost the rose-tinted glasses a long time ago and realise that like everywhere else on...

Recently, the two Victoria band clubs have been organising events in Republic Street, the main thoroughfare in Gozo, even during the tourist season. The result is a chaotic traffic situation for two...

The most dramatic is the Count of Monte Cristo writing a letter of apology to our dear father and, with divine condescension, this father welcoming him back to the fold. It bore fruit because the Head...