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Trump’s erratic behaviour

Sunday, 19 March 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by huge protests at home and condemnation from various quarters across the globe. Yet President Trump keeps firing verbal broadsides at...

Gentileschi’s Magdalene

Sunday, 19 March 2017, 08:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

One of the most powerful invitations the Lenten season presents to you and me is the one taken from the Second Letter of Saint...

Charity and love are the same

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 17:45 Last update: about 10 years ago

The only way to truly love God is by loving others, especially those in need. Our faith finds its strength through charity. There is a lot of good in the Church of Gozo and Malta, and this is shown...

North Korea's nuclear programme

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 09:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

Unbelievably, North Korea is on a war footing again. Kim Jong-un is steadily asserting himself as the centre of all authority, as his grandfather did. In a country where propaganda sets reality, and...

Nexia's Egrant Ownership

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 08:44 Last update: about 10 years ago

According to a news report, appearing in another section of the local press entitled 'I own Egrant' (MaltaToday, 19 February), Brian Tonna claimed that he is 'sole owner' of Egrant Inc. One must...

The role of conscience

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Church rightly showed the face of the good and merciful God when, as a mother, she gave permission for people in complex situations to receive the sacraments after being accompanied in discernment...

Lent: an opportunity not to be missed!

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 08:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

Lent is a season of repentance, prayer and fasting. The season lasts for 40 days beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with Easter. This year's Lent started on 1st March 1st and ends on...

The power of a good heart

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 08:34 Last update: about 10 years ago

Nobody would know that someone feels lonely just by looking at him. It is serious when you are an adolescent and you feel alone and left out because of some childhood problems. I recall my days at...

Free media is paramount in a thriving democracy

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 10 years ago

Sam Abela ‘We’ll welcome EU Heads of Government, Ministers and 2,500 journalists’ read one of the billboards to hail Malta’s EU presidency. Incidentally, it was also one...

Intellectual carrion

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

Mr Mark Sammut (The jackals and the hyenas, TMIS, 26 February) claims that MaltaToday “attacked [him] quite savagely” over his comments on the death of Ramon Casha on Facebook. He might...

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