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The fundamental attribute of God

Sunday, 17 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

In these past weeks I have been savouring the brilliant book penned by Cardinal Walter Kasper about the ever actual theme of Mercy. Its title is: Mercy: The essence of the Gospel and the key to...

Ecce Homo: Reflections

Sunday, 17 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Andrea Caruana   Our society advances in leaps and bounds towards a future of equality and coexistence with all humankind. It is championed by the idea that all people, in all their...

Panama Papers investigation

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 15:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

I refer to the article entitled "Panama Papers: Police see no necessary reasonable suspicion to carry out individual investigation after Panama Papers" (TMI, 8 June). I ask Acting Police...

Reach for the skies?

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:10 Last update: about 11 years ago

Since the invention of the elevator and modern framed building construction, tall buildings have increasingly been developed in number and in height. In some places very high buildings have become the...

Brexit's economic toll

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

Britons are already worse off after having voted to leave the European Union. So far, the pound has plunged by nearly nine per cent against the dollar, slashing the value of British assets with higher...

University fees

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

It has long been recognised that foreign students are highly desirable and, indeed, an essential part of a university, providing cultural diversity to leaven an otherwise insular student body. They...

Maltese language at a crossroads

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Our Maltese language or dialect is at a crossroads. Since the Middle Ages and the early 20th century, it has come down to us as a mixed language: Semitic (medieval Arabic, probably with a...

An unnecessary hardship

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

We, the undersigned, would like to point out that through the arbitrary decision of one person, the present Sixth Form Head, a lot of people, many of them elderly, is causing them great inconvenience...

Murdoch the people's puppeteer

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Western world has had the likes of Randolph Hearst, Lord Beaverbrook and Robert Maxwell. Much-maligned though they were by the way they swayed public opinion to suit vested interests against...

The Jubilee of the Sick and Disabled

Sunday, 10 July 2016, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

On Sunday 12 June, Pope Francis celebrated the Jubilee of the Sick and Disabled calling for solidarity and mutual acceptance in a world that is obsessed with the perfection of appearances as it turns...

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