Today's Vespers make us enter into the mystery of Christmas. Our Seraphic Father, St Francis of Assisi, used to call Christmas the 'Feast of Feasts'. Spontenously comes to my mind what the...

I am a Maltese religious of the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion and have worked in Jerusalem for the last 52 years. My stay here has been blessed by many joys, first and foremost by living in the...

This week, our PM announced in Parliament that he has decided that Malta will opt out of PESCO - the EU's new defence and security cooperation - because "certain operations of the new entity might be...

The Christian belief in the virgin birth of Jesus is derived from primitive myths about the virgin birth of gods and national heroes. Mercury was born of the virgin Maia; Attis of the virgin Nana;...

Karl Marx used to say it about religion. But people who say that their roots are in Karl Marx are distributing opiates with dire consequences for our cherished Malta. What caused this to flash...

It has been revealed recently that St John Paul II was a visionary of the Lord Jesus and Mary who prophesied to him that Europe would be more profoundly and grievously wounded by Islam than by the...

It was Tim Sebastian who put a name to it. In his now notorious interview with Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, Mr Sebastian interjected asides to show what he had come to understand of the...

In the gardens of the Hotel des Invalides, in Paris, there is a statue that is not beautiful, but very poignant. It is not meant to be beautiful. It is meant to shock, to make the viewer reflect on...

Common sense finally prevailed on Tuesday when the third magistrate appointed to preside over the compilation of evidence into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia threw out a request, by the defence,...

Tax harmonization is not a subject to be taken lightly and during the festive season one can be excused for shying away from discussing this sensitive issue; yet, ever since joining the EU, our...