More people have drowned in the sea around Malta and Lampedusa over the last couple of days. And those are just the ones we know about. The calls for EU action have been predictable. And they are as...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church has this to say regarding the attitude that Catholics should hold regarding homosexual persons: “They must be accepted with respect, compassion and...

The figure of €30 million made it to the headlines twice during this past week.   On Wednesday, European Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso led a delegation of top politicians to...

Maltese society is changing far more than people will admit, far more than the politicians realise.   The process began some years ago, coinciding with EU accession, but probably pre-dated...

If last week’s tragedy off the coast of Lampedusa served as a wakeup call for Europe and the international community to begin implementing real, durable solutions for those who need to seek...

The bishops of Malta recently appealed to their followers to say rosaries and hold vigils of adoration to ask God for peace in Syria and the Middle East.   Such an archaic mindset assumes an...

With the start of the month of October, our hearts and minds surely go to her: Mary, the Mother of God and our mother, too. Tradition has it that this month is especially dedicated to Mary under one...

Your article entitled “Scottish MP takes aim at turtle dove hunting” (TMIS, 7 October) highlights the deceit addressed to the European parliament by anyone who wants to blemish Malta. Also...

Rome has spoken, case closed. This quote, wrongly attributed to St Augustine, is what apologists of papal infallibility use to substantiate their cause. Indeed, there are those who still think that...

The last seven months have exposed a most worrying collapse in public standards in Malta. Instead of the overwhelming electoral victory by the governing Labour Party last March leading to a period of...