The Malta Independent 17 August 2026, Monday
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The growth of the early Christian Church

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 08:35 Last update: about 4 years ago

Introduction The history of the early Church is found in the Bible Book of Acts written by the Apostle Luke, who accompanied the Apostle Paul when they were shipwrecked in Malta. The Book of Acts...

Marie's Benoit Diary: Rising to the occasion

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 08:31 Last update: about 4 years ago Marie Benoît

Let me say a few words about the last concert of the Baroque Festival that I attended. Hansgjörg Albrecht the organist was the star that evening at the Karmnu church in St Julian's where the...

The enduring popularity of opera

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 08:30 Last update: about 4 years ago

With a 400-year history, opera has gone through some inevitable changes over the centuries, but those unfamiliar with the genre tend to view it as boring or even intimidating.  While it is...

CPD personnel: our unsung heroes

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 07:34 Last update: about 4 years ago Mark Said

The global celebration of this day comes in appreciation of the great role played by civil defence and protection agencies to secure people from disasters of any kind and to strengthen the means of...

Making abortion unthinkable

Sunday, 5 March 2023, 06:33 Last update: about 4 years ago

Full marks to Marie Benoit for her very erudite diary, Life Network: Making abortion unthinkable (TMIS, January) and for her appeal to readers to support Life Network with a donation. Our respective...

TMID Editorial: Malta’s advantages… and problems

Saturday, 4 March 2023, 09:59 Last update: about 4 years ago

Malta has its advantages, but also has its fair share of problems. The small size of our country means that we run into friends and people we know quite frequently. It means that we don’t...

TMID Editorial: A lesson from the Greek minister

Friday, 3 March 2023, 09:40 Last update: about 4 years ago

A collision between two trains left 43 passengers dead as carriages turned into twisted steel knots in what has become the country’s deadliest rail crash. Barely a few hours after the...

TMID Editorial: When the system messes up

Thursday, 2 March 2023, 09:53 Last update: about 4 years ago

How many more times are we going to have reports saying that the system messed up or the State failed to do something before we really understand how “the system” and “the...

CEO dusts down cycling boots ahead of LifeCycle Challenge 2023

Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 11:51 Last update: about 4 years ago

The fanfare from the awards ceremony celebrating the amount raised during last year's LifeCycle Challenge have barely quietened down, but the cyclists are already gearing up to start training for the...

TMID Editorial: A radical way of fasting

Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 11:16 Last update: about 4 years ago

Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s homilies are never long. He knows that people’s attention span is limited and that the mind can easily wander away if sermons become too pedantic and...

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