Fr Joe Borg
Halloween: holy horror or pure fun?
Last week I participated in a programme on Net TV discussing children and the Internet. During the programme we were analysing research published on the subject. I had an unexpected verbal spat with a female caller who among other things said that...
Good news, irregular couples and much else in between
It's quite an interesting and dynamic period for the Church. The Synod of Bishops is meeting in Rome, the Year of Faith has been inaugurated and the 50th anniversary of Vatican Council II is being commemorated. Each one of these events is important...
The Republic of Mellieha
In the 1980s the Republic of Zejtun was established in the south of Malta. It was perhaps more akin to anarchy than to a republic. Its citizens were exempt for the laws that bound the rest of us. If they felt that they were provoked they could...
On realistic dreams and visions
October brings with it the opening of the Academic year. After a long summer where I did a lot of work on two chapters for two different academic publications besides managing to upgrade the power point presentations and reading lists that I will be...
Should Bishop Paprocki be quartered and hanged?
The local breed of budding secularists have anointed themselves with a secular mission of rubbishing anyone with any connection with the Church for being so audacious (not to say down right arrogant) and dare to touch anything that has to do with...
Will it be politics, infernal politics?
Usually politicians speak metaphorically of heaven and hell. Heaven is their spot in government while hell is the other party's tenure of office. Last Saturday during the mass meeting of the Partit Laburista at Ta' Qali, the Labour leader, for some...
In Praise of Ghawdex
This blog has nothing to do with Dr Joseph Muscat’s recent pow-wow in Ghawdex nor with the exquisite literary endeavour of fellow blogger Andrew Borg Cardona. His piece called Gozo Trippin’ is a gem that only the Little Elves can comprehend. Nor is...
In praise of my father
Tomorrow (September 13) is my father's 93rd birthday. He will celebrate it with my mother. I will visit his human remains at Naxxar. He could not read or write. My mother was able to do both. I hope that in their spare time she would read to him...
The turtle’s eggs scandal:
Another scandal of the corrupt GonziPN has been literally unearthed this Friday, fortunately, not the 13th. MEPA, that Authority which (almost) all love to hate, has changed sides to play the whistle-blower. (Every devil has a virtuous lining no...
It is not a black or white matter
The death of Dom Mintoff was followed, as expected, by a flurry of contrasting emotions. I see nothing wrong in that. Mintoff was a controversial personality and it is very natural that you would find both pro and con comments. There was, though, a...