Church has to contribute towards ethical consensus

Frans Sammut

Nov 16th 2008, 17:25

Bishop Grech is a winner. It is good to see really NEW leaders discussing matters of importance in such mature terms.

Anton Portelli

Nov 16th 2008, 16:31

@ Gerrie Cowie -
"Secularists and those of other religions are free to ignore what is said where they feel it does not apply to them."
Mr Cowie your quote above can also and perhaps better be applied in reverse. Let the sate legislate freely without any interference and then those who want to follow their religious beliefs can ignore and not avail themselves of what is legislated e.g. in the case of divorce legislation.

Franco Farrugia

Nov 16th 2008, 15:53

@Gerry Cowie: I don't know why you are getting so hot under the collar.

Experience tells us that the Church's 'teaching' does not stop there. Recently, we have read and seen the Church pronouncing itself in favour of the politician BEING OBLIGED to adhere to the Church's teachings, in matters of legislation.

And THAT is when things go wrong.

K. Pullicino

Nov 16th 2008, 15:17

One cannot deny that this article makes a lot of sense.

Gerry Cowie

Nov 16th 2008, 14:59

This should please all the secularists who are constantly crowing that the Church is interfering in the lives of everybody!

Well done, Bishop Grech!

There is absolutely nothing wrong in the Church giving a moral lead to its members. Where religion and politics - and consequently the lives of everybody - merge, then the Church has every right to speak.

Secularists and those of other religions are free to ignore what is said where they feel it does not apply to them.

louise vella

Nov 16th 2008, 14:20

"There were those who insisted that ethical pluralism was a necessary condition for democracy."

This is called multi-culturalism.