Pope expected to visit Malta

Joe Xuereb

Sep 14th 2009, 10:49

@ all those in denial. You know who you are.
Immigration, the illegal sort.
Once religion is brought in, blackmail kicks in and blackmail never did anybody any favours.
Someone, on another tread, said 9000 (figure for refugees in Malta) would only signify 1 person for every 52,000 in the wider Europe when they went there. He conveniently forgot the well over a million already there. So it is more like 50 for every 50,000. And rising of course. No problem? No, no problem. If you allow yourself to be hoodwinked into believing blackmail, the blackmailer and the blackmailed, are the norm. Denial - very powerful mechanism for survival(?) that - kicks in. And your head in, eventually.
Reclaim what is yours. Refuse all sops. You have your children to think about. They matter, don't they?

David Jones

Sep 14th 2009, 09:54

I hope that the pope visits Malta again to encourage a lot of Maltese poeple fight their ignorance.

Anthony Grech

Sep 14th 2009, 09:11

Reading some of the comments down below I think we really need the Pope to visit us. So Merhba-Welcome dear Pope Benedict and may God Bless You and Bless Our Nation.

Robert Cassar

Sep 14th 2009, 08:21

Who is going to pay for this visit? If the Maltese Tax payers then we do not need any Popes here!

Malta is in a recession, business is dying and people are on their knees.

Joe Galea

Sep 14th 2009, 08:04

I hope the Pope's visit will consist of a tour round the island so that we will have our disastrous roads paved. Then the Pope's mission will be accomplished.

Thank God we have a supposedly a man called Paul who supposedly shipwrecked in Malta, otherwise nobody would give a heck about the island. Thank you St. Paul, as some roads will be fixed because of your visit!!

Joe Portelli

Sep 14th 2009, 07:03

Why does everything have to be connected with hatred ?

The Pope is invited and has accepted. If anyone is not pleased they should seek redress from the person who invited him on behalf of Malta and its citizens. i.e. President Abela.

I am sure the President can justify this invitation esily.

To the catholics the Pope is a significant and holy position - to a brave anticlerical Maltese , also racist Maltese, the Pope is easy to attack. Very brave.


I wish Buddha was right, and the racist will be reborn in strict religion in a corrupted country and coloured - why cant we have tolerance, and tenderness towards others.

The Pope is not asking Malta - he is asking everyone of us, Mexican, Irish, Syrian, Arab, French - to accept immigrants as people with rights. Only the rascists reject this.

malcolm seychell

Sep 13th 2009, 23:16

@ Joe Zammit

You are wrong, now the popes and arcbishops are telling us and our children, that we all have the same god, . so having just one wife or 4 doesnt matter.

However you will go to hell, if you get divorced or be a homo!!!!

God must be really enjoying what the church is doing right now!!!

Jeremy J Camilleri

Sep 13th 2009, 23:11

Yipee!!!!!!!!!! our roads are getting fixed!!!!!!!!!1

Eliza Mallia

Sep 13th 2009, 19:46

@louise vella

u said it All !

A Cassar

Sep 13th 2009, 18:55

@louise vella

St Paul was a prisoner, and he started converting people while he was welcome here. Imagine your reaction to that!! You certainly wouldn't have welcomed him.

The fact that their numbers are overwhelming does not make their plight any different.....it only makes our problem more complex. If there are millions living in conflict zones, being persecuted, or in poverty, it only makes it an embarassment to humanity. You should vent your frustration towards the rich and powerful countries not helping us by sharing the burden and trying to solve the problem, and not at the victims! If I have cancer and the government doesn't help me, I hope you would be angry at the government and not at me!

Most of these immigrants don't show up on our shores, but are rescued from un-seaworthy vessels in our SAR. And, as there is no law stating that you cannot pass through our SAR in an un-safe boat on your way to Italy, you are not deemed illegal!

Lastly, most would leave ASAP if they could, as you can see from number found trying to leave illegally lately.

T.gauci

Sep 13th 2009, 13:25

@louise vella

you couldn't have said it better.

Joe Xuereb

Sep 13th 2009, 12:42

Thanks Louise Vella. It must also be pointed out that Paul was a Roman citizen and Malta a Roman outpost. So his presence here was legitimate. I presume he lost his passport but he 'proved' himself more than adequately. And he continue his journey when he was dry, and fed and healed. He was not an economic migrant. He left us a wonderful legacy, one we have been grateful for ever since. So please, do yourselves a favour and proffer him his due dignity. Do not compare him to an illegal immigrant seeking a better life in Europe. The two do not bear comparison. No way. Proffer dignity where it is due. You owe it to yourselves and to Pawlu taghna (our Paul).

Joe Zammit

Sep 13th 2009, 11:42

Christ commanded St Peter (the first Pope) to strengthen the faith of his brethren and this confirmation of Faith is still the main purpose of all pastoral visits of popes.

louise vella

Sep 13th 2009, 10:14

Given the slant the Pope’s visit is already being given, one can already anticipate some of the Pope’s speeches. He will probably say that just as the Maltese welcomed St Paul after his shipwreck, so now we should welcome the illegal immigrants that are coming at us from Africa. May I invite the Pope’s advisers to reflect on the following:

1. St Paul’s was a one-off, the illegal immigrants are a continuous influx and we cannot see the end of it;
2. St Paul was shipwrecked, not trafficked like the illegal immigrants;
3. St Paul left after a few weeks or months; many illegal immigrants are here to stay and we already have thousands of them.