Sewing the seams of a new life

Emma Xerri

Nov 1st 2009, 20:08

@Jimmy Vella

You hit the nail right on the head.

The source of all woe and problems in this world is over-population. Once this is regulated, the problems will be solved. And this can only be regulated by empowering women to have total control over their bodies and reproduction, something that the Church is vehemently against.

Over-poplulation is the elephant in the room that everybody ignores. Yet it is the source of a lot of tragedies and suffering, both environmental, economic, ecological and human.

Encouraging humans to continue this unchecked population expansion is pure evil.

Raymond Cachia

Nov 1st 2009, 18:58

Maybe these two priests would be better off using their energies and resources to fight the big multi-national corporations that are raping Africa and also to ensure that the Vatican does not own any stock in such companies that are producing this human tragedy.

As far as the Maltese are concerned, we should not be made to feel guilty for the sins of others. We never enslaved anyone as we where ourselves a colony. Therefore, if you are serious about helping these people and are also care about the people of Malta, then you should be out there protesting the Monetary and Economic policies of the IMF and World Bank and not penalising this tiny island nation.

Let us not forget that a priest's first and only allegiance is to the Church that he has chosen to serve and not to any country, even if it be the land of his birth. In which case, then they must be working on a secret political agenda under the guise of Christian charity.

Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi

Oct 31st 2009, 18:20

This guilt trip technique that the roman church is using on these tiny 316 sq. km islands does not work so well with the Maltese.
Why is the roman church so adamant in flooding Malta, a miniscule nation colonized for many years by Western Powers and for a longer time than many african nations, with africans and muslims?
Why not help the "never get ahead" african in his or her 30,000 sq. km rich continent homeland instead.
Who is the roman church really working for?
Certainly not for the Maltese and other europeans.

Charles Sammut

Oct 31st 2009, 11:33

Africa never needed colonisers to rape itself. What European colonisers did was to try and introduce some semblance of civilisation into the dark continent. Europeans can hardly be blamed for not succeeding.

Two prime examples are Zimbabwe (ex-Rhodesia) and South Africa. These two rich countries were Africa's bread basket when under European rule. Look at them now that they are run by Africans. They cannot even feed themsleves. But with the mass murder of white farmers, they have been "liberated."

lgalea

Oct 31st 2009, 10:25

Fr Dionysius Mintoff, Fr José Rodriguez Carballo
STOP UNDERMINING MALTA AND US. GO DO YOUR MISSIONARY WORK IN THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OWN COUNTRY.
Fr José Rodriguez Carballo YOUR COUNTRY WAS ONE OF THE AFRICAN COLONIZERS SO YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY SHOULD LUMP THEM NOT US.

Both of you.
YOU ARE DOING A GREAT DISSERVICE NOT ONLY TO MALTA AND THE MALTESE PEOPLE BUT ALSO TO THE CHURCH WITH YOUR INTERFERENCE IN OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

WAS NOT ENOUGH HARM DONE IN THE 1930's AND 1960's?

jimmy Vella

Oct 31st 2009, 10:04

When is the church going to stop blaming colonialism and start blaming religion for the poverty in Africa and try to use a bit of common sense to the problem and tell people STOP HAVING BABIES .!!!!! now there is a challenge for the church .
We were the same until we twigged that large bring poverty.

James Borg

Oct 31st 2009, 10:02

Malta is the one being raped by an invasion at the moment. Wake up and smell the coffee, jew hallina.

louise vella

Oct 31st 2009, 09:20

Fr Rodriguez Carballo should be told that Malta never colonized Africa and therefore never raped Africa. Malta was itself a colony. So there is no 'moral' or historical reason why Malta should carry the burden of the colonizers.