Pope billboards defaced

Ian Christie

Apr 12th 2010, 09:22

That's really mild . When I read the headlines i thought they added much worse. Had an idea of starting a online line competition of the best pope graffiti.

S Azzopardi

Apr 11th 2010, 20:59

One cannot help noticing how times have changed since 1989 and later on in 1992 when the Late Pope John II visited Malta. The attitude of the Maltese nation towards the pontiff as head of Roman Catholic Faith has drastically inverted itself.
It is true that there are members of the Catholic Church who have committed grave mistakes and they are to be brought to justice, nevertheless the current wave of negative propoganda towards the Catholic Church and the Pontiff himself seems to be driven by ulterior motives far beyond a quest for justice.
Bottom line:
The Church is about Christ and The Lord as Saviour of humanity.

A Attard

Apr 11th 2010, 15:17

Why even bother to put up bill boards in the first place? Doesn't every person, cat and dog in Malta and abroad know by now about the Pope's visit? That's what Malta needs, more garish clutter - not to mention the expense!

renald williams

Apr 11th 2010, 12:12

quote - In a statement, the Maltese Church said: "It appears that these acts of vandalism were carried out by people who, for their own reasons, decided that they are in a position to judge."

who says that he is in a position to Judge in spiritual matters? contradicting what the New Testament teaches! peace and health without ever judging

Il-Koncilju ta’ Trentu: hu kwotat aktar minn 75 darba; fil-Katekizmu tal-Knisja Kattolika, kif jispjega f’Pagna 18 Paragrafu 9, Katekizmu Ruman li ghadu jissejjah il-Katekizmu tal-Koncilju ta’ Trento.

Jekk xi hadd jichad, li... is-sacerdot ghandu s-setgha ta’ mhallef... ghax il-qassisin... bhala mhallfin, bis-sahha tal-gudikatura taghhom... halli jkun mishut. Sessjoni 14

Jekk xi hadd jichad, li... l-att gudizzjarju fejn il-qassis jaqta’ s-sentenza bhala mhallef… halli jkun mishut. Sessjoni 14

now read the New Testament

Int min int biex taghmel haqq?… Imma int ghax taghmel haqq min huk?… Ha ma naghmlux mela aktar haqq minn xulxin: izda aktarx dan ghandu jkun il-haqq taghkom, li hadd ma jaghmel ebda tfixkil jew tigrib fi triq huh. Rumani 14:4, 10, 13.

Imma jekk int taghmel haqq… taghmilha ta’ mhallef. Wiehed [il-Mulej]… Int min int biex taghmel haqq minn iehor? Gakbu 4:11-12.

edward bartolo

Apr 11th 2010, 11:56

Quote: "shaken the Catholic Church"

Sour grapes, my friend!

Not even martyrdoms have shaken the church let alone these bloated allegations!! How can anyone in one's senses claim that the church has been shaken? Christ himself has been humiliated with the most humiliating public execution, and yet, he succeeded to found the church. And what about the other followers during the embryonic period of the church? Did they get five-star treatment by the Romans, by the Jews and others?


The problem is, that the message of the gospel is such, that it is irritating the ears and mind of many "independent" thinkers. However, are they really *independent*?

Quote "The blood of martyrs is the seed of new faithful!"

Alison Bezzina

Apr 11th 2010, 10:59

Less than 24 hours after this petty crime, the church came out with a condemnation.

Remind me again...how long it took the Church to condem, repent and apologise for the cases of sexual abuse? Can someone count that high, cause I lost count!!

With written confessions in hand, 7 years on no one has been convicted :
http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20100409/alison-bezzina/what-a-papal-joke