Quotes of the week

"Really extraordinary."

Pope Benedict XVI describing the warm welcome he received in Malta during his weekly public audience in Rome's St Peter Square.

"He repeatedly cited lack of memory."

The Auditor General's report on the lack of cooperation from Joseph Mizzi, local representative of BWSC - the Danish company that won the tender - during his inquiry into the extension of the Delimara power station.

"He could have asked to annul the process if he felt it was necessary."

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi insisting the auditor had not found irregularities in relation to the power station contract that warranted its cancellation.

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

President George Abela promising to look into why the court case against three priests accused of sexually abusing boys at St Joseph's Home has been dragging on since 2003.

"Lived the parliamentary life."

Former foreign affairs minister Michael Frendo on why he thinks he was nominated as Speaker of the House.

"The volcano couldn't stop us, but a fool of a driver almost did."

A motorist who nearly missed his flight out of Malta after he was stuck in traffic for more than two hours along Marsa's Aldo Moro Road, that was blocked when a trailer hit the bridge.