I was astonished to read in the front-page story titled Curia Had No Say In The Anti-Divorce Billboard (July 20) that, when contacted, a Curia spokesman told The Times that "This was a parish initiative. The Curia was not asked for its opinion so the responsibility falls totally on the parish."

May I ask the Curia spokesman what he meant by responsibility? Is it the responsibility of reminding churchgoers that God does not want divorce or an inference of Żebbuġ parish committing, in the eyes of the spokesman, a strategic blunder in the divorce debate?

Hats off to Żebbuġ parish's initiative which is made within the context of article 2(2) of the Constitution of Malta which provides that "The authorities of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church have the duty and the right to teach which principles are right and which are wrong".

Which is the next parish?

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