Archbishop Cremona says challenge is to give Caesar what is Caesar’s...

Archbishop Paul Cremona has urged the faithful to pray to the Holy Spirit to help them get over their disappointment or anger over the outcome of the divorce referendum.

Mgr Cremona said during Sunday’s homily to mark Pentecost that their challenge was, in Christ’s words, to “give Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s”.

The Catholic community should be recognised by its wish, “in the name of our dear people”, to give to God what belongs to God by living according to His teaching and by proclaiming His Word.

“Are you ready to give the Lord what belongs to him in our secular society?” he asked.

After the divorce referendum, this year could be a special one for the Maltese Church, the Archbishop added.

“I feel we can tell God that we tried our best, in line with our mission as a Church, not to let divorce mark marriage and our family in Malta,” he said. Mgr Cremona said Malta found itself in a social reality where marriage and families were affected by an aggressive culture, as shown on social media.

“We have realised that, now, Christians who made a profound choice for Christ cannot live comfortably but have to challenge themselves, their family, and those around them to live according to the Gospel.”