“A merciful God means a God that touches the open and bleeding wounds to heal them.”

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech believes removing barriers facing divorced Catholics in a second relationship helps them experience the “balm of God’s mercy”.

“The fear is there… but I am not frightened of the ordeal.”

Labour MP and Whip Godfrey Farrugia speaking about how he felt when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

“I did not file a report after the fourth time. By then I had lost all trust in police.”

A damning report by the Social Affairs Committee found that domestic violence victims seeking refuge from their abusers had little faith the police will help them.

“This is a just and fair compromise.”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on the scaled back private university at Żonqor Point, Marsascala, which had sparked a controversy because it was going to be built of 90,000 square metres of ODZ land.

“You can turn your trial into an opportunity to make a statement.”

Anthropologist David Zammit remarking on the choice of book that accountant Joe Sammut – charged with helping Libyans set up sham companies in Malta to obtain residency – took with him to court.

“A throwback to pre-1992 days.”

Alternattiva Demokratika deputy chairman Carmel Caccopardo slamming a legal notice that any development related to hospitals fell under a new category permitting works “without need of any notification”.

“It’s like divorce; you may not wish to go for it yourself but why hinder others?”

St James Hospital lab director Paul Sultana welcoming a proposal on egg and sperm donation as the government reviews the IVF law.