“Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.”

Pope Francis appealing for peace in the Middle East during a prayer service at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


“Isn’t it time for Sunday sermons by party leaders to stop? I say it is and I will go first.”

Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil tweeting that he will no longer give his weekly Sunday speech at a PN club.


“They embrace ideologies of hate towards those who are weaker.”

A Curia statement issued on behalf of a number of Church entities expressing concern at the number of votes that went to local and foreign far-right candidates in last month’s European Parliament elections.


“There are Somali women victims of female genital mutilation who remain in pain and do not speak up because of language barriers.”

JRS Malta representative Kristina Zammit at a forum on rehabilitating refugee victims of sexual violence.


“People are critical of the corruption, the high transport prices and what they believe is Fifa’s arrogance.”

Fr Gwann Xerri, a Dominican missionary in Brazil, on the protests in Brazil against the World Cup.


“The Ombudsman cannot comprehend why the ministry is doing all it can to hinder the office’s investigations into these complaints.”

Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino in a judicial protest highlighting the Home Affairs Ministry’s refusal to cooperate with him to establish the truth behind complaints filed by army officers over promotions, pay and pension rights.

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