“I hold this position in obedience and will only leave in obedience.”

Archbishop Paul Cremona quashing speculation that he will be resigning for health reasons after The Sunday Times of Malta columnist Fr Joe Borg spoke about a leadership crisis.

“Such a blinkered perspective is problematic in anyone. In a priest declaiming his vision from the pulpit... it’s irresponsible.”

Marsascala educationalist Sandro Spiteri denouncing the offensive homily of vice parish priest Fr Stephen Attard that stereotyped Muslims.

“I am angry and upset, both as a father and a minister.”

Education Minister Evarist Bartolo reacting to news that a three-year-old boy had wandered out of a Skolasajf centre unnoticed and been found in the middle of a busy road in Fgura.

“Today is a black day for the principle of accountability.”

PN deputy leader Mario de Marco after Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco retired this week and avoided impeachment, thanks to numerous legal and political delays.

“Cases of sexual abuse... deeply hurt the Church and society.”

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech after it emerged that a 38-year-old priest had been charged with defiling three girls.

“The Wignacourt Arch Known As The Fleur-de-Lys Gate.”

A court ruling that christened the new arch on the Fleur-de-Lys roundabout; a long name chosen after two local councils failed to agree on whether it should be called the Wignacourt or Fleur-de-Lys Arch.