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Why stay in the Church?
On the first Sunday of Advent, churchgoers were asked to fill in a questionnaire to help the Church in Malta identify trends in Mass...
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Fatima - a century later
In my monthly piece for Il-Lehen (24.IX.2017), I reflect on the hundredth anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima. For many years, there...
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Rediscovering the common good
After several electoral tests, societies are undoubtedly broken, bitter and divided. A section of the population feels marginalised and...