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Cyril and Methodius
Today is the feast of Cyril and Methodius, brothers and co-Patrons of Europe. The Eastern Church considers them to be 'equal to the...
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The beautiful and the ugly
On the first anniversary of the death of Roger Scruton, I wrote a piece about him in Maltese. In my monthly column for Il-Lehen...
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The Patriotism of St John Paul II
In the 2020-21 Winter issue of The European Conservative, I look at the idea of patriotism in the work of Pope St John Paul II: "The...