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Priests kidnapped, church burned in Cameroon attack
Five priests, a nun and two churchgoers were kidnapped by attackers who set fire to a church in western Cameroon, the Catholic Church said Sunday, the latest violence in an area hit by bloody conflict...
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Servants of mammon – Fr Brendan Gatt
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C. Today’s readings: Amos 8:4-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 (shorter version: Luke 16:10-13) “You can’t talk to God while flying commercial!” is the...
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UK university gets €520,000 for course that produced 38 nurses
A total of 38 new nurses graduated in two years from an MCAST course that is seeing the government fork out more than a quarter of a million euros annually to a UK university. MCAST offers the degree...
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Dortmund captain Reus escapes serious injury
Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus is set to miss just three to four weeks, with scans confirming that the forward’s injury is not as bad as initially expected. Reus went down in the 28th minute of...
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Musing on Mother’s finger – Fr Paul Chetcuti, SJ
No, I’m not speaking of my mother’s wagging finger warning or threatening me when I was a child. I’m speaking of Mother Teresa’s fingers, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her death...
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King to host world leaders as UK counts down to queen's funeral
US President Joe Biden was to pay his last respects in London to Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, as ordinary mourners waiting in marathon lines were warned that time was running out to view her coffin...
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Despite inflation, iconic Panini stickers are still a hit in Malta
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar will only start in November but the tournament fever has already kicked in as hundreds of sticker enthusiasts eagerly put their hands on the iconic Panini sticker album –...
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Film event to mark 60 years of ‘Diabolik’
Screening will take place in the presence of the comic-book artist Riccardo Nunziati from the publishing house Astorina. The Department of Italian and the MA in Film Studies of the University of...
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Teuma’s Union win in Belgium, Galea’s Etzella defeated in Luxembourg
Teddy Teuma’s Union secured a last-gasp victory in Belgium’s top-flight to move into fifth place. In Luxembourg, Jake Galea was between the sticks for Etzella Ettelbruck in their 4-0 defeat to...
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Religious quotes and news – September 18, 2022
Caring, not killing The Catholic Church in Scotland responded negatively to Liam McArthur’s final proposal in the Scottish Parliament for his member’s bill legalising euthanasia. Anthony Horan,...
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St Paul Choral Society concert to pay tribute to Beethoven, Franck
The anniversaries of two great composers are being celebrated in Laudate Dominum, a concert for choir, soloists, orchestra and organ, being performed by the St Paul Choral Society (SPCS) on October 14...
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Hundreds attend anti-LGBTQ rally in Turkey
Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative associations, an AFP photographer reported. Bearing banners with slogans such as...
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Malta’s first BioBlitz at Buskett, Girgenti
About 100 people (citizen scientists) of all ages and backgrounds took part in Malta’s first-ever BioBlitz at the end of August. The focus of this Citizen Science event was finding and identifying as...
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Historic Monza stun troubled Juve, Atalanta return to summit with Roma win
Monza plunged Juventus into fresh crisis on Sunday after beating the under pressure Turin giants 1-0 to win their first ever match in Serie A, while Atalanta are provisional league leaders after...
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PM in New York for UN general assembly
Prime Minister Robert Abela is in New York for the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. The theme of the assembly is “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”. It...
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Italy's Salvini fires up base in northern fiefdom
Italy's anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini, who is trailing the far-right's Giorgia Meloni in the polls ahead of next week's general election, sought on Sunday to galvanise his hard-right,...
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Yankees’ Judge blasts 58th homer of MLB season
New York Yankees star centerfielder Aaron Judge smashed his 58th home run of the season on Sunday, moving closer to an iconic Major League Baseball record. Judge’s homer stretched his MLB season lead...
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Racist chants aimed at Vinicius Junior by Atletico Madrid fans
A group of Atletico Madrid fans were filmed chanting a racist song about Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior outside the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, before the teams met in Sunday’s La Liga derby...
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Needed: good architecture - Clive Borg Bonaci
Public criticism, at times outrage, at the state of our built environment often gets wall-to-wall coverage in our media. Finding fault with those who cry foul will get us nowhere. For we must pull up...
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Announcements – September 19, 2022
IN MEMORIAM ABELA. In ever loving memory of our dear PAUL today being the second anniversary of his passing to eternal life. Sadly missed by his loving wife Dorothy, his loving children Ann, Chris and...
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