(26 quotes found)
“I had always felt close to the workers’ movement but I chose to stay loyal to the Church. It wasn’t an easy choice and one that caused me a lot of pain”
Fr. Anġ Seychell
“It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
Anne Sexton
“I tried to minimise the number of cases where I could not give absolution to parishioners who came for confession. The cases were very few”
Fr Anġ Seychell
“I met Mgr Gonzi and he had all my writings laid out on his desk. He told me that if I ‘converted’ he would even have officiated the wedding ceremony himself at the Palace”
Joe Micallef Stafrace
“The Church in Malta, had a crusader mentality at the time and came out guns blazing against the Labour Party. However, he is also confident that black period will never return. Vatican Council II, which came after the interdiction, gave us the tools to find a way out of the impasse. The Church learned from those mistakes”
“When I said I felt I had done no wrong, he insisted I could only get married in the sacristy, even denying me the right to get married in a chapel. I later learnt that a number of priests had urged my wife-to-be to leave me. Can you imagine that?” Despite all this, I still wanted a Church wedding. When Yvonne was asked whether she’d take me as her husband she yelled out ‘yes’, her voice resounding well beyond the thick walls of the sacristy”
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
Albert Einstein
“Democracy also meant that people could speak out without fear of intimidation and that was one of this movement’s commitments. The movement reflected values, including the fundamental value of life, and was against abortion.”
Joseph Muscat
