Malta welcomes the Pope... and the newly resurfaced roads

Today Malta would be giving its utmost to give the best welcome to the Roman Catholic Leader. This journey would be surely marked by the continuous accusations that the Church is facing about child abuse by its preachers. The pope must take the opportunity next Sunday at the pontifical mass on the Granaries to ask forgives on behalf of the Church for all the suffering that the abused children have suffered along the years. This would surely be appreciated by all the victims who for all these years have suffered in silence.

Apart from that the Maltese Curia must take a more inclusive stand regarding the new realities that our society is facing. It is an insult to the intelligence of the Maltese society as a whole to claim that de facto separated MP's are not welcome with their partners for the pontifical mass because if they were invited it would have meant that the Church is giving consent to the extra marital affair issues! These small but very meaningful gestures are doing no good for the Church's Reputation.