Comments on: Read all about it: St Paul joins LGBT Labour and gets a Facebook Valentine from Ronnie Pellegrini

By: ruth

ruth — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:19:00 +0000

kont qed infittex stmpa fuq san Pawl u sibt din – iwa b’sieq wahda fl-ajru u l-ohra fil-qabar – jew riesqa – POSSIBLI li xi hadd ta sittin sena m’ghandu XEJN izjed x’jaghmel hlief jikteb ktieb bla sens? Dawn in-nies ma jibzghux jidhru quddiem Alla …jew forsi jahsbu li m’huma se jmutu qatt??? U l-isqof t’Ghawdex jghamel sew jitkellem ghax il-knisja f’Malta xi kultant qisha rieqda – almenu hemm t’Ghawdex jghid xi haga – well done, Grazzi hafna! (lill-Isqof)

By: Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:58:36 +0000

In reply to Marku. You must not be so so so so disrespectful of bishops. They are chosen by the Holy Spirit. HS sits in his (? I think HS is a man) armchair high above the clouds and says "I want him". With all due respect to the third person of the Trinity, I think it is high time he wakes up from his siesta.

By: Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:02:39 +0000

I have to say I almost always find your running commentaries hilarious. Labelling these comments as “running” is somewhat unfortunate as some of your readers may think of those natural movements which occur in the privacy of specially designated rooms. Thank you for your brief skit on gay and lesbian history. I wonder why any of us bother rediscovering our history when you are there always ready to dish it out. For the record I will be 62 on 29/3 and I will no doubt receive a few more insults from you. Having lived my adult life in Australia, I have the great benefit of enjoying a good laugh even if at my expense.

By: Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:53:00 +0000

In reply to Gel. Are you mad? Yesterday some one criticised me for saying that St George Preca was Maltese. He insists Preca was a British subject! Just for the record, I assume no one to be heterosexual irrespective of their position within the Catholic Church. I think that is a most reasonable course of action for anyone to take. However I do not begrudge any ordinary (read 'bishop') coming out against the books with all bells and whistles. I admit to having enjoyed quite a few laughs.

By: Pat Zahra

Pat Zahra — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:33:38 +0000

@ Corinne Vella

‘Why would people who don’t read need to be warned against the contents of a book?’

Several reasons. First because they’ll hear about it and what they hear will be, of necessity, slewed. Secondly, because few people take the time, or have the intellectual honesty to read around a subject.

Thirdly, when you love your Faith, as the Bishop of Gozo does (he has dedicated his life to it after all) you feel compelled to defend that which you love. Fourthly, because silence is complicity.

In case you’re wondering why I’m still on about it, it’s just that I’m stuck inside with bad flu and this blog, bless Daphne, is keeping me sane. At this rate I’m going to have to sue her for damage to my screen and keyboard because I’m drinking cinnamon tea and I keep spluttering with laughter.

By: me

me — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:26:30 +0000

Try to go deeper than what is written.

By: red-nose

red-nose — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:25:32 +0000

“She” in relation to OUR church, is due to the fact that The Church is considered to be a Mother guiding her children – that’s why I used “she” because, fortunately, I still consider the Church as my guiding light – hence Mother.

[Daphne – Feel free. But remember that when you’re speaking or writing idiomatic English, the Catholic Church is not ‘she’ but ‘it’ or ‘they’. It may be your church, but it is not everyone else’s. And it is particularly and famously NOT the church of the originators of that language.]

By: Dr S

Dr S — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:19:28 +0000

In reply to claude. Everyone is gay? Now I will have to find some other cool thing to be... gay is going to be tres blasé.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:22 +0000

In reply to me. Jesus Christ was born Jewish. He couldn't have been a Christian because 1) Christianity hadn't been invented and 2) 'Christian' means 'follower of Christ' so how could Christ Himself do that?

By: Dr S

Dr S — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:14:56 +0000

In reply to Stanley. And did you know that god too is gay?