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U l-qassis ta’ Emmaus x’qal?

Judging by what gets said and by whom on a regular basis on the Labour media, we are still in the sixties.

So much for the partit modern u progressiv tal-generazzjoni rebbieha.

Astonishing. I am completely speechless too. Where do you even begin to rip this letter apart?

Mr Joe Zammit

Yesterday, 16:09

Par.2385 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:

“Divorce is immoral also because it introduces disorder into the family and into society. This disorder brings grave harm to the deserted spouse, TO CHILDREN traumatized by the separation of their parents and often torn between them, and because of its contagious effect which makes it truly a PLAGUE on society.”

Join in the battle between God and the devil! Fight the good fight! The victory is ours, it’s already guaranteed!

Mr Joe Zammit

Yesterday, 16:10

Padre Pio, who had regular contacts with God, the devil, saints and angels, said more that once that “divorce is a passport to hell”. He knew what he was saying and no one could belie him.

There are many people who can give witness to what he said. He could narrate even details of dead persons to their relatives, without even knowing those persons. Before he went to sleep, Padre Pio used to greet Buona Notte to his confratelli (other friars). These answered to him: Buon viaggio, because every night he used to go to different persons all over the world to convert them, and sometimes also to heal them physically.

Remarriage after divorce is cohabitation.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110515/local/people-not-in-line-with-church-teachings-cannot-receive-communion-bishop-grech.365488

a) divorce – once legislated for – will be a bit of a status symbol in the first 2 – 3 years (I strongly believe it will come through, quite frankly);

b) in these first 3 years it will be used largely by a certain group of people. I don’t know the technical name for the group, but to my mind it’s the medium-educated (1st degree) with above average income; the sort to be seen strolling in the Zara – the Point area.

When one says “Catholic marriage” one means the Catholic way of life lived by the spouses e.g. turning the other cheek, forgiving for seventy times seven times (= 490 :) ), loving God with all your might and loving your neighbour like yourself etc

The interesting point is that anybody following these central tenets of Catholicsm is guaranteed – and I don’t use the word facetiously – to have a successful marriage. A problem-free union is a fiction. It’s not the problems that destroy marriages, but the way people deal with the problems.

Then there’s another thing. What makes for a healthy marriage between two Catholic individuals is the same that would sustain any other marriage between any other man and woman. It would be reasonable to expect that that which harms a “Catholic” marriage would also harm a “non-Catholic” marriage.

The Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to divorce, other than being just about its teachings – which aren’t really “its” teachings at all, it just transmits what God has laid down, is based on appreciation of society needs and the dignity of persons.

That is why that poster is not as bad an nonsensical as you make it out to be. What I find questionable, however, is that it is making a verifiable (or testable) claim about something that has its basis outside science.

Admittedly, the claim makes intuitive sense, but how can you establish a causal link between a “healthy” family and “healthy” society? What criteria shall you be using to identify “healthy” families?

I’m not quite comfortable with this aspect of the NO campaign.