I read it and still stand by what I wrote. A non-specific “apology” (what exactly are they apologizing for? They didn’t say), is no apology at all.

[toni cachia – What’s next? Same-sex marriages?]

Why not?

[Pheidippides – Exactly. The income from annullment cases is not enough to meet the expenses, leaving the Curia to make up for the losses].

I don’t have the figures to check that, but I’ll take your word for it. In any case, the profit/loss from Church tribunals is not an issue for me, and I believe the Church’s opposition to divorce has nothing to do with any financial aspect. It’s all about social control.

France has been invaded three times since the revolution and only really once successfully, by the Germans. So the God the French abandoned didn’t save them, just as he didn’t save the Poles that followed him. What does that tell you?

And sure, why not same-sex marriage next.

How and when are also important, Daphne, because the timing clearly shows that this apology was not the result of level-headed reflection and soul-searching once the smoke has cleared.

It was cold and calculated, and part of the game-plan. It was intended to get maximum press coverage on Sunday and contain the damage the church has done to itself as soon as possible, without being in time to affect the outcome of the vote in any way. Basically, the Curia planned the apology while still continuing with its misdeeds but withheld it until it deemed convenient.

[Daphne – That’s exactly what I said. We agree. But I found the embargo more interesting than the apology, and chose to focus on that. People think that embargoes are mandatory, hence the hysterical reaction to Malta Today’s decision to publish. But embargoes are nothing of the sort: you have to secure the editor’s agreement. You can’t just send him/her a piece of news and assume that s/he won’t publish.]

What a spectacle to watch this one blow up in their faces like a ‘murtal tal-festa’!

It’s the same God that the French made fun of during the French revolution, tying the crucifix to a donkey’s tail and making it to go round the strrets of Paris. We all know the history of France from then on: a country that was invaded and vanquished and no false god of theirs ever interceded on their behalf.

The God the bishops backed gave the Maltese the freedom to deny Him today. History will be the judge of today’s catastrophic choice. What’s next? Same-sex marriages?

Exactly. The income from annullment cases is not enough to meet the expenses, leaving the Curia to make up for the losses.

The Bishops need to get to grips with the basics regarding right and wrong. They are very simple and that is the problem.