Opla’s “I am from Zejtun” reminded me that Fr Eric was from “Tas-Sliema” – St Gregory’s parish, to be precise.

@Opla: Should people’s reactions to certain sad news remain as they were thirty years ago?

For a much loved festa-fire-lover, village hero and ‘sagristan’, Fr Eric saw to it that the external feast was not celebrated, by those same standards Fr Eric would have suspended the feast for the unexpected death of the archpriest.

That’s precisely what the archbishop logically decided. No ifs and buts.

These immature petitioners should GROW UP.

I am from Zejtun and I agree with the statement you made which is exactly what I thought as soon as I got to know about this petition.

However I will let you know what is the interpretation of some locals on this regard and I leave it to your interpretation if you please.

I personally do not concur with this. They are stating that cancelling the feast would be hypocritical since when the ‘sagristan’ died two years ago because of a fireworks incident, the internal feast still occurred, therefore their reasoning is that it would not be fair that this time the internal feast should be cancelled.

Also another statement I heard is that; when other people closely related to church activities have died in other localities, the village feast still took place.

I would like to know your reactions to the above statement, I personally find them illogical.

Read about the stand taken by Pope Francis in this article: http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350515?eng=y

You mean massive bangs and all that?

I get your point, but this time it’s not witty repartee. I’m dead serious. We liberals need to get together. Teach those prigs a thing or two about social justice.

I agree with you Matthew. The PN should have done more about the censorship laws.

If Dr Gonzi had his was, divorce would not have been introduced in Malta.

Despite this the PN is tolerant and inclusive. The PL had to ghettoise gays by creating the LGBT group within its party.

To Gahan.

I couldn’t have put it better myself.

‘It is not he who calls me Lord, Lord, that will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven’

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