Case 30814/06
Posted on 07. Nov, 2009 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Life, Politics
That’s the number of the case that has us all talking. It’s Lautsi vs Italy and just in case you are one of those whose job it is to edit the comments on the Times let me remind you that the case is set before the European Court of Human Rights and not the European [...]
Guest post: Creative Writing vs Censorship
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Mediawatch, Politics
Publisher (and J’accuse reader) Chris Gruppetta has given us his kind permission to republish the following letter that appeared in today’s edition of the Times. J’accuse has not yet entered the numerous debates on the various facets of censorship that flared up this week and we will reserve most of our writing for Sunday’s article. [...]
Ratzinger: Divorce is Bad
Posted on 25. Sep, 2009 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Politics
Speaking to Brasilian bishops, Pope Benedict the sixteenth was unequivocal about his opinion on the effect of divorce:
«La Chiesa non può restare indifferente davanti alla separazione dei coniugi e ai divorzi – ha detto papa Ratzinger rivolgendosi ai vescovi brasiliani – davanti alla rovina delle famiglie, e dalle conseguenze create nei figli dal divorzio. Questi, [...]
Chiaroscuro – Interdett ‘61/Divorce ‘09
Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Politics, Videos
“As a movement, the Church enters into this political sphere by offering its vision to society. This is true of the Church as an institution, but it also true for each and every believer that adheres to it: that what he believes in motivates the way that he forms part of society and his contribution [...]
Eppur’ si fatwa
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by Jacques Rene Zammit in Featured, Politics
On the 1st of March we wrote a glowing appreciation of what was then Bishop Mario Grech’s position regarding the choice of costumes by some individuals during the Nadur Carnival (Politics from the Confessional). Bishop Grech was not happy with people dressing up as Jesus and his apostles but at the time seemed content to [...]
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