During the annual live-in of parish priests held between May 18 and 20, the online presence of the parishes and the potential offered by social media were discu
People marginalised by society have seen their lot worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic and should be offered a helping hand by people of goodwill, Malta’s bishops have said in a pastoral letter for Lent.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi reminded Catholics of the victims of what Pope Francis described as the “throwaway culture”, saying many were now lonely and isolated, with mental health problems on the rise during the pandemic.
“When faced with the reality of those who are suffering, we can either ignore them and keep going our own way, or we can stop to help them,” they said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that one should be consistently pro-life, protecting life from the beginning to its natural end, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi said on Sunday.
In an homily on the occasion of Day of Life in a Mass organised by the Malta Unborn Child Platform, Galea-Curmi said both those who are at the beginning of life, as well as those who are moving towards the end or reached the end, are vulnerable and weak.
“The latter also deserve every measure that alleviates their suffering, and a society that offers them love, compassion, and care to the very end. No one is redundant; no one is expendable.”