Scar tissue: The aftermath of the interdett – Part Five
Fifth and final part of a MaltaToday series on the January 1961 Church Interdett, first published in MaltaToday in 2005
17 April 2021, 5:37pm
by Michaela Muscat
“THE IMPOSITION of the interdett and the mortal sin in the sixties left a traumatic effect on the life of all of those who experienced it. A great pain that is still felt today,” says Wenzu Mintoff, the Labour politician and Dom Mintoff’s nephew.
He believes that at least another two generations have to pass before the great hurts are not felt anymore. “To show how a hurt like this lasts for long one only has to read the biography of Mabel Strickland who until her death could not find reassurance on whether her father Lord Gerald Strickland, who had also been affected by the imposition of the mortal sin in the 30s with Boffa’s labourites, had been ex-communicated from the church and had managed to save his soul.”
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Vaccination risks, benefits
We all understand that tourism is paramount. However, in order to encourage people to take up the offer of COVID-19 vaccination, would it not be the best policy to be completely open with the public?
For example, the discourse about blood clots is mixing apples and oranges. Speaking on ABC RN ‘Coronacast’, Norman Swan clarified that the risk of clots when taking the contraceptive pill is cumulatively one per 1,600 woman/year. And we are talking of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) usually in the legs and not fatal.
With these vaccines, we are dealing with more dangerous different clots in the brain. German researchers put the risk at 1 in 100,000 and the UK at 1 in 250,000. The BBC’s rotating panel of worldwide experts (daily on the OS programme) says that these fatalities are extremely rare; that further investigation is needed; that the benefits outweigh the risks.
Opinion: Paul Hickey - School holidays, toy crazes and prize giveaways
15 Apr, 2021 09:12 PM
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Marbles was a popular craze and toy in the past. Photo / Getty Images
Rotorua Daily Post
It is so hard to fathom the first term of the school year is done.
Thankfully though, we have completed it here without any lockdown dramas, which makes it so much better than 12 months ago.
In the Hickey household we are well past the school holiday timetable now.
Our daughter Destiny has actually just finished her holidays, with the semester breaks at Victoria University not in sync with the school break.
04-16-2021
Map showing the location of Jharkhand state, India. (Image credit: CBN News)
Christian persecution is on the rise in India. The latest report reveals a Christian family in the eastern part of the country has been confined to their home for months after a mob of tribal animists repeatedly attacked them for leaving their native religion.
Morning Star News (MSN) reports local police officials have even threatened to jail the family for breach of the peace.
Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and perhaps even words as animated or alive.
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