According to the constant doctrine of the Catholic Church, when discussing and legislating on the adoption of minors, the paramount principle should always be the promotion of the best interest of the child.

The child has the right to know his or her parents and to be brought up by his or her parents: in all cases a man and a woman (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, art.7, section 1)…

3rd December 2013
Mount St Joseph, Mosta

It is a great privilege for me to welcome you all to this seminar on the theme ‘Pastoral care for Migrants and Refugees: between integration and inclusion’. I would like to introduce my very short greeting this morning by a quote from the recent exhortation published by Pope Francis ‘Evangelii Gaudium’, which addresses the issue of poverty in a number of paragraphs…

L-Abbozz ta’ liġi, imressaq mill-Onorevoli Manuel Mallia, il-Ministru għall-Intern u Sigurtà Nazzjonali, f’isem il-Ministru għad-Djalogu Soċjali, Affarijiet tal-Konsumatur u Libertajiet Ċivili, u moqri għall-ewwel darba fis-seduta tat-30 ta’ Settembru 2013, għandu bħala għanijiet u raġunijiet l-introduzzjoni tad-dritt li l-persuni, kemm jekk tal-istess sess jew ta’ sess oppost, jidħlu f’unjoni ċivili.

Il-prinċipju taħt dan l-att jew l-abbozz, “hu li jekwipara l-unjoni ċivili u ż-żwieġ mil-lat ta’ proċedura u sustanza, b’mod li jiggarantixxi d-drittijiet ugwali lill-imsieħba f’unjoni ċivili hekk kif inhi garantita lill-konjugi fiż-żwieġ”…