Archbishop 'reported' to Brussels

From The Times of Malta

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The Malta Abortion Rights support group said it had reported the "interference" of Archbishop Joseph Mercieca to Brussels.

"If the Archbishop says that Malta should be independent he should not interfere in the Malta Constitution which has nothing to do with Catholicism and the Vatican. We are not a colony of the Vatican," the group said.

It was referring to the Archbishop's homily on Independence Day in which he described IVF as an "illicit" method of procreation and praised politicians for having the courage to want to entrench Malta's position against abortion in the Constitution.