MALTA
Malta Independent
Former Mġarr parish priest Emanuel Camilleri’s assertion – as reported in The Malta Independent – that the Catholic Church in Malta faces a “leadership crisis” has been echoed by priest and university lecturer Joe Borg.
In an opinion piece which appeared on today’s edition of The Sunday Times of Malta, Fr Borg argued that the leadership crisis faced by the Archdiocese of Malta was the elephant in the room which “all those I have talked to in the Church readily admit to in private to its existence, only to remain totally silent about it in public, or, worse still, deny its existence.”
Fr Camilleri, who had previously served as the parish priest of the St Mary parish in Birkirkara and of Msida, was only appointed parish priest of Mġarr last March.
However, his tenure was soon met with controversy as he sought to enforce a decree he had nothing to do with – it was issued by the Curia on 28 March – on the Via Sagra procession held in the locality.
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