Letters to the editor - September 12, 2022

Entente cordiale

My thanks to Charles Xuereb for his helpful letter (September 6), in which he appears to concede my point that the British Empire, despite its undoubted faults, might also have brought some benefits to its colonial territories.

As Aleks Farrugia argues in his passionately-felt article on the facing page, whatever Malta’s future is to be can no longer be blamed on British colonialists. It must be determined by the Maltese themselves. But where are the politicians with the courage and the vision to help them bring it about?

Alan Cooke – Sliema

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Mother Teresa defied public opinion. Photo: Shutterstock.com 

Christ’s departing words to His disciples upon the completion of His earthly mission were to go out and teach all nations what He had taught them. This they did and it was a wondrous achievement.

Here were men and women who took on the mightiest empire of the time and, in a hostile and uncomprehending society, fearlessly preached the Gospel.

Upon reflection, it is evident that there are similarities between the times the early believers lived in and today’s world. Both are wounded societies where disrespect for the dignity of...