OAR@UM Collection:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/419642024-03-29T12:13:32Z2024-03-29T12:13:32ZIs a Catholic State still possible and desirable in the light of Vatican Council II ?https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/409232019-03-08T02:31:01Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Is a Catholic State still possible and desirable in the light of Vatican Council II ?
Abstract: In order to address the much debated question which constitutes the title
of my article, I have chosen the form of a medieval quaestio, i.e. a dialectical
procedure in which an attempt is made to reconcile conflicting viewpoints. I
believe this scholastic method offers both the writer and the reader the possibility
for a rational engagement with the issue at hand.2016-01-01T00:00:00Z‘Moral reflections on heart transplant surgical procedure’ [Excerpt]https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/409222019-03-08T02:31:05Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: ‘Moral reflections on heart transplant surgical procedure’ [Excerpt]
Abstract: In order to dispel doubts and misgivings about the fact of a donor’s death, once
death has been satisfactorily defined, it has been suggested that the fact of the
donor’s death should be established by a medical board completely independent
from the surgical team entrusted with the performance of the transplant. It
should be made clear that the consent of both recipient and donor, or the person
responsible for the latter, has been freely secured before the operation can be
undertaken.
Description: Excerpt from Melita Theologica 20/1 (1968): 1-112016-01-01T00:00:00ZJulian of Norwich : containment and mediation of the body of Christ in the anchorholdhttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/409212019-03-08T02:31:03Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Julian of Norwich : containment and mediation of the body of Christ in the anchorhold
Abstract: The spiritual shape of Julian of Norwich’s Showings is a consequence of
the physical enclosure of her cell, the anchorhold. The anchorhold is
the residence of the anchoress, built against one of the walls of a community’s
church. It is a transitional space in which her visionary activity can be emplaced,
embodied, and entextualised. Julian’s journey inside this space began with her
revelations of 1373, long before she explicitly embraced anchoritic life.2016-01-01T00:00:00ZA controversial neutrality and thwarted peace efforts : the Month and Pope Benedict XV’s Great War recordhttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/409192019-03-08T02:30:54Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: A controversial neutrality and thwarted peace efforts : the Month and Pope Benedict XV’s Great War record
Abstract: Throughout the Great War of 1914-1918 and the “six months that changed
the world” which followed in 1919, the Jesuit British Province’s journal,
The Month, highlighted Pope Benedict XV’s role and activity in the face of the
ensuing conflict. The Pope’s political stance of an “impartial neutrality,” and
diplomatic effrts in favour of humanitarian aid, were the special object of a
“running commentary” of articles and news briefs by the said journal, written in
an informative and analytical style. They attempted to correct misinterpretations
of Pope Benedict’s policies, by the two sides of the conflict, the Entente and
Central Powers and, especially, his vilification by their respective press.
This article will therefore follow e Month as it sought out the reasons and
consequences of this Pontiff’s neutral/impartial position and the reactions to it,
his appeals for peace, and the difficult road leading to the Paris Peace Conference
of 1919 and its purportedly re-established peace signed in the multiple treaties
which followed, especially in the notorious Treaty of Versailles!2016-01-01T00:00:00Z