MALTA
Times of Malta
Sunday, April 3, 2016 by Fr Joe Borg
Had Pope Francis been a political leader he would have cracked open a bottle or two of Dom Perignon White Gold, one of the most exclusive champagnes by Moët et Chandon, to celebrate with his Council of Nine helping him reform the Roman Curia.
Costing around €13,000 per bottle, the good pope would not order too many, but given the nature of the good news, he might consider it. Mind you, I am not referring to Easter. There was grander news in the air. Malta Today told us that a whopping 92.9 per cent of Maltese “judge positively” the way Francis is leading the Church.
Alas, Archbishop Charles Scicluna would have to settle for good old Mass wine. The approval rating for his leadership is only 47 per cent; a measly D-grade by university standards. Quite naturally, Scicluna would find some solace, had he been the type to find solace in such things, in the fact that a Malta Today poll gives 37 per cent trust ratings to the Prime Minister and 33.5 per cent to the leader of the Nationalist Party.
The study by Malta Today is interesting but at least two questions beg for an answer.
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