‘If Catholicism Were Removed From The Constitution Of Malta, The Church Would Continue To Exist’ – Archbishop
The Maltese Curia has clarified the Archbishop’s position on how the church would react if Malta were to remove Roman Catholicism as the official religion in the island’s constitution.
“Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna stands by what he said during the interview on Radju Malta on the 20th of January 2018,” a Curia spokesperson told Lovin Malta.
“If reference to Catholicism were to be removed from the Constitution of Malta, the Church would continue to exist. The Church will not carry out a crusade on the removal of the reference to Catholicism in the Constitution, and the Constitution is there to continue to guarantee freedom of religion,” they said.
His comments come after yesterday’s interview with Alternattiva Demokratika leader Carmel Cacopardo, who said the Archbishop “had no problem” with Malta removing Catholicism as Malta’s official religion in the constitution.
Pictured above: Archbishop Charles Scicluna
The Curia also pointed out that the discussion on Catholicism in the Constitution goes back a century
“On a historical note, the issue referring to Catholicism in the Constitution was discussed at length by the National Assembly in 1919 and the first law passed under the 1921 Constitution (Act I of 1922) was the Religion of Malta Act,” they said.
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