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Last week, a group of individuals held a press conference on the steps of the Curia at Floriana to ask to have themselves formally stricken from the register of baptized Catholics – in other words self-excommunicated. Addressing the press conference were Andrew Galea, Reuben Zammit and Daniel Schembri. The group intends to organise a mass-excommunication event following the pattern of similar events that have taken place in Italy, Austria and Ireland.

The Dutch parliament is on the point of passing a law that would end the slaughter of animals by ritual religious methods before they had been stunned or anaesthetised.

Both Jewish and Muslim proponents of halal and kosher meat say that religious rules do not permit the animals to be unconscious when they are killed.

Dear fellow-unbelievers,

It seems that the "voluntary donation" that Church schools take from their students is not quite so voluntary after all. According to Labour MP Evarist Bartolo, students whose parents who do not make this "voluntary" donation are named and shamed in front of the entire school during assembly. Although this is being denied, several comments below the article are confirming this.
Source: The Times