We should continue to cherish gift of life ‘from conception’ - Archbishop

Archbishop Charles Scicluna may have been hinting his growing concern that the country is moving towards a debate on the introduction of abortion when he delivered his Christmas message.

“It is so wonderful that in our culture we still treasure the value of life that is concretely perceived in every child that is born,” he said in a message that was filmed at the St Julian’s parish church.

“My wish is that we, as a people, continue to cherish the gift of life that starts at conception and grows in the mother’s womb. How meaningful it would be that we not only cherish life along the years by treasuring the presence of the elderly in our lives and ensure that they live their old age with dignity, but that we also cherish the baby in the mother’s womb.”

Over the past years Malta has swiftly moved from being the only European country not to have a divorce law to one of the most liberal in the world. Although talk of abortion is still weak, there are currents pushing in that direction and in his address Mgr Scicluna appears to be the issue.