Stop using blogs to incite hatred – Archbishop
Stop using online communication as a means to destroy people and incite hatred, the Archbishop has told bloggers.
“I'm warning those who are using blogs, those who use the internet to incite Maltese against other Maltese, to dig up dirt, to humiliate each other and create contempt – such instigation is madness,” Mgr Charles Scicluna said in a homily last Sunday to mark the feast of St Julian's and uploaded on the Curia website today.
“Whoever persists in this manner will have to pay his dues in front of God,” he said, amid mounting criticism that certain political bloggers were constantly crossing the line of decency.
The outspoken archbishop used the 125th anniversary of St Julian’s to underline the dangers of online hatred and the destruction of the environment.
“By destroying the environment, we're destroying ourselves. The destruction of the environment is the biggest tragedy of our times, including our country.”
Citing the story of St Julian, Mgr Scicluna said “there were no deer in Malta because they would be killed off… because we kill everything that flies, that walks…
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