Tag: marriages
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Matteo and Valentina top baby names in 2024 as Malta records fewer births and deaths
There were 4,107 births in 2024, a decrease of 97 (-2.3%) when compared to 2023, with more boys born than girls. The most popular names were Matteo, Noah and Liam for boys, and Valentina, Emma and Ella for girls. The most popular traditional Maltese names, Ġanni and Luċija retained the top spot for a third…
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The Catholic Church is to start blessing same-sex marriages
The Catholic Church has gone “woke”, so get ready for more tears by the hard conservatives. In a document published today by the Vatican, Pope Francis has decreed that same-sex marriages can be blessed, which although not equivalent to the Sacrament of Marriage, a blessing is still to be recognised as an act of invocation…