While he might have worked at the Vatican office which deals with censorship, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, pictured below, was due to take charge of a newspaper this week.As the first ever guest editor of the Times of Malta for yesterday’s issue, he was to have full control of the agenda, including chairing meetings and choosing which stories journalists should cover.The archbishop, who worked at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for a number of years, was planning an “environmental and human theme” while he was in charge. His guest-editorship comes after the paper published a 144-page book about him, entitled Charles: the Bubbly Bishop. It includes a recollection from Toni Abela, deputy leader of the Malta Labour Party, that while he was initially
07 May 2015, The Tablet
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