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dc.contributor.author | Pulis, Matthew | - |
dc.contributor.author | Buhagiar, Luke J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Delicata, Nadia | - |
dc.contributor.author | Attard, Jean Claude | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bonnici, Jimmy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zaffarese, Andre | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-17T12:12:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-17T12:12:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Pulis, M., Buhagiar, L. J., Delicata, N., Attard, J. C., Bonnici, J., & Zaffarese, A. (2023). The pastoral as polysemic : perspectives of priests in Malta. Melita Theologica, 73(2), 149-168. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 10129588 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/122426 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Maltese Archipelago, home to a population of around half a million persons, is a confessional state that privileges the Roman Catholic religion, with a majority Catholic population of 98% baptised out of which about 84% subscribe to the Catholic faith, and around four hundred priests. The split between diocesan and religious priests is around 50%. By way of introducing the country, if one were to look at the last Church’s census, conducted in 2018, only 36% of the Maltese population attend Sunday mass, while around 70% attend at least once a month. Moreover, the census showed that only 6% and 8% of the group attending mass were within the 15–24 year-old bracket, and the 7–14 year-old bracket, respectively. The strongest cohort of mass attendees (58%) are aged at least 50 years, and the majority are females (53%).4 The census is but one sphere of inquiry among others when it comes to quantifying the life of a diocese. Nonetheless, it provides a snapshot of pastoral life as it was a couple of months prior to the advent of Covid-19. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Faculty of Theology | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Catholic Church -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Clergy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Catholic Church -- Clergy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Priests -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | The pastoral as polysemic : perspectives of priests in Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Melita Theologica | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | MT - Volume 73, Issue 2 - 2023 MT - Volume 73, Issue 2 - 2023 Scholarly Works - FacEMAPP Scholarly Works - FacTheMT Scholarly Works - FacThePTL |
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