Fr Tom Uzhunnalil was sitting in a room in an unknown location – one of several he had been relocated to during his 18-month imprisonment – when he received some unexpected news.

“Those who kept me came to where I slept [and said]: ‘I bring you good news. We are sending you home. If you need to go to the bathroom, go…

Among those soldiers who landed behind German lines in Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the legendary chaplain of the unit, Fr. Francis L. Sampson (1912-1996). It was he (and not the character played by Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan), who days later was ordered by military authorities to find Fritz Niland, the real-life “Private Ryan,” who had lost his three brothers on D-Day…

• L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lill‑Monsinjur Paul Carmel Vella bħala Prepostu Arċipriet tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Sant’Elena, Birkirkara.

  Mons. Paul Vella twieled fit‑23 ta’ Settembru 1961, fis‑Siġġiewi. Irċieva l‑edukazzjoni primarja fl‑iskola tas‑Siġġiewi, u dik sekondarja f’Ħaż‑Żebbuġ. Wara li daħal is‑Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, kompla bl‑istudji fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija f’Tal‑Virtù, ir-Rabat, u ggradwa fit‑Teoloġija Pastorali mill‑Università ta’ Malta.

  Kien ordnat saċerdot fit‑8 ta’ Lulju tal‑1988, u beda l‑ħidma tiegħu bħala segretarju u kappillan tal‑Arċisqof Ġużeppi Mercieca, fejn dam għal seba’ snin…