© Allied Newspapers Ltd 2001, Photo by Darrin J. Zammit Lupi
Pope John Paul II hugs a
child while Malta's Archbishop Joseph Mercieca (L) talks to the child's mother
during Mass on the Granaries in Floriana, outside Valletta, on May 9, 2001.
During the Mass, the Pope beatified three Maltese. The Pope returned to Italy
later in the day, bringing his six day pilgrimage in the footsteps of St Paul,
which also took him to Greece and Syria, to an end.
Malta -2001
© Darrin J. Zammit Lupi 2001