At the end of the presentation of Pope John Paul’s Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, announced a world conference on the priesthood and holiness.

The event, which will take place next October on the Mediterranean island of Malta, will have as theme “Priests, forgers of saints in the third millennium.”

Cardinal Castrillon, as well as several experts from around the world, will attend the event, and proceedings will be made public immediately after.