Valletta, Malta, Nov 18, 2021 / 06:10 am
Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, will be buried in the crypt of a cathedral in Malta’s capital city following his funeral on Dec. 3.
The order announced on Nov. 17 that the funeral will be held at 2 p.m. local time at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, Pope Francis’ special delegate to the Order of Malta, will celebrate the Requiem Mass and Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta will concelebrate.
Fra’ Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Grand Master, will attend the ceremony.