In the Mediterranean, one island stands out for it's religious history. It was evangelized by St. Paul and is now a place of pilgrimage. It is Malta: an island so closely associated with faith that it has more than one church or chapel for every day of the year.<\/p>\n
The island was a hidden gem for many until the most-traveled Pope wanted to visit. He went three times.<\/p>\n
CARLO MICALLEF Malta has a devotion to St. Paul, who spent three months evangelizing there after a shipwreck on his way to Rome.<\/p>\n CARLO MICALLEF During his visit to Malta, Pope Francis went to the grotto where St. Paul took shelter. He was the third Pope to visit the island. <\/p>\n CARLO MICALLEF Carlo Micallef, the CEO of Malta Tourism Authority, says the island is home to hidden treasures and a generous and faithful people. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n RM<\/p>\n TR: AT <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis have all visited Malta. It is an island evangelized by St. Paul with more than 365 places of worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-nR5CYoOKSs","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvisitmaltaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bvisitmaltaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>CEO, Malta Tourism Authority
\nPope John Paul II put Malta on the map in terms of religious tourism. His visit made us known to the world.
\nHe gave us the opportunity to show to the world the wealth of attractions that we have to offer to visiting tourists.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>CEO, Malta Tourism Authority
\nHe was in Malta in 60 A.D., just 27 years after Jesus was killed. And he brought Christianity to our islands and he's got a huge following. We're very proud of the fact that St. Paul was in our island and he brought Christianity to our people.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>CEO, Malta Tourism Authority
\nFor such a small country like Malta, to have the Popes visiting every time is a huge opportunity and a huge pride.
\nAnd after Pope Francis visited, there has been a lot of investment in refurbishing, renovating, improving our product for religious heritage.<\/em><\/p>\n