The new Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, Tommaso Caputo, on Friday officially started his mission in Malta with a mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta to mark the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

The Archbishop of Malta Mg Paul Cremona welcomed Mgr Caputo not just as an ambassador but a brother in faith.  

The Vatican’s ambassador to Malta, speaking in the homily, recalled “when appointing me Apostolic Nuncio to Malta on September 3rd last, the Supreme Pontiff wrote this to me: “Beloved son, as you take up this onerous office, I exhort you with the words of the Apostle Saint Paul, whom, in times past, the inhabitants of Malta welcomed with uncommon kindness (cfr. Acts 28,2), and I would urge urge you to bear them constantly in mind: ‘I do not mean to imply   that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith”.”

Before Malta Mgr Caputo served in Africa ( Rwanda), in Asia ( Philippines), and in Latin America ( Venezuela).