Description Milestones in the History of Relations between Malta and the Holy See. This volume, conceived at the initiative of the Apostolic Nuncio to Malta, His Excellency Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai and His Grace Mgr Charles Jude Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta, marks the sixtieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the State of Malta on 15 December 1965, and offers a fitting occasion to revisit the island’s enduring, almost bimillennial bond with the See of Peter. Table of Contents I. Sacred Shores: Towards the Consolidation of a Maltese Theology of Hospitality and Mission II. From Antiquity to the Medieval Period III. The Papacy and Malta in the Early Modern Period IV. The Papacy and the Age of Enlightenment V. The Age of Colonialism VI. Twentieth Century: Church, Politics, Identity VII. An Independent State VIII. The Apostolic Nunciature in Malta: From Independence to the Prese IX. Epilogue
