Cardinal Agnelo Gerardo Majella, Primate of Brazil who presided over the festivities marking the feast of St Paul in Munxar last week, visited Ghajnsielem where he was welcomed by Archpriest Frankie Bajada.

In a short but very symbolic ceremony, he inaugurated a course of catechises on the Beatitudes. Cardinal Majella was presented with a painting of St Paul by Paul Stellini of Ghajnsielem.

Geraldo Majella Agnelo was born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil on October 19, 1933 He is a;sp Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia. In May 1999 he was nominated Vice President of CELAM. Elected president of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops in May 2003.He was made Cardinal-Priest of San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova (St. Gregory the Great at Magliana Nuova) by John Paul II in the consistory of February 21, 2001. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI and was considered papabile himself.