Mgr Anton Gauci, a long-serving member of the Gozo Cathedral Chapter, has passed away. He was 88.
He is remembered for his friendship with former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff. Last year, when Mr Mintoff died, Mgr Gauci said his contacts with the former Labour leader had led to the breakthrough in the Church-Labour dispute of the 1960s.
Mgr Gauci's funeral will be held on Saturday.