The Prime Minister’s mother Inez was given her last farewell yesterday, after her sudden death in the early hours of Monday.
President Eddie Fenech Adami led the large congregation at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mr Carmel in Valletta, along with the Prime Minister and his brother and sisters and their father Gigi.
The congregation included ministers, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat and former Opposition leader Alfred Sant and members from all political parties, former Presidents and members of the diplomatic corps.
The funeral mass was concelebrated by 60 priests, with Archbishop Paul Cremona, the Apostolic Nuncio, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech and Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca standing on the altar.
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