The Archbishop will be visiting Australia next year, to take part in the World Congress for Youth, he told Maltese missionaries in a message yesterday.

The message was to wish Maltese missionaries working abroad a merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year, and was the first Mgr Pawl Cremona, OP, has sent for the occasion since he succeeded Mgr Joseph Mercieca as Archbishop.

In Australia, he said, he will also be meeting Maltese living there, and pay a visit to the graves of priests buried there, to offer prayers.