At a Mass at Ta' Pinu, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech announced the formal beginning of the process that can lead to the beatification and canonisation of Gozitan priest, Dun Mikiel Attard.

Dun Mikiel, born in 1933 and died in 2004, is the brother of the present Archpriest of the Gozo Cathedral and former minister Giovanna Debono.