The reliquary of Blessed Carlo Acutis, brought over from Assisi, is exposed at Ta’ Pinu sanctuary for the feast of Christ the King.
Between today and Wednesday, the reliquary will be exposed for the public veneration at St Anthony of Padua church in Għajnsielem.
The relic consists of two strands from the youth’s hair.
Carlo Acutis was a self-taught computer whiz, defender of bullied students, football enthusiast and deeply devoted to the Eucharist – all this in a life cut short by leukaemia at the age of 15.
Before he died, he created an online database about Eucharistic miracles all over the world.
From Gozo, the reliquary will be taken to Ta’ Ġieżu church in Rabat, Malta, where it will be placed in a new chapel in the convent dedicated to Blessed Carlo Acutis.