On
27 January, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malta, the third
additional protocol to the agreement between the Holy See and the
Republic of Malta of 3 February 1993 on the recognition of civil effects
to canonical marriages and the decisions of the Authorities and
ecclesiastical tribunals on the same marriages.
The agreement was
signed on behalf of the Holy See by Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, apostolic
nuncio to Malta, as Plenipotentiary, and for the Republic of Malta by
George W. Vella, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta.
The Third Additional Protocol, which consists of four articles, amends the aforementioned Agreement of 1993.