The government has spent €31,980 on 3,100 rosary beads which were blessed by the Pope for distribution among elderly people, Family Affairs Minister Michael Falzon told Karol Aquilina (PN) in reply to a parliamentary question.
The minister said the Secretariat for the Elderly and the Welfare Committee have so far handed out 2067 rosaries in nine homes for the elderly and an an extra 1,033 are being held in storage.