His Excellency Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok, Ambassador of Malaysia to The Holy See hosted a Christmas lunch at the Embassy of Malaysia to The Holy See on 23 December 2017. The Christmas gathering was held with the Malaysian priests, nuns and lay community residing in Rome and Vatican City.
Other invitees to the lunch include The Honourable Dato' Sri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and his spouse, family members of staff at the Embassy of Malaysia to Italy, Fr. Markus Solo from the Pontifical Council of Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican City and Fr. Josef Schmolzer, Procurator General of the Mill Hill Missionaries.