How has Valletta’s famous altar boy still not become a priest after all these years? Maltese creative Lorella Castillo has turned the long-running local joke into a hilarious Addams Family-inspired mystery.In her latest project, Castillo blends a familiar piece of Maltese Catholic tradition with the spooky world of The Addams Family.The image features Valletta’s iconic altar boy statue, holding its familiar charity box bearing the words “Għinni nsir qassis” (Help me become a priest).But this time, there’s an unexpected visitor perched on his head: Thing, the Addams Family’s famous disembodied hand.“Thing, freshly dispatched from the Addams Family, has launched an investigation into a boy who has been fundraising to become a priest for so long that even our fathers remember him from their childhood,” Castillo joked.“After decades of ‘Għinni nsir qassis,’ the question on everyone’s lips is: HOW HAS THIS BOY STILL NOT BECOME A PRIEST?!”She described it as a mystery that has baffled Malta for generations, joking that even the pigeon had lost its faith.The approximately 1.5-metre-tall altar boy statue is a familiar sight on Merchants Street in Valletta, where generations of passers-by have encountered its appeal for donations.Castillo teased that more would be revealed at 11, leaving followers wondering what Thing might uncover next.•