About Paola

including Vincent Moran (an ex-Minister of Health), Jason Azzopardi (Parliamentary Secretary for Revenues and Land), Silvio Parnis (member of parliament), Chris Fearne (paediatric surgeon), Ino Bonello(international movie art director), Mons Francesco Xuereb (founder of Our Lady of Lourdes parish and benefactor of the main parish dedicated to Christ the King), Immanuel Mifsud,Massimo Ellul (satellite T.V. pioneer for Malta), Carmel Joseph Farrugia (Charles Farrugia), TV personality Simone Cini, actor and TV personality Etienne St. John, radio presenter Dorian Cassar, songwriter and television producer Joe Julian Farrugia, and singers Kllinsmann Coleiro and Ruth Casingena (also an actress). One of Malta's Prime Ministers, Sir Paul Boffa, (1890–1962) resided in this locality.

There are two parish churches. One is dedicated to Christ the King and the other to Our Lady of Lourdes.

The feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July and Our Lady of Lourdes is celebrated on the first Sunday after 15 August.

The parish also has a Franciscan church dedicated to Saint Anthony in part of the parish called Għajn Dwieli. St. Ubaldesca Church is the oldest church in Paola and was the first parish church there. It has recently undergone restoration.

Paola also has Malta's only mosque and an Islamic Cultural Centre led by Imam Mohammed El Sadi. The country's correctional facilities and the largest burial grounds, the Adolorata Cemetery are also in this town