A church in honour of Our Lady of Loreto was built by 1820 and it still stands. It became a parish church during the bishopric of Publius Maria Sant on 26 January 1855. Ghajnsielem has now a new parish church built in gothic style architecture. Its foundation stone was laid on 14 September 1924. It was blessed on 27 August 1978 and consecrated on 18 August 1989. On 3 Sepember 1965, the parish became Archipresbyteral.