Pope Leo XIII granted a Pontifical decree of canonical coronation towards its venerated Marian image of Our Lady of Carmel on 19 June 1880 through the Vatican Chapter.

The property was transferred for 66 scudi, but in April 1571 del Monte issued two decrees which rescinded this sum, such that the Carmelites were granted the land for free.

[1] The church's dome is slightly higher than the bell tower of the nearby Anglican St Paul's Pro-Cathedral,[8] and it was reportedly deliberately designed in order to compete with it.

[8] The church falls under the jurisdiction of the parish of St Dominic,[9] and the building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.

A niche with a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is located on the church's exterior,[10] at the corner of Old Theatre and Old Mint Streets.

[11] The church's altarpiece is a painting of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus, flanked by saints Simon Stock and Agatha of Sicily.

[a] The painting's artist and origins are unknown, but it is believed to date back to at least the late 16th or early 17th centuries and some attribute it to Filippo Paladini.

[7] Scappi and Vitale's Baroque marble tombstones survived World War II and were affixed onto the walls of the new church.