This is an old church. Like so many others, kneeling is not for the faint of heart. Many churches in Malta demand that one kneels on the floor, as at the Co-Cathedral, or on old wooden and dirty, rough kneelers.
One gets used to it.
Black skirts are not a good idea for wearing to St. Barbara's I discovered in 2011.
This church is on Republic Street, where many of the shops are, and the front of the Palace, or ministry buildings of this capitol.