Recent news around the world
03/05/2020
With profound regret, the Grand Magistry announces the death of His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and 80th Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, which took place in Rome few minutes after midnight on 29 April, following an incurable disease diagnosed a few months ago. According to article 17 of the […]
15/03/2020
His Excellency Roman J. Ciecwierz, President of the Canadian Association, has issued the following message about the cancellation of the International Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
19/12/2019
Article on U.S. Thanksgiving activities by the Order of Malta in Los Angeles.
18/12/2019
‘Haiti living on edge of disaster‘ by Michael Swan of The Catholic Register
08/12/2019
Malteser International, the worldwide relief agency of the Order of Malta, is urgently calling for donations to provide assistance for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas and is preparing to support emergency relief measure. The United Nations has announced that some 70,000 people were “in immediate need of life-saving assistance” in the country, […]
22/07/2018
According to UNHCR, Colombia is the host country in the Americas most directly impacted by the political and socio-economic situation in Venezuela. Official estimates from Migración Colombia and UNHCR state an influx of 796,000 Venezuelans in 2017. Unofficial numbers suggest that the daily migration has increased substantially in the second semester of 2017 with 6,000-10,000 […]
25/06/2018
On the heels of Malteser International becoming an organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations last month, the 65 year old humanitarian relief and development organization of the Order of Malta (a 900 year old religious lay Order), has taken another major step forward for the […]
25/06/2018
We have reached another significant milestone in furthering our humanitarian work to reach even more vulnerable people in their greatest times of need, in the Americas and around the world. We are proud to announce that Malteser International is now an organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2018 […]
13/06/2018
A medical team of the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has just now boarded the Coast Guard ship Dattilo to assist those migrants who will shortly be transferred from the Acquarius vessel. Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo and nurse Marika Giustiniani will provide healthcare to migrants picked up by the NGO search and rescue ship […]
01/06/2018
The Canadian Association of the Sovereign Order of Malta would like to clarify that an error was made in the completion of the application filed early this year under Employment and Social Development’s Canada Summer Works Program. The infamous attestation box was ticked in error. As a remedy to this error, the Association has no […]
19/05/2018
On May 2nd, 2018 Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was elected the 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The electing body, the Council Complete of State, met in the Magistral Villa, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats, in Rome. Elected head of the Order of Malta on […]
01/03/2018
André A. Morin, former president of the Canadian Association, was asked to Chair Working Group 8, The Structure of Government and Governance. The international Working Group composed of leaders of the Order throughout the world, met by teleconference many times and held two meetings, the first in the fall of 2017 in Montreal, and the […]
10/01/2018
Every two minutes a new case of leprosy is diagnosed in some part of the world. Contrary to common belief, Hansen’s Disease– the bacterial infection generally called leprosy – is present in 140 countries and continues to infect people, especially in some areas such as Asia and Africa, where half the world’s cases are recorded. This is why […]
04/01/2018
The Foreign Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick was received today by the Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta Albrecht Boeselager. The focus of the meeting – the second after that in 2014, again in Rome – was the excellent diplomatic relations initiated in 1994 and the development of projects for integrating migrants and refugees. Particular emphasis was […]
01/01/2018
Most Blessed Father, I would like to express my gratitude and that of all the Order of Malta’s members for having drawn everyone’s attention, with your message for the celebration of the World Day of Peace, to the suffering of migrants and refugees in their search for protection and a better life, for themselves and […]
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