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Recent news around the world

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  04/01/2018

  Liechtenstein Foreign Minister in Rome: meeting with the Grand Chancellor on migrant integration projects

  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 […]

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  01/01/2018

  Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre writes to the Pope on World Day of Peace

  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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  01/01/2018

  The Grand Hospitaller in Prague invited by the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic

  “Humanitarian action, international relations and humanitarian diplomacy: the special contribution of the Sovereign Order of Malta”, was the title of the lecture given by Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, during the conference organised by the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic on 25th January. The meeting, held in the seat of the […]

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  22/12/2017

  Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta is beneficiary of 2017 Christmas drive of Hungarian State TV

  The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta (Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat) was the beneficiary of the 2017 Christmas drive of Hungarian State TV, netting over a million US dollars for the Service’s social programs. The Christmas drive, called “It’s Good to Be Good”, is organised every December by the national TV, with a different beneficiary organisation chosen […]

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  24/02/2017

  Starvation threatens 1.4 million children in Africa. Malteser International helps children in Kenya and South Sudan

  The United Nations has reported that starvation threatens more than a million children in Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, and South Sudan. Conditions in other countries in Africa are also worsening – with growing hunger caused by months of drought leaving children amongst the most badly affected. “A crisis has been developing quietly across swathes of Africa […]

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  17/02/2017

  Letter of Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu to the members of the Order

                                                                      From the Vatican, 15 February 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters, A few days having passed since my nomination as the Holy Father’s Special Delegate to your Order, I wish to offer each of you my cordial greetings. Above all, I convey to you the blessing of the Pope and the assurance that he has […]

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  14/02/2017

  The government of the Order of Malta to convene the Council Complete of State on 29 April to elect the successor of the Grand Master

  The electing body will meet in the Order’s Magistral Villa in Rome On 29 April the Council Complete of State, the Order’s constitutional body, will elect the next Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta (or, as provided for in the Constitution, a Lieutenant of the Grand Master, to hold office for a year). […]

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  09/02/2017

  The Lieutenant ad interim and the Grand Chancellor meet Monsignor Becciu

  Conference with the diplomatic corps this morning on government priorities. This morning the Grand Chancellor Albrecht Boeselager with the Grand Hospitaller Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel met the accredited diplomatic corps in the Magistral Villa in Rome to illustrate government priorities after the recent events involving the Order of Malta. Boeselager gave an outline of the […]

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  29/01/2017

  Letter of Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein

  Excellencies, dear members of the Order of Malta, dear volunteers, employees, friends and associates, On Saturday afternoon, 28 January 2017, the Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of Fra’ Matthew Festing from the office of Grand Master. We are grateful to Fra’ Matthew in his generous response to the request of the Holy Father to resign […]

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  28/01/2017

  The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing resigns from office

  Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein assumes the office of Lieutenant ad interim, Albrecht Boeselager resumes his office as Grand Chancellor The Sovereign Council, the government of the Sovereign Order of Malta, met this afternoon in the Magistral Palace in Rome. On the agenda was the resignation from Office of Grand Master presented by Fra’ Matthew […]

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  19/01/2017

  Central Italy Earthquake: Order of Malta’s Rescue Workers in Montereale to help the population

  Another 9 teams ready to leave Since yesterday the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has been active in one of the areas most hard hit by the four strong earthquakes recorded in the morning, followed by another 400 tremors in just 24 hours. The Italian Civil Protection immediately requested two rescue teams, with six […]

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  01/01/2017

  Speech of H.M.E.H. the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta

  Mr Doyen, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The welcoming words with which I address you today are much more than a simple formality. The tradition of exchanging greetings at the start of a new year of working together is the demonstration of the credit and value attributed to each of you, as experts in international […]

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