Recent news around the world
27/06/2024
The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ John Dunlap, was received in audience this morning at the Vatican by Pope Francis. The meeting – as per tradition – took place a few days after the feast of St. John the Baptist, patron saint of the Order of Malta, which is […]
25/06/2024
The patron saint of the Order of Malta, St. John the Baptist, was celebrated yesterday with a Mass in the Roman Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e Alessio, in the presence of the Grand Master, the Sovereign Council and a large representation of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta. Celebrations have […]
05/06/2024
The international conference on “Religious freedom and Integral Human Development”, organized by the Order’s Embassy to the Holy See, Atlantic Council, Notre Dame University, University of Sussex, John Cabot University and Pontifical Urban University, took place in the Magistral Villa, one of the government seats of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Some 60 academics […]
16/05/2024
His Beatitude, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem entered today Gaza and reached the parish of the Holy Family for a pastoral visit. Together with His Beatitude was Fra’ Alessandro de Franciscis, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Accompanying the small delegation was also Fr. Gabriele Romanelli, parish priest of Gaza. […]
03/04/2024
Malteser International Americas continues its on the ground work in Haiti, striving to provide lifesaving nutritional and medical assistance to the most vulnerable. Haiti’s children and expecting mothers desperately require aid due to deteriorating conditions and increased violence since January 2024. MI Americas has been in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Yolette Etienne, Partner […]
02/04/2024
The Bolivia Education Foundation continues its work to end poverty by creating opportunities for student success. In 2024 BEF is working at nine school sites. School leaders and teachers work closely with parents. Both parents and students are required to sign a contract committing to the fundamental values of the education programme. Students are […]
26/03/2024
We serve humanity in all its beauty and in all its misery, says Grand Master of the Order of Malta Fra’ John T. Dunlap in an interview with KAI. He explains that members of this lay religious order are committed “to impartially serving the poor and sick throughout the world, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, […]
18/03/2024
The excellent diplomatic relations and the historic friendship between the Order of Malta and Poland were celebrated during the official visit which took place today in Warsaw, where the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ John Dunlap, was received by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda. “The […]
14/03/2024
“Roll up our sleeves and serve with competence”. This will be the focus of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s 30th International Hospitallers Conference, scheduled from 15 to 17 March in Krakow, Poland. A place chosen to stress closeness to the war-battered Ukrainian population and to underline the enormous humanitarian effort made by all […]
27/02/2024
The IX Conference of the Americas opens on 28 February in Panama, bringing together all the presidents of the National Associations and representatives of the Order of Malta’s diplomatic missions present on the two American subcontinents. Presided over by Fra’ John Dunlap, the first Grand Master of North American origin in the Order of […]
15/02/2024
“Protecting the Protectors: Upholding the Safety of Humanitarian Workers in Conflict Zones” is the title and theme of the high-level side event organized by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta within the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC), taking place tomorrow Friday, 16 February in the Königssaal. Heads of state, government officials and policy makers […]
12/02/2024
The Mass for the start of the ministry of Monsignor Luis Manuel Cuña Ramos, Conventual Chaplain Grand Cross, new Prelate of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was celebrated on Saturday morning, February 10, in the Basilica of Saints Boniface and Alexis in Rome, marked by a great and warm participation, in spite of […]
07/02/2024
A year after the devastating earthquake in the border region between Syria and Türkiye, more than three million people remain displaced, living in makeshift shelters or tents. In northwestern Syria, the absence of state structures to coordinate reconstruction efforts has left a void, hindering the rebuilding process. The situation is further compounded by dwindling […]
26/01/2024
Artificial intelligence, humanitarian aid and diplomacy, interfaith dialogue and Vatican diplomacy. These are just some of the issues to be addressed during the second day of the Conference of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s Ambassadors, opening yesterday in the Magistral Villa on the Aventine Hill with the participation of various Italian and foreign […]
24/01/2024
Some one hundred ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta will converge on the Magistral Villa in Rome from tomorrow January 25 until Saturday 27 for a general Conference on the state of the art and prospects of the Order of Malta’s diplomacy. The ambassadors’ conference will also be an opportunity to examine, […]
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