Recent news around the world
12/11/2021
With profound regret the Grand Magistry announces the death of Fra’ Matthew Festing, 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who has died today in Malta at 71. Elected in March 2008, he served as Grand Master until January 2017. Fra’ Matthew Festing was in Malta, where on 4 November he attended […]
25/10/2021
The image of Our Lady of Philermos, protector of the Order of Malta since the fourteenth century, was unveiled on 22 October in the Vatican Gardens with a ceremony. Thanks to the initiative and generosity of the late Order of Malta’s ambassador to the Philippines, Odelia Gregorio Arroyo, an artistic mosaic depicting the icon […]
10/09/2021
Promoting social cohesion – overcoming the inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic crisis -, relaunching the role that religious institutions and organisations play both in the management of crisis situations – such as the health crisis – and of conflicts, and emphasising respect for humanitarian rights. These are the concepts that sum up the Sovereign Order […]
25/06/2021
The Lieutenant of Grand Master Fra’ Marco Luzzago was received in audience this morning by Pope Francis in the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace. The meeting was an opportunity to illustrate to Pope Francis the main initiatives the Order of Malta has put in place in recent months, and in particular for tackling the […]
25/06/2021
Following a very ancient tradition, the Order of Malta celebrated its Patron Saint on 24 June. In Rome the Lieutenant of Grand Master Fra’ Marco Luzzago, together with the Sovereign Council, attended the Holy Mass in the Basilica of Saints Bonifacio and Alessio on the Aventine Hill. Thanks to the marked improvement in health conditions, […]
03/05/2021
On Sunday 2 May, a mass was celebrated in the Vatican Gardens for the intentions of Our Lords the Sick, members and volunteers of the Order of Malta from all over the world in spiritual union with Our Lady of Lourdes. Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, the Pope’s Special Delegate to the Order of Malta, presided […]
01/04/2021
Dear confreres and consoeurs, dear volunteers and supporters of the Order of Malta around the world, I wish you and your families a very happy Easter. An Easter that for the second time is being experienced in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, with celebrations being severely restricted and in an atmosphere of suffering and […]
21/01/2021
Mr. Doyen, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The global pandemic has meant that the traditional audience with the diplomatic corps could not take place this year. I am very sorry about this as it would have been the first opportunity to meet you personally. I trust this will happen in the near future. I thank the […]
01/01/2021
The Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra’ Marco Luzzago replies to Pope Francis’ message for the 54th World Day of Peace on 1st January 2021 “Blessed Father, As the Order of Malta’s newly elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks, and that of all who belong to the Order […]
23/12/2020
Dear confreres and consoeurs, dear volunteers and supporters of the Order of Malta around the world, what we are about to experience is a Christmas very different from all the others. It is usually a time of sharing and of being close to our loved ones, especially the elderly and the sick. Christmas this year […]
20/11/2020
Fra’ Marco Luzzago has been elected with a large majority Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Council Complete of State, the electoral body, met on 7 and 8 November in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats. All phases of the election […]
01/11/2020
Pope Francis today appointed Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, Special Delegate to the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Special Delegate will be the interlocutor for the Order’s government in the reform process of its Constitutional Charter and Code. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi has also been instructed to receive the oath of the person who will be […]
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.
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