01/12/2001
I wish all members of the Order a very happy Christmas and serene New Year. The past year has not been too peaceful, and we have seen some dramatic and unfortunate happenings: what has affected us closely is the severe damage sustained by our maternity home in Bethlehem, which was hit by shells, causing a […]
06/11/2001
His Most Eminent Highness, Fra’ Andrew Bertie, has proclaimed that December 8th, 2001, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, shall be a day of prayer for peace in the world in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. All members and friends of the Order are asked to attend Mass and to pray for peace among […]
29/10/2001
After hurricane Iris struck Belize on Monday Oct. 8th an humanitarian relief operation has been organized as a joint effort led by SMOM Ambassador to Belize, Thomas F. Carney, Jr., which included support from the Honduran Association SMOM, AmeriCares, the American Association SMOM, the Honduran Government, the Belize Government and the British Expeditionary Forces in […]
The dramatic situation of the Order’s Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem has driven the Order of Malta diplomacy into action. On request of the Association des OEuvres Hospitalières Françaises de l’Ordre de Malte, the French Foreign Ministry intervened with the Israeli government. The President of the Federal Association of the Order of Malta in the […]
26/10/2001
During the night of 25 October, three Israeli shells landed on the grounds of the Order of Malta Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, Palestine. One of them landed at the entrance of the hospital and hit the car of the gynecologist on call, causing major damage to the rear of his car and spraying the […]
25/10/2001
During the early afternoon of the 24 October, an Israeli tank stopped at the intersection in front of the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, Palestine, turned is tower towards the entrance of the hospital and opened fire with is machine-gun. Bullets hit the entrance shed where the French and the Holy See flags where flying. […]
12/10/2001
The Alliance Orders of St. John together with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta issued the following statement during their meeting at The Hague, Netherland, on October, 12th 2001 in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11th 2001. The tragic events of 11 September make us, the Orders of St John, even more […]
26/09/2001
Today the ECOM President, Mr. de Cock de Rameyen, in coordination with the Grand Hospitaller of SMOM, Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, has decided to prepare possible relief actions for Afghanistan-refugees. According to information coming from OCHA, UNHCR and the international press more than a million refugees from Afghanistan are trying to leave the country and […]
12/09/2001
Charged by His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Andrew Bertie, the Grand Chancellor, Carlo Marullo di Condojanni, has sent today to the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See, James Nicholson, a letter with a message of solidarity to the President of the United States, George W. […]
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