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03/10/2007
An eye witness account In the land of the cedars, where the poor, the very young and the very old still suffer the effects of the recent war, the independent reporter and sociologist Leandro Abeille has observed the Order of Malta’s effective system to support those most in need. With ten health centres in Lebanon, […]
14/09/2007
The heavy rain which caused serious flooding at the beginning of September in many regions of Burkina Faso has to date killed 33 people, injured 76 and caused considerable material damage. The Burkina Faso emergency and ambulance corps based at Bobo Dioulasso, set up by the Ordre de Malte France, helped to transport victims to […]
10/09/2007
Led by Grand Master Fra’ Andrew Bertie, on 8 September the Order once more made its traditional pilgrimage to Assisi. In the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Holy Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Pio Laghi and Msgr. Angelo Acerbi and attended by many of the Order of Malta’s delegations. Members of the Sovereign […]
22/08/2007
The Order’s local organisations step in Following the dramatic earthquake (7.9 on the Richter scale) which has ravaged the southern coast of Perù, the voluntary relief service of the Peruvian Association of the Order of Malta has immediately started collecting the most needed items for the victims. The Peruvian Malteser volunteers will bring the relief […]
07/08/2007
To promote a series of joint actions for fighting forest fires, help in protecting the territory and assisting victims of natural disasters, a Memorandum of understanding with the Italian State Forestry Department was signed on 2 August in the headquarters of the Order of Malta’s Italian First Aid Corps (CISOM). As a result, the Forest […]
16/07/2007
Two valued members of the Order of Malta have recently received important recognitions in the hierarchy of the Roman Curia. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, was appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue by H.H. Benedict XVI on 25 June. Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, Conventual Chaplain Grand Cross ad […]
03/07/2007
Experts estimate that 3% of the world’s population is involved in various kinds of migration: over 191 million men, women and children are forced to leave their countries for various reasons. 24.5 million migrate because of war.
22/06/2007
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI today received in audience Fra’ Andrew Bertie, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, who was accompanied by members of the Sovereign Council. Matters touched on during the talks included the Order’s initiatives for peace in the Middle East, its medical activities in over 22 countries in Africa and South […]
20/06/2007
At the Order’s Magistral Villa, the Grand Master Fra’ Andrew Bertie was greeting by a long and enthusiastic applause for the traditional meeting with the Grand Magistry’s staff yesterday. In his speech, the Grand Master asserted that you all perform invaluable work, each in his or her own area of competence. Although this work increases […]
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