28/05/2008
Credentials presented by the Republic of Belarus
The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing received in the Magistal Palace for the presentation of the Letters of Credence, the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus, H.E. Sergei Aleinik.
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Read all24/05/2008
The Grand Master receives the deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
In Rome for the annual celebration for Saints Cyril and Methodius venerated by both the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ivaylo Kalfin, was received today by the Grand Master, Fra’ Matthew Festing. Your presence here in the Magistral […]
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Cardinals attend vespers in the Order’s church on the aventine
Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing received the Cardinal Patronus of the Order, Pio Laghi, Cardinals members of the Order, together with members of the Secretary of State of the Holy See in the church of Santa Maria dell’Aventino for a celebration of Vespers. After the moving ceremony, Fra’ Matthew Festing hosted a reception for Their […]
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Read all21/05/2008
State visit of the President of the Albanian Republic to the Sovereign Order
I would like to express the immense gratitude for the help and assistance you have given to my country in various fields such as social assistance, education, health service and care and wish that our fruitful and benefiting cooperation will continue to be further deepened and enhanced in the future as well, declared the President […]
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Read all12/05/2008
Burma: Malteser International team reaches Labutta
A team of Malteser International with eight staff members reached the city of Labutta in the Irrawaddy Delta on Sunday and has installed an emergency health station there. The population welcomed the aid workers with jubilations. The Malteser International truck loaded with medical drugs, foodstuff, water purification tablets and plastic sheets for temporary shelters as […]
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Read all08/05/2008
The Order of Malta’s 50th pilgrimage to Lourdes
The Order of Malta’s 50th International Pilgrimage to Lourdes took place from 2 to 7 May with some 8000 participants, including over 1500 sick, coming from 42 countries. Record numbers for a pilgrimage with a special character this year, as it was the first to be led by the Order’s new Grand Master Fra’ Matthew […]
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A tent for treating tuberculosis patients
In Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, a huge tent has been inaugurated for patients suffering from extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, a particularly aggressive and dangerous form of the disease, “insensitive” to treatment. Malteser International’s donation enables the hospital a benchmark for central-east Africa to treat those suffering from this serious pathology without the risk […]
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Cyclone in Burma: Malteser International secures water supply in the slums of rangoon
The situation here is dramatic, Birke Herzbruch, project coordinator of Malteser International in Rangoon, says. We have already received water purification tablets for the treatment of drinking water for the people in the district of Dawbon in Rangoon and the nearby poor rural settlement of Tantabin and their distribution starts tomorrow. This is what is […]
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22/04/2008
Campaign to Stop Tuberculosis
On 24 March, World TB Day, Malteser International, in cooperation with the health departments of Southern Sudan, launched an information campaign during a series of events held in this country. Tuberculosis is a serious disease in Southern Sudan, also because of its high mortality rate. TB sufferers either do not follow the treatment or decide […]
