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02/11/2012
According to the 2011 census, over 100,000 Roma live in Slovakia in poverty and social exclusion. The Order of Malta’s Volunteer Corps in Slovakia supports this group with a number of projects throughout the country, providing programmes designed to help integration and economic independence. In Košice, Slovakia’s second-largest city, experts from the Corps have trained […]
31/10/2012
The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, received today in audience in the Magistral Palace, for the presentation of the Letters of Credence, the new Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, H.E. Daniel Ramada Piendibene.
29/10/2012
“Today we have unified history, our common history,” declared the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, speaking at the Magistral Villa of the Order of Malta in Rome. The President was received Friday by the Grand Master, Fra’ Matthew Festing, on the occasion of his State visit to the Sovereign Order, the first […]
26/10/2012
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Grand Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Jean-Pierre Mazery have heaped praise on the development of bilateral relations. In a congratulatory message on Sunday, Lavrov lauded the two countries expanding bilateral cooperation, including in the environmental protection sector, something that was echoed by Jean-Pierre […]
24/10/2012
The Grand Master honoured by the Catholic University of Milan “The testimony of Fra’ Matthew Festing offers the Faculty of Political Science of the Sacred Heart Catholic University an example and an incentive for resolutely continuing to steer its educational commitment towards the integral promotion of the human being, the progress of society, and peace […]
23/10/2012
The Order of Malta’s third Asia Pacific Regional Conference, held in Sydney from 12th to 14th October, was attended by delegates from Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Portugal, Timor-Leste, France, Germany and the Grand Magistry. Representatives from the Order’s specialised agencies CIOMAL, which cares for those affected by leprosy, and Malteser International, the […]
22/10/2012
Fra’ Matthew Festing and the Polish Culture Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski have inaugurated the “Around the Maltese Cross” Exhibition in the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Also attending last Friday’s ceremony were the Mayor of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and numerous political, religious and cultural personalities. In his message, the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski wrote, “organized to celebrate […]
18/10/2012
In Poland for a two-day visit, Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing was received by the President of the Polish Republic Bronislaw Komorowski in Belweder Palace, Warsaw. The meeting was followed by a luncheon offered by the President of the Republic in honour of the Grand Master and his delegation. The Grand Master is in Poland […]
17/10/2012
Hereafter a notice issued by the Secretariat of State of the Holy See In response to frequent requests for information concerning the recognition by the Holy See of Equestrian Orders dedicated to the saints or to holy places, the Secretariat of State considers it opportune to reiterate what has already been published, namely that, other than […]
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