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20/02/2015
Some 1,300 people came to Rome from all over the world to participate in the mass and opening of the diocesan inquiry on the Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of the Servant of God Fra’ Andrew Bertie. A very significant event for the Order of Malta, as it is the first time in its millenary history that a Grand Master has been proposed for sainthood.
21/01/2015
The Grand Master’s meetings in Albania focussed on strengthening cooperation. Received by Head of State Bujar Nishani, Fra’ Matthew Festing met the country’s leading authorities.
20/01/2015
Ahead of the 62nd World Leprosy Day, Ordre de Malte France’s volunteers are once again preparing to take to the streets of the country’s main towns to raise funds for the research and treatment of Hansen’s Disease. In Vietnam the Order of Malta has been engaged in fighting the disease for 40 years.
13/01/2015
The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing receives the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year. The audience took place at the Magistral Villa in Rome.
12/01/2015
Five years since the Haiti earthquake: the Order of Malta intervened immediately after the disaster through its International relief agency, Malteser International, sending a team of experts to help search for survivors and to provide medical emergency services. The Order is still present on the island to provide healthcare and disaster preparedness training.
01/12/2014
The “Save a Child from AIDS” project in Mexico City helps mothers to protect their babies from being infected with the HIV virus. Mothers receive medical counselling, nutritional support and regular check-ups to ensure they continue with antiretroviral treatment, as well as psychosocial support to help them deal with discrimination from their families and society.
Copyright: Eidolon/Malteser International, December 2010
21/11/2014
President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė, dedicates a message to the Order of Malta’s volunteers active across her country caring for the elderly, disabled and people living in poverty.
12/11/2014
An agreement for the opening of diplomatic relations between South Sudan and the Sovereign Order of Malta is signed in New York. The Order of Malta has been active in the South Sudan region for almost 20 years with numerous projects in the healthcare sector, in particular in training medical professionals. Photo: ichTV/ Malteser International
04/11/2014
On August 14, 1989, the Order of Malta Hungarian Charity Service set up the first refugee camp to deal with the tens of thousands of East German refugees fleeing into Hungary. For an intense period of over three months the Service cared for almost 47,000 refugees. To mark 25 years since the event, Fra’ Matthew Festing sent this message to the Charity Service.
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