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Grand Master news
21/05/2018

Monsignor Angelo Becciu cardinal: the Grand Master’s congratulations

The Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, has sent a letter of congratulation to Monsignor Angelo Becciu, the Pope’s Special Delegate to the Order, as well as Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
18/05/2018

The Grand Master receives the President of Benin on an official visit

The President of the Republic of Benin was received today on an official visit by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre, in the Magistral Palace

Latest interventions
18/05/2018

Ebola emergency in DR Congo. Malteser International working to prevent the spreading of the disease

On Thursday 17th May the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was detected in Mbandaka, a city of more than one million people, prompting fears from medical experts that the outbreak will be harder to deal with than anticipated

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
16/05/2018

Credentials presented by Portugal and Egypt

The Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, received in audience in the Magistral Palace for the presentation of their Letters of Credence, the new Ambassadors of: - Egypt, H.E. Mahmoud Ahmed Samir Samy - Portugal, H.E. António José Emauz de Almeida Lima

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
14/05/2018

The Grand Master receives the romanian Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Romania, Mrs Viorica Dancila, was received in the Magistral Palace by the Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto on 11 May. The Prime Minister expressed Romania’s appreciation for the work the Order performs in the social sector

Latest interventions
11/05/2018

Volunteers at the service of pilgrims on their way to the Shrine of Fatima

2018 marks 42 years of service of the Order of Malta’s Portuguese volunteer Corps to the pilgrims travelling on foot towards the Shrine of Fatima, in Portugal. This year the pilgrimage started on 6 May and will finish on 12 May.

11/05/2018

Italian Senate President Maria Elisabetta Casellati visits the Magistral Villa

This morning the President of the Italian Senate Maria Elisabetta Casellati visited the Magistral Villa, one of the extraterritorial seats of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The visit was made on the occasion of the general meeting of the Harvard Law School, the prestigious law faculty of the Massachusetts university, held in the villa’s General Chapter Hall.

08/05/2018

The Order of Malta’s 60th Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Like every year at the beginning of May, Lourdes has received the Order of Malta’s international pilgrimage. Among the over 7,500 participants – coming from 45 countries worldwide – were 1,500 sick and disabled pilgrims looked after by some 250 priests and 380 doctors and nurses.

04/05/2018

Pope Francis renews Msgr. Angelo Becciu’s mandate of Special Delegate

With his letter dated 2nd May, His Holiness Pope Francis asked Monsignor Angelo Becciu, Substitute of the Secretariat of State, to continue in his role of Special Delegate to the Sovereign Order of Malta.