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21/06/2017

Over five million people face starvation in South Sudan

The number of people estimated in need of humanitarian assistance has increased to over 5 million, out of which 100,000 are facing famine conditions due to civil conflict and a collapsing economy in South Sudan.

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15/06/2017

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre visits the earthquake areas in central Italy

Accompanying the Lieutenant of the Grand Master was the Grand Commander Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein and the President of the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps, Gerardo Solaro del Borgo.

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13/06/2017

The Order of Malta’s camp for the disabled in Singapore, the first in Asia, has concluded

The Order of Malta’s tradition and thirty-year-old experience in running summer camps for the disabled has now crossed the border into Asia.

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09/06/2017

The National Gallery of Slovenia holds an exhibition on the Order of Malta

The Slovenian Association of the Order of Malta is holding an exhibition featuring more than two hundred artifacts at the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana.

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07/06/2017

The meeting with the Russian Federation focussed on the international situation

The Order of Malta’s Grand Chancellor Albrecht Boeselager received the Russian Federation’s Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Y. Meshkov on 5 June in Palazzo Orsini.

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05/06/2017

Refugees and Migrants: international meeting of operations managers in Munich

Delegates of the agencies working in France, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy and Germany, and representatives of the Order of Malta’s government, spent two days exchanging information and experiences.

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01/06/2017

Armed conflicts have displaced 30 million minors worldwide

On International Children’s Day the Sovereign Order of Malta and the Embassy of the Czech Republic organized a conference for raising awareness on the drama of children who are victims of armed conflicts.

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11/05/2017

Message from the Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Dear members of the Order, it is an honour for me to address you as Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. I feel blessed to have been elected for one year as the sovereign head and religious superior of the Order of Malta, an institution that, - even during the most challenging times in its long history - has never failed to honour its Catholic faith and its core mission to help the sick and those in need. My dedication to promoting the spiritual dimension of our 900-year-old Order will be relentless and profound. One of my main tasks will be to work to refine our Constitution. Consultations to address institutional issues have already started. The Order of Malta has grown beyond all expectations in the last decades, in particular under the last two Grand Masters and we are grateful to them for this. But this growth also comes with much greater responsibility. And therefore we need to amend some of our rules and regulations and strengthen the governance aligning them with current needs, and with the role and dimension of the Order. All these reforms will take place without any change to the charisma and ideals of the Order. I take this opportunity to affirm, too, my strong commitment and total dedication to advancing and developing the important actions that the Order of Malta carries out - through our many associations, relief and volunteer corps and embassies - in 120 countries, some coping with the effect on local populations of violence, poverty and natural disasters. We live in era of unrest and uncertainty. Humanitarian emergencies - causing displacement and an ever-increasing number of refugees - are tragically proliferating around us. The demands of those in dire need of food and medical assistance, and social and spiritual support, are increasing and it is our duty to help them. With deep gratitude, I thank the Order’s members, volunteers, doctors, nurses and rescuers. All around the world, with unremitting passion and dedication, you testify to our hospitaller mission. I ask the interception of our Lady of Philermo and the help of your prayers and your commitment to sustain me during my mandate. May the Lord watch over you and our beloved Order.

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