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30/04/2017

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre takes oath

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta yesterday, has sworn oath today in the Church of Santa Maria in Aventino, before the Council Complete of State (the elective body of the Order of Malta) and Archbishop Angelo Becciu, the Pope's Special Delegate. After the oath, the Grand Commander, Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein conferred the collar of Grand Master to the Lieutenant afterwhich the Grand Chancellor Albrecht Boeselager declared the Council Complete of State dissolved. A solemn mass was celebrated by Archbishop Becciu and the flag of Grand Master was raised at the top of the Magistral Villa at the end of the ceremony. The Lieutenant of the Grand Master will remain in office one year at the end of which a new Council Complete of State will be convened.

29/04/2017

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was this morning elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The electing body, the Council Complete of State, met in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats. The newly elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master will swear his Oath before the Pope’s Special Delegate to the Sovereign Order of Malta, Archbishop Angelo Becciu, and the members of the Council Complete of State tomorrow morning in the Church of Santa Maria in Aventino. Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto succeeds Fra’ Matthew Festing, 79th Grand Master, who resigned on 28 January 2017. Pope Francis has been informed by letter of the election result. All the Order of Malta’s Grand Priories, Subpriories and National Associations around the world have been informed, as well as the representatives of the 106 countries with which the Order maintains diplomatic relations.

28/04/2017

Letter from Pope Francis to Council Complete of State

The letter of Pope Francis to H.E. the Venerable Bailiff Fra' Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein, Grand Commander and Lieutenant ad interim, and to the Members of the Council Complete of State of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.

Grand Master news
27/04/2017

The Council Complete of State meets April 29

The Council Complete of State, the body responsible for electing the Grand Master or Lieutenant of the Grand Master

13/04/2017

The Malteser Relief Service in Ukraine holds annual Easter event

The Malteser Relief Service in Ukraine held its annual "Easter basket" event in order to provide festive Easter baskets to 450 residents in need, located in Lviv, Ukraine.

Diplomatic Activities
05/04/2017

Credentials presented by Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia

The Lieutenant ad interim of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann Von Rumerstein, received today the new Ambassadors of: Chile, H.E. Mariano FERNÁNDEZ AMUNÁTEGUI Uruguay, H.E. Francisco José OTTONELLI Bolivia, H.E. Julio César CABALLERO MORENO

Diplomatic Activities
04/04/2017

Libya at the Centre of Meeting with the International Organization for Migration

William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (OIM), was received today in the Magistral Palace by the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta, Albrecht Boeselager.

24/03/2017

The Order of Malta hosts a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Libya with Ambassadors and Representatives of International Agencies

The Order of Malta hosted a meeting to address the challenges of migration in Libya.

Diplomatic Activities
22/03/2017

Training for the Order of Malta’s Diplomats

In Vienna, recently appointed ambassadors refine their skills.