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Grand Master news
18/08/2025

The Order of Malta mourns the passing of Fra’ Jean-Louis Mainguy

The Grand Master Fra' John Dunlap joins the grief of the family and the Lebanese Association of the Order of Malta for the loss of Fra' Jean-Louis Mainguy, who returned to the house of the Father late in the evening of the 14th of August. At the funeral, celebrated on Monday 18 August, the Grand Master was represented by the President of the Association, Marwan Senhaoui.

18/08/2025

World Humanitarian Aid Day: Order of Malta serving the most vulnerable

Wars, climate disasters, famines, forced migrations: faced with an increasingly complex global scenario, humanitarian aid remains a lifeline for millions of people. On World Humanitarian Aid Day, the Order of Malta draws attention to the vital importance of a rapid, coordinated and humane response to the crises that continue to affect the most vulnerable populations.

Grand Master news
12/08/2025

40° International Summer Camp for Disabled Young People

Some 500 disabled young people are participating in the Order of Malta's 40° International Summer Camp, which this year is being held in the Netherlands from 10 to 17 August. Yesterday Grand Master Fra’ John T. Dunlap came to greet the participants in the Order’s historic initiative. In the coming days, Grand Hospitaller Josef D. Blotz will also pay a visit.

07/08/2025

At 83, he continues to care for the ‘invisible’ and will receive the Légion d’honneur

At 83, a retired doctor still devotes himself to those who no longer have anything, as he walks through the streets of Hauts-de-Seine (a department in the suburbs of Paris) and the French capital.

04/08/2025

Jubilee volunteer service continues

The extraordinary influx of pilgrims to Rome continues in the summer of 2025 for the Ordinary Jubilee, which sees volunteers from the Order of Malta providing assistance in St. Peter's Square and the papal basilicas.

Diplomatic Activities
01/08/2025

Palestine, the Order of Malta at the United Nations Conference in New York

The Sovereign Order of Malta “joins others in calling for a cessation of all acts of violence that breach international law and humanitarian principles” and “stands ready to offer its full support to reconstruction and development efforts across the Palestinian territories”.

Diplomatic Activities
28/07/2025

Aid to Gaza: donation agreement signed between Order of Malta and Czech Republic

An agreement that will make a concrete contribution to the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip was signed today between the Czech Republic and the Sovereign Order of Malta at the Magistral Palace in Rome.

Grand Master news
18/07/2025

The Orthodox-Catholic pilgrimage from USA stops at the Magistral Villa

Yesterday, with a moment of fraternity and dialogue, the Grand Master of the Order of Malta welcomed United States participants in the Orthodox-Catholic ecumenical pilgrimage "From Rome to New Rome", currently underway.

17/07/2025

Order of Malta deems the attacks against the Holy Family parish in Gaza unacceptable

The Sovereign Order of Malta deems the attacks carried out this morning against the Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza unacceptable.