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Grand Master news
11/02/2025

Insignia of Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion conferred on Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost

The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ John Dunlap, has promoted today, February 11th, in the Magistral Chapel, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo to the dignity and rank of Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion.

03/02/2025

Grand Chancellor speaks at Summit on Children’s Rights in the Vatican

Today the international summit convened by Pope Francis to give voice to the rights of minors through eight comparison tables with Nobel laureates, world leaders, professors, writers, economists and religious personalities was held in the Apostolic Palace.

Grand Master news
27/01/2025

 Grand Master of Order of Malta in Auschwitz on Remembrance Day

On the International Day of Remembrance, the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra' John Dunlap, participated in the commemoration event held in Poland at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, along with numerous heads of state and world leaders.

Diplomatic Activities
24/01/2025

Grand Chancellor of Sovereign Order of Malta receives European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib

Today, at the Magistral Palace in Rome, the Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, received Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Cris Preparedness and Management and Equality.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
22/01/2025

President of the Republic of Malta visits Grand Master of Sovereign Order of Malta

The President of the Republic of Malta, Myriam Spiteri Debono, was received by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra' John Dunlap, at the Magistral Palace in Rome. The visit is the first since her election as president in April 2024.

22/01/2025

President Macron meets with the Order of Malta Lebanon Teams

During his visit to Beirut, President Emmanuel Macron expressed his wish to meet with youngsters and humanitarians. As he walked the streets of Gemmayze, he reunited with the Order of Malta Lebanon teams, whom he had first met during his 2020 visit following the Beirut explosion.

19/01/2025

The Sovereign Order of Malta welcomes Gaza ceasefire agreement

The Sovereign Order of Malta welcomes the Gaza ceasefire agreement which came into force earlier today, stressing that the end of the hostilities should be aimed first and foremost at improving the humanitarian situation of the people of Gaza and ensuring the full release of the hostages.

Latest interventions
16/01/2025

Order of Malta in Mayotte, hit by Cyclone Chido

Last December, the powerful cyclone Chido struck the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, destroying buildings and homes and causing deaths and injuries.

14/01/2025

Grand Commander Fra’ Emmanuel Rousseau in Andorra to inaugurate a photography exhibition on the Order of Malta

A photographic exhibition dedicated to the Sovereign Order of Malta was inaugurated yesterday in the Hotel Rosaleda in Encamp, Principality of Andorra in the presence of Mònica Bonell, Andorran Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Imma Tor, Andorran Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau, Grand Commander of the Order of Malta.