The Sovereign Order of Malta is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation.
According to the Constitution, as the religious Superior and Sovereign, he must fully dedicate himself to the development of the works of the Order and to set an example of living by Christian principles, to all the members of the Order of Malta.
The Order of Malta is permanently present with medical, social and humanitarian projects in most countries in the world.
The Sovereign Order of Malta’s diplomatic relations facilitate its medical and humanitarian activities.
The birth of the Order of St. John dates back to around 1048. It was under the leadership of Blessed Fra’ Gerard, founder and first Master, that the religious community became a lay religious order.
A group of volunteers arrived last Sunday in the Carabinieri base of Butmirdei on a special mission: to greet the children from the Kinderdorf and Egipat orphanages and the Italian community in the village of Stiyordi, Prnjavor.
The Order of Malta’s Italian ambulance corps (city of Macerata group) left from Civitanova Marche with two trucks full of gifts. They crossed the Adriatic to give a more joyful Christmas to the 300 children in the Sarajevo orphanages and to those of the Italian village.
The President of the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, has been received today at the Magistral Palace by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra' John Dunlap.
His Beatitude, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem entered today Gaza and reached the parish of the Holy Family for a pastoral visit.
In the aftermath of the attack on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Order of Malta addressed the following message:
