Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

News

12/11/2009

Stop the massacre of civilians’: the Order’s heartfelt appeal to the UN security council

The international community has to ensure the safety of civilians in armed conflict and the respect of the fundamental principles of international human rights, which are first of all ‘precepts…

08/11/2009

Kenya: drought threatens millions of people

About 20 million people in the Horn of Africa are meanwhile dependent on food aid as a severe drought spread over the region. In Kenya, around one third of the…

07/11/2009

The Grand Master in Lebanon

In the first, historic visit of a Grand Master to Lebanon, Fra’ Matthew Festing was received by the Head of State, met all the leaders of the different religious groups…

06/11/2009

The Grand Master received by Italian Senate Speaker Schifani

The visit of the Order of Malta’s Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing to the speaker of the Italian Senate Renato Schifani, culminating with a lunch in Palazzo Giustiniani, took place…

01/11/2009

The Grand Master and the Order in pilgrimage to Loreto

Over 1700 pilgrims – knights and dames, doctors, volunteers and the sick -participated from 23 to 25 October last in the Order of Malta’s annual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of…

30/10/2009

Malteser International at work in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines

The Order of Malta’s International Corps is currently engaged in emergency and humanitarian first-aid actions on three fronts – in Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra hit by a devastating…

16/10/2009

Rome, Volunteers in the Railway Stations

They meet up twice a week in groups of 15 in the evening after work, between 20.30 and 23, to bring some 160 hot meals to the homeless sleeping around…

15/10/2009

The Grand Master receives Prince Albert of Monaco

The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, received Prince Albert of Monaco on an official visit in the Magistral Villa in Rome. Their talks…

08/10/2009

Food Distribution and Dressmakers’ Programmes Underway while Dormitories are Renovated

The Order of Malta’s embassy in Namibia has launched a food programme in the city of Rundu (Kavango region): a run-down canteen has been taken over and 350 meals a…