Press Releases

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  08/11/2020

  FRA’ MARCO LUZZAGO ELECTED LIEUTENANT OF GRAND MASTER OF SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA  

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	08//11/2020

  Rome, 8 November 2020 – Fra’ Marco Luzzago has been elected with a large majority Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The Council Complete of State, the electoral body, met on 7 and 8 November in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats.  All phases of the election were […]

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  04/09/2020

  Order of Malta celebrated its founder Fra’ Gerard 900 years after his death

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	04/09/2020

  Lieutenant ad interim Villas Boas, Cardinal Becciu and Health Minister Speranza present at the celebrations in Scala Rome, 4 September 2020 – The celebrations to commemorate the founder of the Sovereign Order of Malta 900 years after his death was held in Scala, in the province of Salerno, and worldwide on 3 September. Many historians […]

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  05/05/2020

  Funeral of H.M.E.H the Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	05/05/2020

  Cardinal Becciu: “Example for the Order’s professed and members worldwide” Rome, 5 May 2020 – Today the funeral was celebrated of the Prince and 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, who passed away on 29th April in Rome after an incurable disease. In compliance […]

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  29/04/2020

  Grand Magistry Announces Death of H.M.E.H. Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	29/04/2020

  Rome, 29 April 2020 – With profound regret the Grand Magistry announces the death of His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and 80th Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, which took place in Rome a few minutes after midnight on 29th April, following an incurable disease diagnosed a few months ago. […]

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  17/04/2020

  Order of Malta launches “Doctor to Doctor” project bringing together experts to share best practices in the fight against Covid 19 in Middle East regions

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	17/04/2020

  Rome 17 April 2020 – How is the pandemic Covid 19 impacting in conflict areas in some Middle Eastern countries where access to medical care and distribution of sanitary items is scarce? How is Palestine responding to a possible increase in the number of cases detected, and how can the health system prepare to sharpen […]

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  04/04/2020

  The Order of Malta stretching its projects worldwide to fight Covid-19

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	04/04/2020

  Rome 4 April 2020 – The Covid-19 pandemic is deeply affecting the work of the Order of Malta: its Grand Priories, Associations and relief corps spread across the world offering sociomedical care have had to adjust to this unprecedented, global health crisis. Staff are being trained in order to continue ensuring aid assistance in safety. […]

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  30/03/2020

  Order of Malta raises attention on implications of Covid-19 in conflict-zones

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	30/03/2020

  Rome 30 March 2020 – Present in many conflict areas, from the Middle East to Sub-Saharan Africa, the Order of Malta calls for a joint response to the spreading of Covid-19 in regions where medical systems are already unable to cope even with their present demands. As the Grand Hospitaller Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel explains: […]

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  24/03/2020

  COVID-19: Order of Malta Activities Worldwide

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	24/03/2020

  Rome, 24 March 2020 – With its centuries-old hospitaller tradition, the Sovereign Order of Malta is actively participating in the management of the Covid-19 pandemic, both through forms of cooperation with national health services and civil protection corps and with health and social assistance centres. Below are some of the initiatives of associations and relief […]

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  19/03/2020

  War in Syria: The Order of Malta calls for more awareness and support for the local population

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/03/2020

  Rome 18 March 2020 – As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, Malteser International –the Order of Malta’s international relief agency – is calling for a change in perspective. “Nine years of brutal conflict have cost hundreds of thousands of human lives. The crisis has spilled over to other countries and left the […]

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