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

Diplomatic Activities

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
22/06/2006

The Grand Master receives the Ambassador of Belgium

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' Andrew Bertie, received the Ambassador of Belgium to the Holy See, H.E. Benoît Cardon de Lichtbuer

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/06/2006

The Grand Master receives the President of Costa Rica

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' Andrew Bertie, received the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez, on 16 June

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/05/2006

The Grand Master receives the Prime Minister of Poland

On 17 May the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' Andrew Bertie, received at the Magistral Palace the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.

Diplomatic Activities
12/05/2006

Fra’ Filippo Ferretti Grand Prior of Rome

The recently held Chapter of the Grand Priory of Rome has elected Comm. Fra' Filippo Ferretti di Castelferretto to the position of Grand Prior for the period 2006 – 2012.

Diplomatic Activities
04/05/2006

Signature of cooperation agreement with the organization of american states

Joint initiatives to combat poverty and hunger. Welfare and health initiatives. The promotion of international humanitarian law. These are the main items of the cooperation agreement signed the other day in Washington between the Order of Malta and the Organization of American States (OAS).

Diplomatic Activities
18/04/2006

The Monastery of Saint Ursula in Valletta-Malta

The launch of the Italian edition of the book “The Hierosolymite Sisters, the Church and the Monastery of Saint Ursula in Valletta-Malta” by Padre Giorgio Aquilina O.F.M., former Rector of the National Archives of the Republic of Malta took place in the presence of Grand Master Frà Andrew Bertie and numerous ambassadors accredited to the Order.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
04/04/2006

Official visit of the President of the Italian Republic

In a world lacerated by conflicts, the medical and humanitarian actions of the Order of Malta, an institution which remains "in the hearts of all Italians" , are a valid reference point and a call to responsibility for the entire international community, declared the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, on an official visit to the Order's Magistral Palace this morning.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
30/03/2006

The Grand Master receives the Ambassador Francis Rooney

On 30 March the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra' Andrew Bertie, received the Ambassador of United States of America to the Holy See, Francis Rooney.