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

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Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/02/2016

El Salvador and the Sovereign Order of Malta consolidate a 65-year-old relationship

The President of the Republic of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, receiving Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing in the presidential palace on 15 February, confirmed his government’s intention to continue to strengthen its bonds of friendship and cooperation with the Sovereign Order of Malta, with whom bilateral relations date back to 1951.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
17/02/2016

The Grand Master at the Central American Integration System (SICA)

In the Central American Integration System (SICA) headquarters on 15 February last, Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, met the Secretary General, Dr Victoria Marina Velasquez de Aviles.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
14/02/2016

Grand Master’s Central America State visits

Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, has arrived yesterday in El Salvador, together with his Delegation, on his first visit to Central America.

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
12/01/2016

Speech of H.M.E.H. the Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta

The Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing received today the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year. The audience took place at the Magistral Villa in Rome.

Grand Master news
22/12/2015

Grand Master’s Christmas message to Members, Volunteers and friends of the Order of Malta

The Order of Malta has been in the front line to help these desperate people, providing medical and psychosocial care at refugee camps,

Diplomatic Activities
Grand Master news
11/12/2015

Felipe VI receives Fra’ Matthew Festing in Madrid

The King of Spain, Felipe VI received the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, during his official visit to Spain.

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Latest interventions
11/12/2015

The Grand Master inaugurates a new soup kitchen in Madrid

Fra’ Matthew Festing inaugurated the new welfare initiative of the Order of Malta’s Spanish Association on 10 December, during his official visit to Spain.

Grand Master news
07/12/2015

Jubilee Opening: 2,500 Order of Malta volunteers on site

There will be almost 2,500 volunteers of the Sovereign Order of Malta active in Rome during the 12 months of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy which will open tomorrow, 8 December.

Grand Master news
09/11/2015

First visit of a Grand Master to the Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta Fra’ Matthew Festing visited Taiwan, where on 5 November he was received by the President of the Republic Ma Ying-jeou on the eve of his historic meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.