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Diplomatic Activities
08/02/2018

Delegation coordinated by Konrad Adenauer Foundation received to discuss migrations

The Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Stefano Ronca, received an international group of migrations experts today in the Magistral Villa for a meeting in which the Order of Malta illustrated its main humanitarian activities worldwide.

07/02/2018

Rome: Fra’ Andrew Bertie commemorated on the tenth anniversary of his death

Fra’ Andrew Bertie, 78th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, died in Rome on 7th February 2008.

Diplomatic Activities
29/01/2018

The Grand Hospitaller in Prague invited by the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic

“Humanitarian action, international relations and humanitarian diplomacy: the special contribution of the Sovereign Order of Malta”, was the title of the lecture given by Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, during the conference organised by the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic on 25th January.

Latest interventions
24/01/2018

World Leprosy Day: French volunteers take to the streets. 650,000 euro raised in 2017

Every two minutes a new case of leprosy is diagnosed in some part of the world. Contrary to common belief, Hansen’s Disease – the bacterial infection generally called leprosy – is present in 140 countries and continues to infect people, especially in some areas such as Asia and Africa, where half the world’s cases are recorded.

Diplomatic Activities
09/01/2018

Speech of the Lieutenant of the Grand Master to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta

The Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto received today the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year.

02/01/2018

Holy Family Hospital: over 75,000 babies born since 1990

The hospital, situated a few metres from the Church of the Nativity, has the only neonatal intensive care unit in the entire West Bank.

01/01/2018

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre writes to the Pope on World Day of Peace

Prompted by Pope Francis’ message for the 51st World Day of Peace celebrated on January 1st, the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, wrote to His Holiness.

Latest interventions
28/12/2017

Health crisis looms on Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

Malteser International and the Order’s delegation joint efforts