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Rhodes and of Malta

News

03/07/2008

Grand Master Inaugurates special exhibition at Fort St Angelo, Malta

The Grand Master, Fra’ Matthew Festing today inaugurated a special exhibition of antique Chinese ceramics at Fort St.Angelo in honour of the 78th Grand Master of the Order Fra’ Andrew…

01/07/2008

The Holy Family Hospital

The Palestinian population’s profound economic crisis – and the consequent closure of public hospitals – has meant that an increasing number of patients are being admitted free of charge to…

27/06/2008

Returning abandoned children to their families

In Sri Lanka, the Order of Malta’s Relief Corps is engaged in reuniting with their families the great number of children abandoned in institutions. There are 21,000 children living in…

25/06/2008

Feast of St. John: the Grand Master receives the Ambassadors

Yesterday in Rome, in the Order of Malta’s St. Mary of the Aventine church, H.M.E.H. the Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing attended Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Pio…

24/06/2008

Extensions to the Blessed Gérard Care Centre and Hospice

In Mandeni in the Ilembe district, South Africa, one of the poorest areas in the country, the Order of Malta’s Blessed Gérard Hospice has for years been helping the poor…

24/06/2008

The Vatican and the Order of Malta sign postal services convention

The agreement with which the Vatican City State recognises the full validity of stamps issued by the Order of Malta was signed in the Vatican today, 24 June. Cardinal Giovanni…

23/06/2008

The Grand Master received by his Holiness Benedict XVI in the Vatican

Fra’ Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, was received this morning by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican. The Order of Malta’s commitment in the…

23/06/2008

The Grand Master receives the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, has received today at the Magistral Palace the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary, Kinga Göncz.

22/06/2008

Setting up two new health centres

Malteser International has started renovations on a public health unit in the village of Tay Giang, central Vietnam. An ethnic minority lives in conditions of extreme poverty in this mountainous…