ORDER OF MALTA EMBASSY TO SLOVENIA

Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap receives delegation of bishops headed by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Audience with Holy Father opens final day of Order of Malta’s Ambassadors Conference
Focus on artificial intelligence and humanitarian diplomacy on day two of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Ambassadors Conference
Conference of Sovereign Military Order of Malta Ambassadors
Order of Malta’s Flag in International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 3
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J. Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta
New Year’s Address to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Order of Malta
Credentials presented by Slovenia
Order of Malta’s Meryem Centre for children with disabilities in Morocco
Fra’ John Dunlap writes to Pope Francis for 57th World Peace Day

POPE BENEDICT ADDRESSES THE MEMBERS OF THE ORDER: ‘YOUR VALUABLE WORK IS A LIVING TESTIMONY TO THE GOSPEL’

Rome, 09/02/2013
The culminating moment at the end of the solemn Mass in St.Peter’s Basilica, celebrated by the Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone for the 900th anniversary since the granting of the Bull by Pope Paschal II (15 February 2013), was the address by Pope Benedict XVI to the packed congregation. Over 4500 members and volunteers of the Order from all over the world joined in celebration, led by the Grand Master, Fra’ Matthew Festing. Also present were the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, representing the President of the Republic of Italy, together with the heads of state of the Principality of Monaco, Morocco and Jordan, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Michel Bernier, and many civic authorities, 170 ambassadors and diplomatic representatives, and a delegation from the Order of St. John.