Hospitaller Region - Des Moines, IA

The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ambassador William Lacy Swing, was received this morning by the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra 'Giacomo Dalla Torre, accompanied by the Grand Chancellor, Albrecht Boeselager.

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The challenges facing the Mediterranean regions, such as migration flows and political instabilities, but also the great opportunities for cultural exchanges and interreligious dialogue. These are some of the themes that animated the six days of the 10th Festival of Journalists of the Mediterranean, which was held in Puglia from 10 to 16 September.

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An extensive, cordial meeting between Grand Chancellor Albrecht Boeselager and the Foreign Minister of Montenegro, Srdjan Darmanović, accompanied by Ambassador Miodrag Vlahović, took place at the Magistral Villa last Thursday.

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In an epoch marked by an unprecedented migration crisis, “during difficult times, in which emotions often prevail over rationality, it is always best to keep to the facts”.

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On 8th September, the members of the Grand Priory of Rome met in Assisi for their annual pilgrimage to the Patriarchal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels.

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“Each of us has a responsibility for others and for the future of our planet. In the same way, the economy must serve men and women and not exploit or rob them of their resources”. With this explicit reference to humankind’s responsibilities, Pope Francis urged a delegation of 100 German entrepreneurs to take care of the future of the earth

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Malteser International teams are still on the ground in Bangladesh
Rajuma is only 30 years old, but has endured the most unimaginable horrors. The ethnic Rohingya woman from Myanmar was a survivor of a brutal massacre that occurred in her village, Tula Toli on August 30, 2017.

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“Be courageous, we have to be brave to welcome those who suffer and those who are strangers to us”. With these encouraging words, the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto addressed the participants of the Order of Malta’s 35th International Summer Camp for young disabled, on 15 August.

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Braving the August heat, the young people who participated en masse in the prayer vigil in Circus Maximus with Pope Francis poured into St. Peter’s Square the next day, Sunday 12th August.

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