Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Latest Embassy News
17/06/2026
Young adults with disabilities from the “GIOIA Project” meet the Holy Father at the General Audience
The group of young adults with disabilities participating at the GIOIA Project, started and supported by the Embassy of the Order to the Holy See, using four apartments generously granted by the Grand Priory of Rome, took part in the Wednesday morning Papal General Audience in St. Peter's Square. The young people were accompanied by their parents, the President of the Social Cooperative Diversa Arte, Dr. Rosa Maria Bianco, and Ambassador Zanardi Landi and his Consort.
10/06/2026
“DE EUROPA” by Piccolomini inspires a School Project by a High School in Teramo.
At the end of the 2025-2026 school year, students and teachers of the "Delfico" Classical High School in Teramo have developed a work based on the book "De Europa" by Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who became Pope with the name of Pius II. First translated into Italian from Latin at the initiative of Ambassador Zanardi Landi, the work was published with a preface by HMEH the Grand Master and presented in 2024 at the Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See. ettanto grandi incognite sul futuro dell’Europa che, come ai tempi di Pio II, ricerca oggi una sua rinnovata identità politica e culturale.
06/05/2026
Oath Ceremony of the new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guards
In the presence of His Holiness, the historic and beautiful oath Ceremony of the new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guards took place in the Paul VI Hall, Vatican City.
International news
23/06/2026
RESCRIPTUM EX AUDIENTIA SANCTISSIMI
On 23 June 2026, the Constitutional Charter and the Melitense Code of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta were published on…
22/06/2026
Blessing of Order of Malta Clinic in Gaza City
On Monday 22nd June, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem blessed the Order of Malta’s clinic in Gaza City, in the presence of His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch…
19/06/2026
Peru’s Foreign Minister visits the Order of Malta
Today, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s Grand Chancellor, Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, received the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Peru, Carlos José Pareja Ríos, in the Magistral Palace….