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
03/12/2025
New website Gioia Project
The website address of the GIOIA Project is now online: https://www.progettogioia.com/
16/11/2025
Jubilee of the Poor.
On Sunday, 16 November, after the Holy Mass for the World Day of the Poor, the Holy Father met with 1,440 pilgrims from the French association “Fratello,” which brought to Rome, for the Jubilee Year, numerous faithful belonging to the most vulnerable groups of society.
14/10/2025
Pope Leo XIV on an official visit to the Quirinale Palace. Ambassador Zanardi Landi invited to comment live.
Ambassador Antonio Zanardi Landi was asked to comment, from within the halls of the Quirinale Palace, on the historic visit of the Holy Father to President Mattarella on October 14, 2025.
07/10/2025
Much appreciated visit.
H.E. the Receiver of the Common Treasure, Fra’ Francis Vassallo, visited the Youth Center for persons with disabilities that hosts the G.I.O.I.A. Project, launched by the Embassy to the Holy See with the support of the Grand Priory of Rome and numerous benefactor friends.
21/04/2025
To Members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta To Employees and Volunteers
Dear Brothers and Sisters. With deep sadness I join His Eminence the Cardinal Camerlengo, who will be at the helm of the barque of St. Peter until the election of the new Pontiff, in announcing the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, who the Lord has called to himself after long years of tireless service to the Church and to all humanity. His witness of faith, his dedication to the weakest, his unceasing appeal for mercy and peace have profoundly marked our era and will continue to illuminate the path of the Church.
06/04/2025
“The two wheelchairs met”, unexpected meeting between Pope Francis and Sister Francesca
A wonderful and unexpected meeting between a 95-year-old cloistered Sister and the Holy Father took place on Sunday, 6 April, in San Pietro. Francesca Battiloro, Sister of the Order of the Visitation of Santa Maria (the "Visitandine") who entered the convent at the age of 7 years thanks to a special dispensation and then take vows at 17, had expressed the desire to be able to cross the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica, arriving on pilgrimage from Naples, the city where she lives, to Rome.
05/04/2025
Concert dedicated to the patients and medical staff
Saturday 5 April, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers, the Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See and the Embassy of France to the Holy See, in collaboration with the Pieux Établissements de France à Rome et Lorette, and with the Presidency of the Hospital, have organized a Concert of the Cappella Ludovicea, addressed to hospitalized patients and their families and to Health Workers, in the marquee made available for the occasion by the Hospital.
05/03/2025
Project G.I.O.I.A.
The "Project G.I.O.I.A.," ( JOY in English and acronym for YOUTH COMMITMENT EMPLOYMENT INCLUSION HOSPITALITY ) promoted and overseen by the Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See, aims to foster independence and vocational training for young people with disabilities.
26/02/2025
Meeting of AnimAzione and Rinnovamento nello Spirito, a proposal for a choral and plural commitment
The Magistral Villa of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, on the Aventine, hosted a meeting organised in cooperation between the Order of Malta and the Movement "Rinnovamento nello Spirito", together with the "AnimAzione" Association.