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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.
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.
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.
Ambassador Zanardi Landi had a courtesy visit today with SER Mons. Luis Marín de San Martín, who was recently named Almoner to His Holiness.
Ambassador Zanardi Landi received a courtesy visit from the Ambassador of Mozambique to the Holy See, H.E. Raul Domingos.
The Ambassador to the Holy See, together with the Ecclesiastical Advisor, accompanied 270 members of CISOM - the Italian Relief Corps of the Order of Malta, to the Wednesday morning General Audience that the Holy Father holds in St. Peter's Square.
The Ambassador of the Order of Malta hosted a group of nearly seventy students from various countries around the world enrolled in LUMSA's Master's program in "International Relations " and “Public Speaking”, led by TG1 Vatican correspondent and LUMSA professor Dr. Ignazio Ingrao.
The Grand Master of the S. M.Order of Malta, HMHE Fra’ John Dunlap, bestowed this morning the Medals of Honours of Merito Melitense to the Commander of the Swiss Guard, Col. Christoph Graf, and the Commander and Deputy Commander of the Vatican Gendarmerie, respectively Mr. Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti and Mr. Davide Giulietti.
Ambassador Zanardi Landi took part, as a member of the Delegation of H.E. the Grand Chancellor, at the 62° edition of the Munich Security Conference, which brought together heads of state and government, ministers, and senior institutional representatives of the international community to take stock of the main challenges in foreign policy and security.