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THE POPE RECEIVES THE GRAND MASTER IN THE VATICAN

Rome, 25 June 2009 The Order of Malta’s Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing had a long private conversation with Pope Benedict XVI, who received him this morning in the Vatican the day after the feast of the Order’s patron saint John the Baptist on 24 June.
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ABRUZZO: THE GRAND MASTER RETURNS TO THE QUAKE VICTIMS

Rome, 23 June 2009 The Order’s Italian Ambulance Corps is assisting 600 displaced people in two tent camps
On 20 June last, the Order of Malta’s Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing, in his second visit after that of 23 April, spent another day with the homeless victims in the two tent camps of S. Felice d’Ocre and Poggio di Roio set up by the Order’s Italian Ambulance Corps (CISOM) near l’Aquila. After meeting the Civil Defence Chief Guido Bertolaso at the Coordination Centre, he visited some damaged churches in the historic centre of l’Aquila accompanied by the Head of the Department of Fire and Rescue Services Francesco Paolo Tronca.
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THE ORDER OF MALTA CHAPTER GENERAL

Rome, 8 June 2009 The Chapter General of the Sovereign Order of Malta, called every five years, took place in Rome today, under the chairmanship of His Highness Fra’ Matthew Festing, 79th Grand Master of the Order. Sixty representatives were present: the members of the Government, the Grand Priors, the Regent of Sub-priories, and the elected presidents of the 47 National Associations of the Order established around the world.
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