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
02/09/2026
The Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See is hosting the Munich Security Conference’s Roundtable on Defense.
The Embassy of the Order of Malta to the Holy See hosts the Munich Security Conference Round Table on Defense, with which the Order itself has maintained a fruitful working relationship for years. After Germany, France and the United Kingdom, Casa Litta-Palazzo Orsini hosts the Italian leg of the Plenary Sessions on the theme of European Defence organized by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) with the collaboration of the IAI.
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.
International news
26/09/2026
Order of Malta expands its diplomatic network: relations with 118 countries
Five days of high-level meetings, with the conclusion of agreements and the extension of the Order of Malta’s diplomatic network, marked the mission of the Order’s Grand Chancellor in New…
24/09/2026
Grand Chancellor’s intense diplomatic agenda at the United Nations
The Order of Malta, with Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, participated with a packed agenda of meetings and bilateral agreements in the opening week of the 81st session of…
18/09/2026
Grand Master awards Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi to Polish Ambassador
The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ John T. Dunlap, received Adam Mariusz Kwiatkowski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Sovereign Military Order of…
