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Grand Master talks to the Financial Times about the Order, its history and its works
Help for those in need everywhere, every day
Rapallo, 25 June 2016
In an informal interview, Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing describes his work and life for the Order. ‘It’s always about thanking people,’ he explains. The Order’s 13,500 members, 100,000 volunteers and over 25,000 medical and para medical personnel work with dedication and commitment all over the world.
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The mission of the Order of Malta is inspired by its tradition of ‘Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum', to assist the poor and the sick, and bear witness to the Christian faith.

The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law. The Order - which is based in Rome, in via Condotti - has its own Government, an independent magistracy, and bilateral diplomatic relations with 110 countries.

The Order of St John of Jerusalem is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation. Present in Palestine in around 1048, it is a lay religious Order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature.