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‘He promoted the Order’s work in areas most affected.. including the spreading of COVID-19’

President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella

Rome, 1 May 2020

The Grand Magistry – flags at half mast

The President of the Republic of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, sends his condolences to the Order of Malta::
‘IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I LEARNED OF THE PASSING OF HIS MOST EMINENT HIGHNESS FRA’ GIACOMO DALLA TORRE DEL TEMPIO DI SANGUINETTO, 80TH PRINCE AND GRAND MASTER OF THE SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA.
FAITHFUL WITNESS TO THE EVANGELICAL COUNSELS OF CHARITY AND TO TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE MOST IN NEED, FRA’ GIACOMO DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO SERVING THE ORDER OF MALTA. AS LIEUTENANT AND THEN AS GRAND MASTER HE REPRESENTED ITS HIGHEST IDEALS PROMOTING WITH GENUINE ZEAL THE ORDER’S WORK IN ALL THOSE AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY POVERTY, BY CONFLICTS AND BY MIGRATIONS.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE DRAMATIC AND RECENT SPREADING OF COVID-19, UNDER HIS WISE GUIDANCE THE ORDER WAS ABLE TO ACT WITH EXTRAORDINARY GENEROSITY TO RAPIDLY AND CONCRETELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL.
WITH THESE SENTIMENTS OF DEEPEST APPRECIATION, I OFFER YOU AND TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA THE MOST SINCERE AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE AND MY PERSONAL CONDOLENCE.’