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What are cookies?

A “cookie” is a small text file that’s stored on your computer, tablet or phone when you visit a website. Cookies are not computer programs and they cannot spread viruses. They cannot access other information stored on your computer.

Some cookies are deleted when you close down your browser. These are known as session cookies. Others remain on your device until they expire or you delete them from your cache. These are known as persistent cookies and enable us to remember things about you as a returning visitor.

We  recommend that you accept cookies from our website as it helps us to identify future improvements to services based on tracked visitor behaviour.

Use of cookies by The Order of Malta

The table below explains the cookies we use and why. 

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies are used so that we can get visitor information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.Privacy policy of Google Analytics

Third Party Websites

The Order of Malta is not responsible for the contents or reliability of any 3rd party websites linked from this site and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them.  Listing should not be taken as endorsement of any kind.  We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.

About

Mission

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.

Government

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.

FAQ

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.