Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta's Fra' Marco Luzzago on June 25, 2021. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Jun 9, 2022 / 04:26 am (CNA).In a condolence message on Wednesday, Pope Francis praised the "luminous Christian witness" of Order of Malta leader Fra Marco Luzzago.Luzzago, who had overseen the 1,000-year-old institution since 2020, died on June 7 after a sudden illness.The pope offered his condolences in a telegram to Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, the pope s special delegate to the Order of Malta.The telegram said: "Spiritually sharing in the grief at the sudden passing of His Excellency Fra Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Grand Master, I wish to offer my condolences to his family and to the entire order and, in remembering his commitment generously lavished in the performance of his high office in the service of this institution, as well as his love for the Church and luminous Christian witness, I invoke eternal peace for him and from my heart im
Estonian ambassador to the Order of Malta presented his credentials
21. January 2021 - 12:50
On Wednesday 20 January, Paul Teesalu, Estonia’s first ambassador to the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta or the Order of Malta, presented his credentials to Fra´ Marco Luzzago, the Lieutenant of the Grand Master. Ambassador Teesalu resides in Rome.
The presentation ceremony was also attended by Grand Commander H.E. Fra’ Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas-Boas, Grand Chancellor Albrecht von Boeselager and Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Stefano Ronca. Discussions following the ceremony touched upon advancing bilateral relations.