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Ambassadors of the Order in private audience with the Holy Father

H.E. Anton Hafner took part in the private audience that concluded the Ambassadors' conference
Ambassadors of the Order in private audience with the Holy Father
01/02/2024

Rome, 25-27 January. The conference of Ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was held in the Magistral Villa, attended by some 100 Ambassadors of the Order as well as a number of presidents of Associations. (See below, a photo of HE Dr Heinz Anton Hafner with the Grand Master, HMEH John Dunlap, and Mr. Kristóf Szabadhegy, president of the Hungarian Association).

On the last day of the conference, the Grand Master, the members of the Sovereign Council and the Order’s ambassadors present in Rome were received in a private audience by His Holiness Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.

The Order’s Ambassador to Hungary, Dr Heinz Anton Hafner, and his wife Monika Hafner also took part in the audience and had the opportunity to greet His Holiness.