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Ambassador Pietro Mortini introduces the Rehoboth Foundation

The Ambassador illustrated the Order of Malta's Relief Corps
Ambassador Pietro Mortini introduces the Rehoboth Foundation
22/01/2025

On 21 January, at the headquarters of the Rehobot Foundation, a meeting was held between the President of the Rehobot Foundation and the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta accredited to Croatia.

The ambassador, knight prof. Pietro Mortini, Head of the Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery Unit of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, accompanied by the Minister Councilor, dr. Aldo di Biagio and the Embassy Counsellor, knight Dr. Massimiliano Prati, presented the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes of Malta, established in the eleventh century and recognized in 1113 by Pope Paschal II as a lay religious order. The Ambassador described the mission of Relief Corps by illustrating the areas of action at the service of the Croatian Church and the whole society.

The founding president, Sister Antonietta Maria Petrosino, in turn, spoke of the origins of the Rehobot Foundation which operates in Croatia and in the other Balkan states and illustrated its activities.During the pleasant and constructive meeting, the common interest emerged in serving the less well-off social groups and in supporting educational and training projects, common goods of society. Some fields of collaboration have been identified: cultural meetings on current issues; training meetings for volunteers; a shelter for children without families who leave the prison for minors in Turopolje (Croatia) and more.

The meeting ended with the shared hope of a fruitful collaboration.