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During his recent trip to Rome, His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House and Grand Master, on October 28th welcomed Admiral Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto at the office of the Chancellery in Rome. During the meeting, Admiral Berutti Bergotto was given his diploma of Commander of Merit. H.E. the Grand Chancellor Prince Francesco Ruspoli, the Delegate for Rome, H.H. Prince Don Lelio Niccolò Orsini d’Aragona and the Secretary General of the Order Giampaolo Grazian attended.

The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George holds the status of non-governmental organization in Special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

At its resumed session, held from January 20 to January 29 2020, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations decided to recommend to ECOSOC to take note of the Order’s Quadrennial Report for the years 2015-2018.

At its substantive session held on 18 June 2020, ECOSOC decided to take note of the Report (Document E/2020/32 (Part I)), assuring the Order’s continued participation at the United Nations.

During his recent trip to Rome, His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House and Grand Master, was received on Thursday, October 29th by His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Vicar General of His Holiness for the Vatican City and for the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican.

On the same date, the Duke of Castro received His Eminence Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, at the Chancellery of the Order, accompanied by the Vice Delegate of Lombardy Giuseppe Rizzani. During the meeting, His Eminence Cardinal Coccopalmerio, who was already an Ecclesiastical Knight of Grand Cross since 2007, was given his diploma of Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice.

On Monday, October 26th and Tuesday, October 27th, 2020, His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House and Grand Master, was received respectively by His Eminence Cardinal Peter Turkson, Archbishop Emeritus from Cape Coast (Ghana) and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development and by His Eminence Cardinal James Michael Harvey, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul. During the meetings, held at the headquarters of the Dicastery and the Administrative Offices of the Basilica of Saint Paul, several topics were analysed, with special reference to the Order’s charitable activities. The Grand Master was accompanied by the Secretary General, Mr. Giampaolo Grazian.

Dear Knights and Dames,

His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior, has asked me to present the following document he wrote on the occasion of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The Grand Prior wishes that from now on this message, which is addressed to all the Priors, Chaplains, Knights and Dames of the Constantinian Order, in its articulation and its structuring, be considered as programmatic for the ongoing year until the next feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
It will therefore be the text that will inspire reflections and insights as well as pastoral charitable activity which, notes Cardinal Martino: “it is a sign of maturity and a full awareness of the authentic charism of the Constantinian Order, as emphasized by the example offered to all by the charitable activities of Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Master”.
Msgr. Arnaldo Morandi

Click HERE to read the message.