Vatican City, Nov 3, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Vatican announced this morning, that His Most Eminent Highness Fra' Andrew Bertie, prince and grand master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta will be this year’s recipient of the Path to Peace Foundation’s annual award for service and leadership in the international community.
Fra’ Bertie will receive the award in New York on November 9th.
A communique released today explains that the grand master is being awarded the prize "in recognition of his exemplary charitable works."
Fra' Andrew Bertie was elected in 1988 as the 78th prince and grand master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.