Order of Malta
Ancient Knights of Malta get their 1st non-aristocratic head
By Nicole Winfield — May 5, 2023
ROME (AP) — John Dunlap was born in Ottawa and practices law in New York. He found his vocation to the Knights in the 1980s while volunteering with AIDS patients at the Cardinal Cooke Medical Center in Harlem, where he has continued to volunteer.
After proving that a red hat isn’t forever, Pope Francis names new cardinals for new church
By Claire Giangravé — November 30, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once a cushy reward, the position of cardinal under Francis comes with expectations of being less a ‘prince of the church’ than an exemplar of transparency.
Ancient Order of Malta faces era of change as interim leader is elected
By Josephine McKenna — April 29, 2017
ROME (RNS) The election of an Italian knight was seen as a victory for Pope Francis, who had ousted the previous leader after an internal clash that pitted hard-liners against reformers.
Pope Francis meets knights of ancient order in new drama before contested election
By Josephine McKenna — April 27, 2017
ROME (RNS) Meanwhile the ousted head of the Order of Malta defied Vatican orders and returned to Rome to help elect his successor in a soap opera that has become a proxy battle between church conservatives and reformers.
Cardinal Reinhard Marx: Support for the pope is ‘substantial’
By Josephine McKenna — February 15, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Marx acknowledged there were 'tensions' within the church but stressed differences of opinion always existed.
Knights of Malta head resigns on Pope Francis’ orders after dispute with Vatican
By David Gibson — January 24, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Grand Master Matthew Festing had been locked in a bitter dispute with the Vatican over the firing of another leader of the ancient chivalric order.
Vatican orders Knights of Malta to cooperate with papal inquiry
By David Gibson — January 17, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) This is the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter battle between the Vatican and the global charity, which has defied Pope Francis and tried to discredit the probe.
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