Tensions over clericalism, sovereignty swirl amid Knights of Malta overhaul
Founded in the 11th century during the Crusades, the “Sovereign Military Order of Malta” long has been a sort of hybrid entity within the Catholic Church.
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by bcadmin | Sep 5, 2022 | Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Knights of Malta, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Founded in the 11th century during the Crusades, the “Sovereign Military Order of Malta” long has been a sort of hybrid entity within the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 31, 2022 | Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Catholic News Service, Knights of Malta, News, Order of Malta, Vatican | 0 |
A week after expressing concern in a private letter about the Vatican’s reform of the Knights of Malta, the order’s grand chancellor said he is confident the process is now on the right path.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 19, 2022 | Albrecht von Boeselager, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Associated Press, News, Order of Malta, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
A top leader of the Knights of Malta warned the group’s members on Wednesday that the Holy See’s latest proposals to reform the order threaten its internationally recognized status as a sovereign state.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Albrecht von Boeselager, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Condoms, Fra' Matthew Festing, Knights of Malta, lead, News, News Analysis | 0 |
Friday brought the funeral of Fra Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, the first Grand Master to be laid to rest at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valetta in 246 years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 27, 2020 | Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Holy See diplomacy, News, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
Italian-born Cardinal-designate Silvano Tomasi describes himself as “one of those 40 million Americans who were born outside the United States, but at the same time are part of the makeup of the country.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 7, 2020 | Albrecht von Boeselager, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Church in Europe, lead, News, Order of Malta, Reform | 0 |
This weekend the Order of Malta will elect a new leader as they continue to carry forward the reform of their constitutions and interact with a new pontifical delegate.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Knights of Malta, News, Order of Malta, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
After the surprise resignation of Cardinal Angelo Becciu in October, Pope Francis named Cardinal-designate Silvano Tomasi as his special delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 31, 2020 | Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic University of America, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Holy See diplomacy, News, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
The Holy See is working through nongovernmental channels to bring U.S. and Russian negotiators together to discuss new reductions in the countries’ nuclear weapons arsenals, an official with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Integral Human Development said during a visit to The Catholic University of America.
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