Pope Decapitates Knights of Malta

Church Militant ^ | 9/4/22 | William Mahoney

[marshmallow]

Heavy-handed reform accelerates

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is revoking the four high offices of the Knights of Malta and instituting a provisional government, effective immediately.

The pontiff's latest decree, published on Saturday, comes as the latest installment of what many knights view as papal encroachment upon the sovereign order (formally known as the "Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta").

The papal decree approved the order's new constitutional charter and regulations, and dictated the following three major changes:

1. Revocation of the high offices

2. Dissolution of the current Sovereign Council, and

3. Constitution of a provisional Sovereign Council

The pope named four men to fulfill the duties of the revoked high offices and added an additional nine to the provisional Sovereign Council.

Francis wrapped up his decree by calling for a convocation of the Extraordinary General Chapter on Jan. 25, 2023, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. His special delegate and the lieutenant of the grand master, in tandem with the provisional Sovereign Council, will take care of preparations for that meeting.

In 2015, the pope launched an investigation into the Knights of Malta when a scandal surfaced. The grand chancellor was allegedly involved in the distribution of condoms. That investigation turned into a power struggle among competing factions over the order's internal affairs and governance.

[Dogbert41]

My Dad must be rolling in his grave.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Rich Catholics who could have used their monetary muscle to move the Holy See into a more Holy direction divided, conquered, and neutered.

[BobL]

They’ve been crappy rulers of Malta for DECADES.

[dsrtsage]

francis’ BFF soros is pleased

[Gay State Conservative]

How can we have a “Pope” who is,in fact,a Unitarian/Universalist?

[rhinohunter]

Dissolution of the current Sovereign Council

Hmm…Guess is wasn’t so “Sovereign” after all…

[laplata]

I wonder if the Knights of Columbus will be next.

[Jewbacca]

Didn’t they do that against all the Masonic orders 1000 years ago bc they owed the masons money?

[Srednik]

Looks like Alan West made it just in time.

[PLMerite]

[The grand chancellor was allegedly involved in the distribution of condoms.]

There’s a Pee Wee Herman movie in that story, lemme tell you.

[xxqqzz]

Is this some honor for rich big contributors?

[rhinohunter]

Dissolution of the current Sovereign Council

Hmm…Guess is wasn’t so “Sovereign” after all…

[Old Yeller]

I wonder if the Knights of Columbus will be next.

Or Knights in White Satin, never reaching the end.

[laplata]

Lol.

The Moody Blues are here to stay.

[Magnatron]

Will they roast the leaders over a slow fire ala Jacques de Molay?

[Antoninus]

Sadly, the faith is in a holding pattern until this disastrous pontificate concludes. We live in the hope that God will not abandon his people and that the next pope will be filled with the Holy Spirit and renew the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ. Until then, the devout can only fulfill their Christian duties under the radar lest they get accused of “proselytizing” and slapped down. Until God’s good time, we suffer the hardship of spiritual fathers give us stones when we ask for eggs.

[Antoninus]

Rich Catholics who could have used their monetary muscle to move the Holy See into a more Holy direction divided, conquered, and neutered.

Bad news, but as the bishops have become more NGO managers than spiritual fathers, they have won the approval of the secular states which are only too happy to fill their coffers as long as they do the state's bidding. "Rich Catholics" have little say these days.

[Catholic and Conservative]

“Pope Francis” has been harassing faithful Catholics in Malta for almost five years now, ever since he demanded the resignation of Matthew Festing as head of the Order of Malta and sidelined the Order’s patron Cardinal Burke for their adherence to Church teaching regarding contraception.