On Saturday Pope Francis I met with Fra’ Matthew Festing,the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta marking the 900th anniversary of Papal recognition of the Order’s sovereignty.
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Also of interest:
Nine Hundred Years of Chivalry for the Knights of Malta
April 30 – Crusader Pope
Don John of Austria runs away from Court to join the Spanish fleet headed to the relief of Malta
December 2 – Cause of Our Joy
November 4 – Fearless and Faithful, He Reformed the Church
October 7 – How the Rosary saved Christendom
The King of Italy sends an ultimatum to Blessed Pope Pius IX
Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette: The very heart of the defense of Malta
April 30 – this saint was born to impoverished nobility. As pope, he levied a 10% tax on religious orders to finance the war against the Turks.
The mortally wounded knight from Auvergne who dragged himself to the chapel to die
Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History
Don John of Austria’s calm self-command seeing the power of the Turkish armada
