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Recent changes to the order's constitution have made it so the grand master need not be an aristocrat, and now the life-long term has lowered to just 10 years.

Former Canadian lawyer is new head of the sovereign order

John Dunlap, a Canadian lawyer, was yesterday elected as the 81st Grand Master of the Order of Malta, the first Professed Knight from

Fra' John T. Dunlap has been elected Prince and 81st Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta on Jan. 30, 2023, as the sovereign state and religious order turned a new page in its history. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Jan 31, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis met with the Order of Malta on Monday as the sovereign state and religious order turned a new page in its history.On Jan. 25-29, 111 members of the Order of Malta assembled to elect new leadership in an extraordinary chapter general convened by Pope Francis last year."You have writte...

Albrecht von Boeselager. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Rome, Italy, Jan 20, 2022 / 06:25 am (CNA). A top Order of Malta official has said that he won’t join a working group on the reform of the 1,000-year-old institution, citing a threat to its sovereig...

The flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. / AM113 via Shutterstock.Rome, Italy, Jan 19, 2022 / 04:20 am (CNA).Fra Marco Luzzago, the Lieutenant of the Order of Malta, delivered his annual address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the order on Jan. 11, five years into a reform process launched by Pope Francis.Standing at a podium at the Magistral Villa in Rome, he hinted at some issues regarding the sovereign status of the body known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Fra Marc...

One year from the appointment of Cardinal Silvano Tomasi as his Special Delegate to the Sovereign Order of Malta, Pope Francis has granted him new ...