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Protesters disrupt the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on March 30, 2024. / Credit: XR NYC Palestine Solidarity Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 1, 2024 / 16:20 pm (CNA). Three pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after disrupting the Saturday evening Easter Vigil Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City as the faithful were celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Protesters entered the cathedral about 45 minutes into the 8 p.m. Vigil M...

Pope Francis promulgates the new Constitution of the Order of Malta and appoints a provisional Sovereign Council, as part of an ongoing renewal ...

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...

Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta's Fra' Marco Luzzago on June 25, 2021. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 27, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA). As the Order of Malta continues its reform process, Pope Francis has empowered a special delegate to determine when and how the nearly 1000-year-old order's next Grand Master will be elected. Pope Francis sent a letter to Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi this week granting him the ability to convene the full Council of State for the electio...

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 ...