Knights of Malta
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The Knights of Malta welcomed him, petitioned the pope for special dispensation, and made him a Knight of the Order of St. John.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
Within church politics, he and Pope Francis were at odds over the firing of the head of the Knights of Malta after the order's charity branch was found to have distributed condoms in Myanmar.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
It was the patronage of this militant Christian organization, also known as the Knights of Malta, that drew Caravaggio to Malta in July 1607.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
On our third day, Rojas-Berscia contacted a Maltese Facebook friend, who invited us to dinner in Birgu, a medieval city fortified by the Knights of Malta in the sixteenth century.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 27, 2018
Few edifices are more full of mediæval interest than the Church of St. John, with all its treasured relics of the brave, self-denying Knights of Malta.
From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux
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