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Sacked Grand Chancellor of Knights of Malta Reinstated
Church Militant ^ | 1/25/17 | Christine Niles

Posted on 01/25/2017 6:18:04 PM PST by marshmallow

Comes one day after Pope asks Grand Master Matthew Festing to resign

ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - The former Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Malta, dismissed from the order after a condom scandal, has reportedly been reinstated. This takes place only one day after Grand Master Matthew Festing stepped down after nine years as head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, at the request of the Holy Father. The Order announced Wednesday it would convene a Sovereign Council to formalize his resignation January 28:

The Grand Magistry of the Sovereign Order of Malta announces that Grand Master Fra' Matthew Festing has convened an extraordinary session of the Sovereign Council for 28 January 2017 for the acceptance of his resignation from the office of Grand Master. This is in accordance with Article 16 of the Constitution of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Christopher Lamb, a writer at the U.K.'s Tablet, tweeted late Wednesday morning: "Hearing that Von Boeselager now reinstated as Grand Chancellor of @orderofmalta with all decisions taken post-Dec 5th revoked."

Church Militant asked for the source of the reports, and Lamb responded, "Sources inside order + Cardinal Parolin's December letter says action against Boeselager should be suspended."

(Excerpt) Read more at churchmilitant.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: malta; vatican

1 posted on 01/25/2017 6:18:04 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Very Strange happenings. El Papa Marx has long outlived his usefulness. Too bad Trump is otherwise occupied fixin’ stuff.


2 posted on 01/25/2017 6:20:49 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: marshmallow

No surprise. Bergoglio is for divorce, sacrilegious Communion, condoms, sodomy, and abortion.

Bing for emma bonino pope francis


3 posted on 01/25/2017 6:21:40 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: marshmallow

Frankie and the Germans have got their boy back.


4 posted on 01/25/2017 6:21:42 PM PST by livius
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To: Paladin2

Word is Pope Francis is getting money from George Soros - So I think Soros needs to be neutralized first - but how ???


5 posted on 01/25/2017 6:36:40 PM PST by golas1964
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To: golas1964

My hopes is that this administration will do something.


6 posted on 01/25/2017 6:39:16 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: golas1964

My hopes is that this administration will do something.


7 posted on 01/25/2017 6:39:23 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Disagree. The inner workings of the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter, is not the proper business of the Government of the United States. This is for the Catholics to handle, and the Catholics alone.


8 posted on 01/25/2017 6:43:37 PM PST by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: Ronin

Exactly.

Best thing we can do is pray for Holy Mother Church.


9 posted on 01/25/2017 6:47:14 PM PST by Bigg Red (The best f-word we can apply to Obama on this glorious inauguration day is "former".)
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To: Ronin

True. Fair enough.


10 posted on 01/25/2017 6:49:44 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Soros has ties to heroin, or pizza-gate, or both. Expose him and then lock his @ss up.


11 posted on 01/25/2017 6:52:23 PM PST by golas1964
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To: marshmallow

Why do I have a feeling that this will lead to somebody on Malta being assassinated?


12 posted on 01/25/2017 7:42:14 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: Paladin2

Trump? You want a Presbyterian to get involved in a RC issue?


13 posted on 01/25/2017 7:52:33 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

The Knights of Malta are headquartered in Italy, they haven’t been in Malta for a couple hundred years.


14 posted on 01/25/2017 8:00:33 PM PST by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: marshmallow

Siege of Malta was most heroic bad ass defense of siege ever. Get the book by Colonel Fulllerton


15 posted on 01/25/2017 8:18:03 PM PST by MattinNJ (I am optimistic about the USA for the first time in a decade)
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To: marshmallow

What happened?


16 posted on 01/25/2017 10:49:05 PM PST by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: pbear8

Bad phrasing on my part. I meant in the order.


17 posted on 01/26/2017 4:33:51 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

But you are right in that nothing good can come of this.


18 posted on 01/26/2017 7:54:18 AM PST by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: Ronin

Amen


19 posted on 01/26/2017 7:56:13 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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