The specter of the decapitation of the Order of Malta is receding, but the ax has not gone far.
A decisive Roman meeting, on January 25 and 26, gave guarantees as to the preservation of the sovereignty of this institution in relation to the Holy See.
The principle of independence was even formally recorded thanks to internal resistance and much discussion.
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On Friday afternoon, Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta, Chief Executive, wrote to the highest officials of the order: "
We have received satisfactory assurances that there is no no intention of violating, in any way, the sovereignty and the right to govern the Order of Malta autonomously.
Consequently, several articles of the proposed Constitution have been amended accordingly
.
What did this draft reform of the Constitution of the Order say, hatched by the Vatican and of which
Le Figaro
was able to obtain a copy?
He simply intended to abolish the...
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