Amid Constitutional Reform . . . Order Of Malta Opts To Elect A Lieutenant Of The Grand Master
By COURTNEY MARES ROME (CNA) — The Order of Malta elected Fra’ Marco Luzzago as the lieutenant of the Grand Master on November 8 to serve a one-year term amid the order’s constitutional reform.Luzzago will lead the nearly 1,000-year-old institution until another election will take place next year to select the order’s Grand Master, a position that is traditionally held for life.Founded in Jerusalem in the year 1048, the Sovereign Order of Malta today operates mainly in the field of medical and humanitarian assistance as a primary body of international law and a lay Catholic religious order.The Order of Malta’s elective body, the Council Complete of State, met in Rome at the Magistral Villa on the Aventine Hill November 7-8.…Continue Reading