ROME (AP) — A Canadian lawyer who found his vocation caring for AIDS patients in Harlem has been elected the grand master of the Knights of Malta, the first non-European and first nonaristocratic head ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Order of Malta, the ancient Roman Catholic aristocratic lay order ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis will name a pontifical delegate to run the embattled Knights of Malta, effectively taking over the sovereign lay Catholic order after its leader resigned in a bitter ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - On the afternoon of Jan. 24, a black BMW pulled out of a 16th century palace in Rome, crossed the Tiber River and headed for the Vatican, a short trip to end a brazen ...

One of the anomalies of the modern world is the Roman Catholic military order of laity and “religious” known as the Knights of Malta. It specializes in modern medical relief in the manner of the Red ...

ROME (AP) — John Dunlap was born in Ottawa and practices law in New York. He found his vocation to the Knights in the 1980s while volunteering with AIDS patients at the Cardinal Cooke Medical Center ...