Order of Malta: Fra’ Festing Asks to Postpone Elections
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The reason: If the election takes place now, most of the 55 professed members could not participated because of Covid restrictions.
Thus, the Grand Master would be elected by a body “where the overwhelming majority is made up of non-religious members,” Festing writes in his November 2 letter.
The elections are considered to be crucial because there is an internal fight on whether the Order should be secularised and turned into a NGO or not.
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