THE ORDER OF MALTA Nobility and Sanctity

Social networks, the media and some subscription channels refer to the Order of Malta as a powerful institution linked to the grand masters of the masonic lodges or to the impenetrable secret societies where only a few chosen ones are admitted. From other angles, they affirm that this almost millenarian institution is nothing more than the inscrutable armed, political, diplomatic and financial arm of the insurmountable Vatican State, involved in incessant struggles for domination, money and influence at the international level. There are those who insinuate that its Knights and Dames seek global domination through great world rulers, bankers or billionaires. The author invites the reader to unveil the true secrets of this prestigious institution of the Catholic Church, from its beginnings to the present day, with particular emphasis on its noble character and as a providential instrument to achieve sanctity. Its members, rites, investitures, uniforms, insignia, heraldry, spirituality, historical battles, diplomacy, humanitarian work and many other topics are part of the guts of this book, written by an expert who has dedicated more than 30 years to investigate what the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta really is. It is a must -magnificently written and illustrated- for those who know nothing, or very little, about the Knights Hospitallers, and for those who consider themselves scholars of this ordo saecularis, one of the oldest of humanity, now present on all five continents.