Knights of Malta

Knights of Malta
Motto	Defence of the faith and assistance to the poor
Headquarters	Vatican City
Type	secret society
Interest of	William Cooper
Membership	•  James Jesus Angleton •  George H.W. Bush •  George W. Bush •  Jeb Bush •  Prescott Bush •  Joe Biden •  Michael Chertoff •  Bill Clinton •  Allen Dulles •  Henrich Himmler •  J. Edgar Hoover •  Henry Kissinger •  Nelson Rockefeller •  David Rockefeller •  Pat Buchanan •  James Buckley •  Tony Blair •  George Anderson •  Michael Bloomberg •  Charles Bonaparte •  Ronald Reagan •  Amschel Rothschild •  Joseph Schmitz •  Reinhard Gehlen •  William Casey •  Bill Donovan •  William Hearst •  Henry Luce •  William Colby •  Rupert Murdoch •  Samuel Alito •  Joe Allbaugh •  John Bolton •  Cartha DeLoach •  Peter Peterson •  John Queeny •  Clay Shaw •  Ted Turner •  Fredrick Smith •  George Tenet •  Vernon Walters •  Robert Zoellick •  Anthony Zinni
The Knights of Malta are a Roman Catholic religious secret society of, traditionally, a military, "chivalrous" and "noble nature". It is the one of the world's oldest secret societies, dating back to the 11th century. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is headquartered in Rome, and is widely considered a sovereign subject of international law.

Official Narrative

The Knights of Malta or the Sovereign Millitary Order of Malta are a self described Roman Catholic order, with 13,500 contributing members. The BBC describes the group as "a major international humanitarian organisation". Matthew Festing, the 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta said about the order in 2013 that "On the one hand it’s a sovereign entity. On the other hand it’s a religious order. On the other hand it’s a humanitarian organization. It’s a complicated mixture of things".

Problems

The group includes prominent members of world governments, intelligence agencies, the banking industry, Big Media, and the military industrial complex which populate the deep state, which fits uncomfortably with the group's stated aims of "Poverty, chastity and obedience", and also with its claims that the order is above international law.

Leadership

The group's leader is termed "Grand Master" and is elected in closed session, retaining the title for life. The current (79th) leader, since 2008, is Matthew Festing, a member since 1977. His predecessor, also an Englishman, was the first since 1258.

Commentary

Quote from William Cooper's Behold a Pale Horse:

“The Knights of Malta is a world organization with its threads weaving through business, banking, politics, the CIA, other intelligence organizations, P2, religion, education, law, military, think tanks, foundations, the United States Information Agency, the United Nations, and numerous other organizations. The world head of the Knights of Malta is elected for a life term, with the approval of the Pope. The Knights of Malta have their own Constitution and are sworn to work toward the establishment of a New World Order with the Pope at its head. Knights of Malta members are also powerful members of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) and the Trilateral Commission.”

2013 Celebration

In February 1113, Pope Paschal II issued a papal bull which declared the order independent from bishops or secular authorities. Accordingly, in 2013, a 900th anniversary celebration was held in Rome, to which over 1,000 knights and dames from over 100 countries attended.

Freemasonry

In spite of open antagonism between the catholicism and freemasonry, many of the Knights of Malta are reported to also be freemasons.

 

Related Quotation

Page	Quote	Author	Date
Seymour Hersh	“'We're going to change mosques into cathedrals. And when we get hold of all the oil, nobody' s going to give a damn.' That's an attitude that pervades, I'm here to say, a large percentage of the Special Operations Command, the Joint Special Operations Command and Stanley McChrystal, the one who got in trouble because of the article in Rolling Stone, and his follow-on, a Navy admiral named McRaven, Bill McRaven — all are members or at least supporters of Knights of Malta. McRaven attended, so I understand, the recent annual convention of the Knights of Malta they had in Cyprus a few months back in November. They're all believers — many of them are members of Opus Dei. They do see what they are doing — and this is not an atypical attitude among some military — it's a crusade, literally. They see themselves as the protectors of the Christians. They're protecting them from the Muslims in the 13th century. And this is their function. They have little insignias, they have coins they pass among each other, which are crusader coins, and they have insignia that reflect that, the whole notion that this is a war, it's culture war.”	Seymour Hersh	January 2011

 

Known members

58 of the 82 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Konrad Adenauer	German (deep?) politician, CDU leader
Samuel Alito	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who is also member of the deep state Knights of Malta and Opus Dei.
Richard Alway
Michael Ancram	Likely took over from Norman Lamont as European chair of Le Cercle.
George Anderson	Admiral in the United States Navy and a diplomat. As the Chief of Naval Operations between 1961 and 1963, he was in charge of the US blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Giulio Andreotti	"The ultimate insider of Italian political life", who as Italian Prime Minister publicly confirmed the existence of Operation Gladio
James Jesus Angleton	"The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI.
Leopold II of Belgium
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager	Connected to the Knights of Malta 2016/17 constitutional crisis, suspended on a "precautionary" basis by Matthew Festing in December 2016.
Tom Bolan	Silent partner to the sexual blackmail operative Roy Cohn in their politically potent law firm for three decades.
John Bolton	Neocon US deep state operative who was Trump's National Security Advisor until September 2019
Charles Bonaparte	United States Attorney General 1906-1909
Pat Buchanan	American Conservative author, syndicated columnist, and television commentator.
James Buckley
George H. W. Bush	Skull and bones mastermind of the bush family busine$$.
Jeb Bush	A Bush crime family member whom the cabal are trying to get elected.
Mark Carney	Goldman Sachs Governor of the Bank of Canada then the Bank of England, G30, Triple citizenship, No shortage of Bilderbergs or WEF Annual Meetings
Al Carone	Spooky US policeman who "truly was a paradox wrapped in a mystery concealed behind an enigma."
Michael Chertoff	A long-standing US Republican Party apparatchik and dual US/Israeli citizen who has held senior US legal and national security positions.
William Colby	CIA boss who maybe became too loose-mouthed, died in suspicious circumstances
Mario Conti
Cartha DeLoach	Third most senior official in the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. Member of the Knights of Malta.
Laura Jordan Dietrich	A spooky US government insider
William J. Donovan	OSS director 1942-1945
Allen Dulles	Dulles served the longest ever term as Director of Central Intelligence and dominated American intelligence for a generation. He personified a cadre of Ivy League pragmatic elitists in high echelons of the government who greatly admired Germany’s scientific achievements.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Dulles was fired by JFK after the Bay of Pigs and bore a grudge against him thereafter.
Matthew Festing	The 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta, and the only one to have stepped down.
Charles Forte	UK hotelier. Single Bilderberger
Jean-Claude Gaudin	Mayor of Marseille for 25 years, Knight of Malta, Le Cercle...
Reinhard Gehlen	Head of the Gehlen Organisation under Adolf Hitler, smoothly transitioned post war to head of the BND
Valery Giscard d'Estaing	Rothschild bankster who was President of France from 1974 to 1981, Bilderberger
Otto von Habsburg	Austrian deep politician, connected to Le Cercle, Opus Dei, Knights of Malta ...
Alexander Haig	Attended the 1978 Bilderberg as SACEUR
Clare Boothe Luce
Alexandre de Marenches	French deep politician who founded the Safari Club. He was appointed to the position of SDECE Director by French President, Georges Pompidou.
Philippe Maria	Belgian royalty, regular Bilderberg
Robert McKinney	Indiana Businessman who attended Le Cercle in 1983, 1984 and 1985
Benito Mussolini
Lee Myung-bak
Marc Odendall
Umberto Ortolani
Peter Peterson	Long time CFR chair
John Queeny	Founder of infamous Big Chem company Monsanto
John Raskob
Ronald Reagan	Actor turned deep state functionary. Lots of black operations happened during his presidency.
Jacob Rees-Mogg	UK politician, Knights of Malta.
Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff	Convicted of "hate speech" after criticising Islam.
Giuseppe Santarelli
Joseph Schmitz	Revolving door between government official and Blackwater merecenaries
Clay Shaw	The only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Frank Sinatra	American singer and actor with close Mafia connections.
... further results

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:20140610 Odendall's Email to Boeselager	email	10 June 2014	Marc Odendall	A leaked email in which Marc Odendall extends firm but only covert support to Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager. In addition, he admits the 120 million Swiss franc trust is shady, saying "...a major fraud. I sense there is one..." but is looking for a hidden path to tap the money anyway.
Document:2017 Report into Malteser International	report	January 2016	The Weir Commission	A leaked official Knights of Malta report by an independent commission of experts looking into questionable activities of the Knights' main German-based medical and emergency relief service operating worldwide under the name Malteser International. It shows conclusively that Malteser has consistently violated Catholic teaching, under the responsbility of Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager during his long tenure as Grand Hospitaller.
Document:Alternate Timeline events December 2016-January 2017	timeline	2017	Unknown	Document detailing the unfolding crisis from early December 2016 until end January 2017, with an emphasis on facts the "official version" has deliberately tried to hide or obscure.
Document:Beverfoerde Report	report	26 March 2017	Josef Freiherr von Beverfoerde	A leaked, explosive confidential report written by Baron von Beverfoerde to the Council of the German Association, based on his extensive interviews with Cardinal Patron Raymond Burke.
Document:Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Trust	report	8 June 2014	Marc Odendall	A leaked memorandum by Marc Odendall on the mysterious 120 million Swiss franc trust that has been central to the Order of Malta's 2016/17 Constitutional crisis and power/money grab. Both the Knights of Malta and the Vatican have been working in the shadows to get their hands on shares of this money of "anonymous" (and highly suspect) origin.
Document:Commentary on the 2017-02-02 SMOM Press Conference	commentary	2017	Unknown	Close analysis of the early February 2017 Order of Malta press conference showing the evasions and outright lies of Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, including on his conflicts of interest with the members of a Papal Commission which exonerated and reinstated him, and with whom he is involved with the 120 million Swiss franc trust.
Document:December 2016 Papal Letter	letter	6 December 2016	Cardinal Raymond Burke Jorge Mario Bergoglio	A leaked "strictly confidential" set of two letters: one from Pope Francis (in Italian & English) to Knights of Malta Cardinal Patron Raymond Burke, who has added his own covering letter addressed to Grand Master Festing. Pope Francis appears to demand that Freemasonry ("relativist" groups contrary to the Catholic faith) be rooted out of the Knights, and that those complicit (e.g., von Boeselager) in practices contrary to Church teaching be dealt with.
Document:Lobkowicz Thoughts On Reform of The Knights Of Malta Constitution	letter	12 April 2017	Johannes Lobkowicz	A leaked letter written by Prince Johannes Lobkowicz, head of the Knights' Grand Priory of Bohemia. He openly advocates minimising the future leadership role of the professed knights in religious vows, including making the Grand Master a ceremonial figurehead who takes orders from powerful members and their bureaucrats, while ensuring a continuing important official status for the nobility in the Order (including himself).
Document:Suspension of Albrecht Boeselager	decree	9 December 2016	Matthew Festing	A leaked official decree of the Knights of Malta signed by Grand Master Festing. It was a "precautionary" suspension of von Boeselager caused by the latter's duplicity in various matters, including the Swiss trust, but primarily his complicity with and cover-up of Malteser International's practices contrary to Church teaching. The suspension was later annulled with the help of von Boeselager's Vatican cronies, and Festing was forced to resign by Pope Francis.
Document:Their Will Be Done	article	1 August 1983	Martin A Lee	How the CIA targets powerful hierarchies for infiltration and influence. The Roman Catholic Church's claim to be the one and only authentic 'Church of Christ on Earth' does not exempt them from exploitation by deep politicians. This article powerfully demonstrates both the Catholic Church's power and its susceptibility to the machinations of Mammon. As they say in South America, "When the CIA goes to church, it doesn't go to pray."

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