Disorder of Malta: How did it come to this?

Analysis

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is in the middle of a full-blown diplomatic crisis. 

Coat of arms of the Knights of Malta from the façade of the church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri, Florence, Italy. Credit: Sailko/wikimedia CC BY SA 2.5

Cardinal Silvano Tomasi, the pope’s special delegate to the order, is at loggerheads with many in the knights’ …