Is the Order of Malta still 'sovereign'?

The pope has made very big changes to the Order of Malta. But what do they mean?

Pope Francis has completed his reform of the Order of Malta, after a five-year process aimed at revising leadership structures in the religious order, which also functions as a global aid organization recognized as a sovereign entity in international law.

The pope was widely expected to announce his decision on the shape of a new constitution for the kni…