|
|
Article: Church with room for these knights must have room for nearly everyone. (Knights of Malta)(Editorial)(Cover Story)
- Article from:
- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- November 14, 1997
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Knights may seem unlikely movers and shakers in a church whose founder advised his followers to put the sword aside. In a pontificate marked by a wide-ranging debate about multiculturalism, this week's cover story raises questions about the curious culture of the Knights of Malta. And in a defiantly monolithic institution, which rigorously insists on naming who is and isn't Catholic, the knights, to say the least, deserve the same scrutiny as, for example, liberation theologians and the idea of women priests.
In light of the knights' cozy relationship with the Holy See, it might be useful to make this a teaching moment.
No longer bloody warriors as in ...