Pope Francis has named Archbishop Angelo Becciu, Vatican substitute secretary of state, as his special delegate and spokesman to the Order of Malta.
“Until the end of your mandate, that is until the conclusion of the extraordinary chapter, which will elect the grand master, you will be my exclusive spokesperson in all matters relating to relations between the Apostolic See and the order,” the Pope wrote in a letter to Archbishop Becciu.
The special delegate, the Pope said, will work closely with Fra’ Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein, the chivalric order’s temporary head, to carry out “the appropriate renewal of the order’s constitution”.
