Catholic anon here, just spitballing fwiw.
Malta's finances are CORRUPT AS FUCK, and have been for generations. This is true of both the nation of Malta and the Knights of Malta (good luck separating the finances of the two, btw). Nobody has been able to figure out wtf the K of M have been doing with all their "charitable donations" but know that they're in the $billions. "Donating" to "charitable works" run by the Knights of Malta would be a terrific way for "Them" to move money, get it?
So I'm wondering if "restructuring Malta" might possibly be a chess-move ostensibly made by Pope Francis, but really by White Hats? Kinda like the Saudi coup in Fall 2017, which Q told us cut the deep-state financial strings.
I'm not defending Pope Francis, but sometimes it seems pretty clear that Someone Else is speaking for him. Usually it sounds like it's one of "Them." But maybe Our Guys have seized control of the Vatican by now?
As I said, just a theory