Anonymous ID: 0fb863 Jan. 12, 2019, 2:26 p.m. No.4729367   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9390 >>9401 >>9607 >>9681 >>9834

THIS IS THE WORLD’S MOST EXCLUSIVE PASSPORT AND ONLY 500 PEOPLE HAVE IT

 

Applying for a UK passport can be seriously painstaking but a short interview is nothing compared to what it takes to get your hands on the world’s rarest passport.

 

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is so exclusive that it grants passports to just a few hundred people around the world.

 

The Catholic order, which had its sovereignty recognised by Pope Paschal in 1113, is one of the oldest institutions in Christian civilisation. 

 

It is a neutral, completely apolitical body that primarily concerns itself with humanitarian issues - at the moment, for example, it is heavily involved in providing medical assistance to refugees crossing the Aegean Sea to europe.

 

Since losing the island of Malta in 1798, this military order's sovereign land is restricted to two extra-territorial properties in Rome, from where it issues its own postage stamps, currency and passports

 

The chosen few in possession of the prized passport include the grand master, deputy grand master, and chancellor of the order.

 

In addition, diplomatic passports are issued to the heads and members of the Order's Diplomatic Missions (as well as their consort and minor children), and – with very few exceptions – to senior figures in charge of a special missions within the Order of Malta. The passport is valid for four years and is linked to the duration of the individual's assignment. 

 

The current Grand Master is Fra' Matthew Festing, only the second Englishman to occupy the role.

 

Despite having diplomatic relations with more than 100 states, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta doesn’t control any territory of its own. There are over 13,500 knights, dames and chaplains in the Order, along with 80,000 volunteers and 25,000 medical employees.

 

Unfortunately, despite the passports’ rarity, you won’t be able to get far if you are one of the owners though.

 

Countries that do not accept the Order’s passport as a legitimate form of identification include UK, US and New Zealand.

 

However, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, Austria, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia do.

 

  • This article has been updated following clarification from the Order of Malta as to the number of passports it issues - the total being 500 including diplomatic passports and those issued to spouses and children of Order diplomats. 23/6/17

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https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/passports-worlds-most-exclusive-sovereign-order-malta-catholics-travel-borders-a7787431.html

Anonymous ID: 0fb863 Jan. 12, 2019, 2:27 p.m. No.4729377   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9390 >>9607 >>9681 >>9834

>Sovereign Military Order of Malta

>current Grand Master is Fra' Matthew Festing

 

Robert Matthew Festing (born 30 November 1949) served as Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation following a dispute with the Vatican on 28 January 2017.[

 

Festing is the youngest of four sons born to Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing, Chief of the Imperial General Staff,[3] a Roman Catholic convert who became a Knight of Malta, and Mary Cecilia (née Riddell), the elder daughter of Cuthbert David Giffard Riddell of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland. His father was the grandson of Colonel Sir Francis Worgan Festing. His mother's family is an ancient English recusant family, descending from the Throckmorton baronets and Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue, martyred in 1539.[3]His three elder brothers are John Festing (a former High Sheriff of Northumberland), Major Michael Festing and Andrew Festing (formerly President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters).

 

Festing was admitted to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1977. In 1991, he took perpetual vows, becoming a Knight of Justice. From 1993 to 2008, he served as Grand Prior of England, the first in this office since 1815.

 

On 11 March 2008, Festing was elected Grand Master following a conclave-style meeting at the order's villa on the Aventine Hill in Rome.[3] Only the third English Grand Master of the Order of Malta, he is the immediate successor to the second, Fra' Andrew Bertie, the first being Hugh de Revel in 1258–77.

 

PART OF A HELL OF A LOT OF OTHER CHIVALRIC ORDERS…

 

TIME TO DIG ON THOSE PIZZA KNIGHTS.

Anonymous ID: 0fb863 Jan. 12, 2019, 2:27 p.m. No.4729378   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9385 >>9390 >>9607 >>9681 >>9834

Nothing to see here…

 

 

Fra' Matthew Festing is part of the below knights orders.

 

Chivalric ordersEdit Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Grand Prior (2017) Grand Master (2008-2017) Bailiff (1991) Knight (1977) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (12 June 1998) Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John (GCStJ) (5 May 2009)[10] Territorial Decoration (TD) (1991) Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (6 September 2008) Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Three Stars (14 October 2008) Knight Grand Cross with Collar Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 October 2008) Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (6 February 2009)[11] Grand Cross of the Order of St. Charles (14 October 2009)[12] Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (23 November 2010) Grand Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2012)[13] Member of the Grand Order of King Tomislav (12 October 2008) Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Franco-Neapolitan branch):[14][15]Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice with the Collar (2010)Knight Grand Cross of Justice (1994)Knight of Justice (1991) Knight of the Order of St Januarius (2010)[14] Knight of the Order of St. Andrew (2014)[16] Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (2014) [16] Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (2014)[16] Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Anna (2014)[16] Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stanislaus (2014)[16] Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr[17] Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Raja (3 March 2015) [18] Grand Collar Of the Order of Makarios III (25 October 2012) Knight of the Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (31 July 2015)[19]National honoursEdit National Flag Order (Albania) (2015)Crown appointment of the United KingdomEdit Deputy Lieutenant for the County of NorthumberlandHonorary citizenshipEditHonorary Freeman of the City of Rapallo (Italy, 18 September 2008)[20]Pompeii, ItalyBirgu, Malta

Anonymous ID: 0fb863 Jan. 12, 2019, 2:50 p.m. No.4729596   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>9607 >>9681 >>9727 >>9834

Just for Waste and Water…Right? The Knights of Malta and Their Secret Tunnels

 

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Another issue surrounding these subterranean tunnels revolves round the question of whether the public should be allowed access to them. In 2015, for example, some of these tunnels were opened to visitors for several days. This event raised awareness about what lies beneath the city, and may perhaps pave the way to having the tunnels permanently opened. Nevertheless, others are more cautious about it, and argue that the tunnels should be treated with care, and not be sacrificed in the name of tourism.

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https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/just-waste-and-water-right-knights-malta-and-their-secret-tunnels-009184

Anonymous ID: 0fb863 Jan. 12, 2019, 3:03 p.m. No.4729722   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>4729677

I've recognized that pattern as well from seeing anons' digs/graphics like this and a few digs of my own

and inb4 'megajew' lashes out, anons (and I) also dig on other Religions, Occult groups, Politicians, and many other things