Did you know that on February 15, 1113, Pope Paschal II issued a papal bull recognizing the Knights Hospitaller as a self-governing organization? This acknowledgment allowed the Order to elect its leaders without external interference.
The Sovereign Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem is registered as a charity in the appropriate nation of each Grand Priory, and carries out humanitarian and hospitaller activities worldwide, tending to the sick, the poor and the homeless, as well as those affected by war and famine.
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