In a surprising move, Pope Francis’ special delegate to the Order of Malta has instructed Fra’ Matthew Festing, the Order’s former Grand Master, not to travel to Rome for the election of his successor ...

The Vatican has reconsidered an earlier instruction forbidding the Order of Malta’s former Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing from attending the election of his successor this week. According to ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The private residence of the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta is perched high above the Ligurian Sea on a rocky ...

The showdown between the Vatican and the Knights of Malta has come to a brusque end, with the leader of the historic sovereign order resigning at the apparent request of Pope Francis. In a statement ...

WWOZ has released the schedule for the 2021 Jazz Festing in Place radio programming, a nostalgic journey to past festivals as eager music fans await the return of Jazz Fest later this year. The ...

With Jazz Fest postponed until October, for the second year in a row WWOZ will broadcast classic recordings from sets that captivated crowds from decades past at the Fair Grounds on the traditional ...

This is the second spring in a row where the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival isn't happening at the Fair Grounds. Instead, WWOZ-FM is presenting "Jazz Festing in Place," a days-long broadcast of ...

Matthew Festing, who resigned in January, could reignite conflict with Vatican by disobeying direct order from Pope Francis to stay away from meeting The ousted grand master of the Catholic charity ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival gave the term “cubes” a local meaning. The release of the hour-by-hour, stage-by-stage schedule of the festival invites a lot of scrutiny and fussing. When the ...