The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, often called the Knights of Malta, the Order of St. John, or simply the Order, is a lay religious order of the Roman Catholic Church dating back to the middle of the eleventh century and currently based in Rome. The Order has three national associations in the United States, the Western Association, the Federal Association and the American Association, with principal administrative offices located in San Francisco, Washington DC and New York respectively.
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