Pope Benedict XVI poses with the new Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, Matthew Festing (centre L) of Britain, and his entourage during their meeting at the Vatican June 23, 2008. Festing was elected in March as the new Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, which began as a Christian crusading military order more than 900 years ago and now operates as a worldwide charity. Elected in a secret conclave, he succeeds Andrew Willoughby Ninian Berti, also British, who died in February 2008. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)