What I find quite interesting is that the self-same people yelling “You go for it, girl!” when Catholic nuns dug in defiance of an ordinary regular visitation, are writing things like “I seriously doubt he will come out of this fiasco unscathed”.

In any case, the Knights can call itself the Reign Of God Incarnate with zero canonical effect.

Yes, the First Class are religious. They are under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy See. They are also the smallest class within the Knights.

However, the Knights is not an institute of consecrated life.