Vatican Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S.

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******** Excommunicates Its Former Ambassador to the U.S.

The ******** said on Friday that it had excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the *******’s former ambassador to the ******* States, after finding him guilty of schism for refusing to recognize the authority of Pope Francis and the ******** reforms enacted after the Second ******** Council in the 1960s.

Archbishop Viganò has emerged as one of the most unbridled ************* critics of Francis, calling him in public statements a “false prophet” and a “******** of ******,” while embracing right-wing *********** theories and

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In 2018, he wrote a 7,000-word letter calling for the pope to resign, accusing him of covering up ******* ****** by an ********* cardinal. Earlier, in 2015, he invited a critic of gay rights to greet the pope in Washington, challenging Francis’ message of inclusivity.

Since then, he has adopted anti-vaccine positions, and blamed “deep state” forces in the West for triggering the war in Ukraine and demonizing Russia.

Though excommunicated, Archbishop Viganò will be able to keep his title, but he will not be allowed to celebrate the Mass, receive or administer sacraments, and hold official positions within the ******* hierarchy.

Archbishop Viganò did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Robert Moynihan, the editor of a magazine on the ******** that often communicates Archbishop Viganò’s opinions, said the Archbishop had been summoned to appear before the ******** department in charge of religious discipline on Jun. 28, but he did not come to Rome to do so.

Instead, the archbishop

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in which he said that he did not recognize the authority of the tribunal “that claims to judge me, nor of its Prefect, nor of the one who appointed him.”

He also again attacked the ******** changes in the ******* and accused the pope of committing a “****** against humanity” by promoting vaccines. He also condemned the pope’s “adherence to climate ******” and Francis’ conception of a ******* that was “immigrationist, eco-sustainable, and gay-friendly.”

Francis has also punished other outspoken right-wing clergy. Rev. Frank Pavone, an ********* who led the group Priests for Life, was defrocked in 2022, and Cardinal Raymond Burke, a leading figure for ********* traditionalists who believed Francis was diluting doctrine, was evicted from his subsidized ******** apartment last year, according to reports.

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