Pope Francis critic and conspiracy theorist Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò found guilty of schism
The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the US, after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable end for the firebrand conservative who became one of Pope Francis’ most ardent critics.
The Vatican excommunication means that Viganò is formally outside the church, and cannot celebrate or receive its sacraments, for having committed one of the gravest crimes in canon law: schism. The entreaties didn’t work: by the time the letters were published, Benedict had transferred Viganò to be the Vatican’s ambassador to the United States, certainly a prestigious post but one that took him far from Rome and out of the running to one day be a cardinal.
Viganò’s invitation for Davis to meet the pope appeared to put the two on what would become a collision course that exploded in August 2018. Francis quickly authorised an in-house investigation to determine who knew what and when about McCarrick’s misconduct.
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