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Papal arch enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated! · Gil I Am

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  Papal arch enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated. A fierce ultra
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  conservative, the archbishop branded the popa false prophet and a servant of Satan,
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  and accused him of representing an inclusive, a migrationist, eco sustainable, and
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  gay friendly church. Vatican City, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce
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  ultra conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated,
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  the Vatican's Doctrinal Office said on Friday. Bigano, the papal envoy in
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  Washington from twenty eleven twenty sixteen, went into hiding in twenty eighteen after alleging
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  that the Pope knew for years about sexual misconduct by US Cardinal Theodore Mcerrick and
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  did nothing about it. He had said the Pope should resign and subsequently branded
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  him a false prophet and a servant of Satan. The Vatican rejected Bagano's accusations
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  of a cover up of sexual misconduct, and last month summoned him to answer
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  charges of schism in denying the Pope's legitimacy. In a statement on Friday,
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  the Doctrinal Office said his public comments made it clear that he refused to recognize
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  and submit to Pope Francis. He had also rejected the legitimacy of liberal reforms
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  made by the Roman Catholic Church in the Second Vatican Council in the nineteen sixties.
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  It said, at the conclusion of the penal process, the most Reverend
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  Carlo Maria Vigano was found guilty of the reserved delict violation of the law of
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  schism, the statement said, adding that he had been excommunicated or banished from
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  the Church. In a message on x the eighty three year old Begano remained
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  unrepentant, publishing the full text of the decision against him, which warned that
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  he could be expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood if he persisted in his stance.
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  He urged Catholic faithful to voice their support for him, quoting Jesus in
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  the New Testament, if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.
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  The Vatican ruling was signed by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, head of the
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  Doctrine of the Faith Office, and by its Secretary, Father John Joseph Kennedy.
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  As is normal in such matters, it was not signed by the Pope,
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  but it is highly unlikely that the punishment was meted out without his approval.
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  Vigano, who mostly communicates via the ex social network, said last month
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  that he had refused to take part in the disciplinary proceedings because he did not
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  accept the legitimacy of the institutions behind it. I do not recognize the authority
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  of the tribunal that claims to judge me, nor of its prefect, nor
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  of the one who appointed him, he said, referring Fernandez and to Francis.
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  In a lengthy text, Vigano referred to the Pope only by his surname
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  Burgoglio, and accused him of representing an inclusive, a migrationist, eco sustainable,
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  and gay friendly church that had strayed from its true message. Francis has
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  angered many conservatives by making overtures towards divorcees and the LGBT community, and by
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  saying that mercy and forgiveness should come before the strict enforcement of Catholic doctrine.
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  The Pope has also put him self at odds with conservatives and traditionalists by championing
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  migrant rights in the fight against climate change and condemning the excesses of capitalism.
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  Last year, Francis took action against another arch conservative critic from the US,
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  dismissing Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, after he refused to
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  step down voluntarily following a Vatican investigation.