Pope Excommunicates Trump-Loving Ultra-Conservative

I'm not a Catholic, but IMO this is a bit of good news. Reject this kind of representation in any faith.


The Vatican’s former ambassador to the U.S. refused to recognize Francis’ legitimacy–so he got thrown out of the Catholic Church.

Dan Ladden-Hall
News Correspondent
Published Jul. 05, 2024 11:47AM EDT

The Vatican on Friday informed a Donald Trump-supporting archbishop that he is being excommunicated for refusing to recognize Pope Francis' authority after years of outspoken public attacks.

Carlo Maria Vigano, an ultra-conservative who served as the Vatican’s diplomat to Washington, D.C. between 2011 and 2016, was formally accused last month of schism, which is one of the most serious offenses in canon law. Schism is “the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him,” according to the Vatican.

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Vigano said in a lengthy statement last month that he considered it “an honor” to be accused. “On the day on which I was supposed to present myself to defend myself before the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, I have decided to make public this declaration of mine, to which I add a denunciation of my accusers, their ‘council,’ and their ‘pope,’” he wrote. He also attacked Francis’ church for being “inclusive, immigrationist, eco-sustainable, and gay-friendly.”

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