VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a virulent critic of Pope Francis, after finding him guilty of splitting the Church, the dicastery in charge of doctrine said on Friday.
The 83-year-old ultra conservative, who has called in the past for the pope to resign, has been on trial since last month after being accused by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith of the crime of schism, or splitting the Catholic Church.
Vigano — who served as the Vatican's US ambassador from 2011 to 2016 and who is backed by an ultra-conservative US church faction — has accused Francis of heresy in the past and in 2018 called for him to resign.In announcing last month that he had been summoned to appear before the powerful dicastery, which is charged with defending Catholic doctrine, Vigano wrote on X: 'I regard the accusations against me as an honor.
Excommunicates Critic Of Pope For 'Schism'
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