An ultra-conservative archbishop has been excommunicated by the Vatican after being found guilty of schism.
Schism is one of the most serious crimes in canon law and occurs when someone abandons submission to the pope or his Catholic subjects.
Carlo Maria Vigano was the Vatican's ambassador to the United States from 2011 to 2016, but went underground in 2018.
This came after he claimed that Pope Francis knew about the sexual misconduct of American Cardinal Theodore McCarrickand and did nothing about it.
The Vatican has denied this claim.
Vigano also called the pope a "false prophet" and a "false prophet." and "servant of Satan" before calling on him to resign.
The Vatican's magisterium announced the excommunication -- or banishment -- of the 83-year-old man on Friday.
He said his previous comments made clear his refusal to "recognize and impose the law" on the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Vigano had also rejected the legitimacy of liberal reforms implemented by the church in the 1960s, he added.
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The statement said: "At the end of the criminal proceedings, Bishop Carlo Maria Vigano was found guilty of the reserved crime (violation of the law) of schism.
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The excommunication means Vigano is officially outside the church and cannot celebrate or receive its sacraments, such as communion.
As usual, the sentence was signed by the head of the Office for the Doctrine of the Faith and not the pope himself, but it is highly unlikely that the punishment was carried out. given without his consent.
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Vigano has built a following of like-minded ultra-conservatives over the years who have engaged in conspiracy theories and dubbed the coronavirus pandemic the "Great Reset."
In a post last month, he criticized the Vatican's proceedings against him and accused Pope Francis of advocating an "inclusive, pro-immigration, environmentally sustainable and gay-friendly" society. Church.
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