Papal enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated

VATICAN CITY – Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said in a statement on Friday, July 5.

Vigano, the papal envoy in Washington from 2011 until 2016, went into hiding in 2018 after alleging that the Pope knew for years about sexual misconduct by an American cardinal and did nothing about it.

He said the Pope should resign and subsequently...