Archbishop vigano biography template

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s excommunication for schism, officially declared on July 4, did not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the archbishop’s incendiary comments over the last several years. Still, few would have predicted that an archbishop, a career diplomat with more than 40 years of service to the Holy See, who had once held the number-two position in the Vatican City-State’s government, would fall so far out of favor with the church.

Archbishop Viganò was tried and found guilty of breaking communion with the pope and those who submit to him—the official definition of schism in canon law—and of denying the legitimacy of the Second Vatican Council. Further penalties could be imposed, the Vatican’s decision on Viganò said, if “prolonged contumacy or the gravity of the scandal so requires.” It specifically named dismissal from the priesthood as one of the possible outcomes.

In a new deep dive episode of America’s “Inside the Vatican” podcast, I spoke with Va

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Who is Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano?

Editor's note: President Donald Trump tweeted June 10 that he was "honored" to have received an "incredible" letter from former Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano — an open letter published on LifeSiteNews, a right-wing website that claims the letter has been viewed more than million times. Who is Archbishop Vigano? An outspoken critic of Pope Francis, he gained a following after publishing a letter calling on the pope to resign. At that time, we published this backgrounder on Vigano. We are republishing it today.

Explosive charges of corruption and misconduct against high-ranking Vatican officials in local media. Names of those alleged to be involved published online, setting off feverous debate and investigations.

This was January

Letters from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, written in early but published that month by an Italian television station, became the origins of the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal. 

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Low Hanging Fruit: Part Two. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó burst into international prominence in August of with the public release of his now infamous letter concerning what the Vatican knew about the sexual exploits of huvudregel “call me uncle Ted” McCarrick.  It was a damning letter filled with all kinds of accusations, most of which were later corroborated as true or, at the very least, very close to the truth with allowances made for discrepancies in personal memories of events.  In the letter he accused Pope Francis of both rehabilitating McCarrick, despite knowing of his sexuell abuse, and of later covering it up.  He concludes bygd calling on Pope Francis to resign the papacy.  

I supported Vigano in his original ascent to fame with this open letter concerning the McCarrick affair. As a ung seminarian in the early 80’s inom had heard from some of my fellow seminarians whose bishop was McCarrick that he had, what they called, “zipper issues.”  Furth