VATICAN CITY — The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said he sought to show that ...

“I will not say a single word about this,’’ the Pope said during a press conference on his plane ­returning to Rome from a three-day visit to Ireland at the weekend. “I read the statement this morning ...

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who was informed of his excommunication on Friday, has long been a vocal critic of Pope Francis. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo A new report about a disgraced ...

Pope Francis, head of the worldwide Catholic Church, recently excommunicated Carlo Maria Viganò, a virulently anti-LGBTQ+ U.S. archbishop who denied the pontiff’s authority and spent years publicly ...

Allegations that Pope Francis covered for a senior US cardinal accused of abuse have raised questions about a possible plot against the pontiff by figures within the Catholic Church's ...

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano – Photo: Joshuarodri Subscribe free to Metro Weekly’s digital magazine for the stories that matter most. The Vatican has excommunicated the notoriously right-wing and ...

ROME — At 9:30 a.m. last Wednesday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò showed up at the Rome apartment of a conservative Vatican reporter with a simple clerical collar, a Rocky Mountains baseball cap and ...

The Vatican excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former ambassador to the United States, declaring him guilty of schism. Viganò, who retired in 2016 at 75, is one of Pope Francis’ most ...

Pope Francis met the president of the US bishops’ conference Monday as his supporters closed ranks over the pontiff’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct by a US cardinal. Francis held talks ...