VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s former nuncio to the US, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, mentioned on Thursday that he has been summoned by means of the Vatican to stand fees of schism.The archbishop posted the two-page decree from the Vatican’s Dicastry for the Doctrine of Religion ordering him to seem for extrajudicial trial, mentioning as proof “public statements that display a denial of the vital components to take care of communion with the Catholic Church.”It additionally cited the denial of the legitimacy of Pope Francis, breaking communion with the pontiff, and rejecting Vatican Council II.Vigano mentioned he looked the accusations “as an honor.” He restated his rejection of Vatican Council II, calling it “the ideological, theological, ethical and liturgical most cancers of which the (Francis’) ‘synod church’ is the vital metastasis.’’The 2-page decree dated June 11 signed by means of Monsignor John J. Kennedy, secretary of the disciplinary segment, mentioned he had till June 28 to reply in particular person or in writing, or a verdict could be made in his absence.The retired Vatican ambassador convulsed the Holy See with accusations of intercourse abuse in 2018, calling on Francis to renounce.
