A Wisconsin bishop has publicly rebuked the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, accusing him of defamation and a possibly illicit ordination. The clash between Bishop James Powers of the ...

Carlo Maria Viganò, an archbishop that was excommunicated by Pope Francis, in a new letter addressed to American voters wrote that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, "obeys Satan." ...

Viganò, the former chief Vatican diplomat in the United States, spent the morning working shoulder to shoulder with the reporter at his dining room table on a 7,000-word letter that called for the ...

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 Emma Bubola reported from Rome, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — An outspoken critic of Pope Francis, the Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, said that while Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s public opposition of the pope ...

A firebrand conservative who became one of Pope Francis' most ardent critics has been excommunicated by the Vatican. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who once served as the Vatican's ambassador to the U ...

ROME — Nine years ago, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was the Holy See’s envoy to the U.S., dealing with the White House and Congress to prepare for Pope Francis’ September 2015 visit to the country.

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is pictured at his residence at the Vatican in this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has been declared ...