Archbishop’s Excommunication Fuels Revolt Against Rome, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, July 12, 2024

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

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Rome’s recent excommunication of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has deepened the division in the Catholic Church, causing several Catholics to show their support for Viganò by demanding to be excommunicated as well.

The former papal ambassador to the U.S. and a fierce critic of Pope Francis was excommunicated on July 4 by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) after he was “found guilty of the reserved delict of schism.”

“His public statements manifesting his refusal to recognize and submit to the Supreme Pontiff, his rejection of communion with the members of the Church subject to him, and of the legitimacy and magisterial authority of the Second Vatican Council are well known,” the DDF statement declared. …

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