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Bishop Joseph Strickland in a 2021 interview. Screenshot

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews, Nov. 11, 2023

‘His persecution will only open the door for countless others to rise up.’

TYLER, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — The morning’s news of Pope Francis removing the bishop of Tyler – Bishop Joseph Strickland – has made international waves and caused instant outrage amongst Catholics, in a fallout, the scale of which, has likely taken even the Vatican by surprise. 

In the Holy See Press Office’s daily bulletin on November 11, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the governance of his Diocese of Tyler. 

The true import of the Vatican’s brief statement was not lost on the international media. By late afternoon Saturday, numerous major outlets across the globe had reported on the story, with varying degrees of favorability for either Strickland or Francis. The list includes: ….

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