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FaithNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
Despite past tensions with Pope Francis and a period without assignment, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict XVI’s longtime secretary, has been appointed as the apostolic nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, talks with a U.S. bishop during the bishops' meeting in Baltimore in this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Archbishop Viganò said he “does not recognize” the authority of the Dicastery of the Doctrine for the Faith or of Pope Francis.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, then-apostolic nuncio to the United States, greets children during Pope Francis' visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem, New York, in this Sept. 25, 2015, file photo (CNS photo/Eric Thayer/The New York Times, pool).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
If convicted, Archbishop Viganó would be excommunicated and could also be removed from the clerical state.
Arts & CultureNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
Pope Francis met with comedians to discuss the importance of humor, specifically as a tool for unity in the face of darkness and conflict.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity released a study document on the role of the bishop of Rome and how that role is viewed by other Christian churches.
Arts & CultureDispatches
Michael O’Brien
Have you heard the one where Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg and Conan O’Brien walked into the Vatican?