Pope Francis dismissed Bishop Joseph Strickland on Saturday 11. The North American conservative religious man criticizes the more left-wing administration of the leader of the Catholic Church. Recently, Francisco was authorized Converted people to be baptized and attend weddings.
The Holy See did not reveal the reason for dismissing Strickland, who had criticized Francis since 2012. Earlier this year, the then-bishop accused His Holiness of “undermining the deposit of faith.” After Strickland publicly expressed his displeasure, he began to denounce internal pressures in the church to leave the apostolate.
“I cannot resign as Bishop of Tyler because that would mean abandoning the flock,” Strickland wrote in early September of this year. “I will respect the authority of Pope Francis if he removes me as Bishop of Tyler.” The text was released three months after Francis sent a delegation to “inspect” the place where Strickland preached the Word of God.
He replaced Francis Strickland with his ally Joe Vasquez, also a bishop. Change is extremely rare, because when there are problems, the religious in question is called upon to speak, and eventually encouraged to resign.
Pope Francis dismisses a conservative bishop and expands the controversy
Among the many controversies in which he was involved, Francisco sent a hint to Argentine presidential candidate Javier Miley, right, When he mentioned that in Argentina there are candidates for political office who resemble the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
