CDF Secretary's Departure Beginning of Dicastery Shakeup

The Pillar ^ | 1/10/22

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Pope Francis reassigned the second ranking official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Monday, the first in an expected series of moves that would overhaul the leadership of the Church’s doctrinal office.

The Holy See announced Jan. 10 that Archbishop Giacomo Morandi had been appointed by the pope to lead the Italian Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, replacing Bishop Massimo Camisasca, who turned 75 in November.

While the appointment of a relatively unknown Vatican official to a small Italian diocese is unlikely to generate headlines, sources close to Morandi’s old department told The Pillar that it was the first in a series of personnel moves which have been expected since the end of last year.

“Ever since he went to see the pope in December, it has been understood [in the office] that he is leaving,” one senior Vatican source close to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith told The Pillar Monday morning.

While rumors had been in the air for weeks, news of Morandi’s pending reassignment began to leak out on some Italian blogs over the weekend. Some have credited the move to the archbishop’s supposed opposition to Traditionis custodes, Francis’ motu proprio restricting the Extraordinary Form of the Mass.

Morandi was received in audience by the pope on Dec. 18, the same day that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued responses to various questions about the motu proprio’s implementation. Those responses generated considerable controversy, and raised questions about their legal force.

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The dictator pope's purge continues:

Some have credited the move to the archbishop’s supposed opposition to Traditionis custodes, Francis’ motu proprio restricting the Extraordinary Form of the Mass.

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I’m skeptical over the claim that this fellow opposed TC. Sympathy to the old Mass is ultra-rare among the Italian episcopacy, so I kinda doubt this guy made an issue out of it.

It seems much more likely that this is all about his authorship of the letter on same-sex blessings. If there’s one thing that’s very clear about this papacy, it’s that Bergoglio has zero tolerance to anyone who doesn’t share his affinity for the LGBTs, and he retaliates strongly against anyone who makes him look bad with that crowd. Few remember that’s how Abp. Vigano originally got himself of Bergoglio’s bad side... setting up the meeting of Bergoglio and Kim Davis.

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Few remember that’s how Abp. Vigano originally got himself of Bergoglio’s bad side... setting up the meeting of Bergoglio and Kim Davis.

Oh, I remember! It was during the same U.S. visit where Bergoglio mugged it up with Obama.

But Bergoglio permitted no photos of him with Kim Davis.