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As Announced: Francis Has Punished the ArchbishopToday, Francis appointed Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, 56, as Reggio Emilia-Guastalla Bishop, Italy.Morandi entered the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as under secretary in 2015 and became the secretary (second man) in 2017. A replacement has not been announced.MessaInLatino.it informed that Francis punished Morandi for his cautious opposition against homosex "blessings" and the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes.Morandi was appreciated - or hated - for his balance in managing difficult and delicate cases.

The secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, said Friday that a new document by the Pontifical Biblical Commission does not give an “opening” to the validity of so-called same-sex unions. Morandi referred to the book-length document “Che Cosa E’ L’Uomo? Un itinerio di antropologia biblica” (“What is Man? An Itinerary of Biblical Anthropology”) published by the Vatican as an Italian-language book Dec. 16. The report was written over several years by the Pontifical Biblical Commission, which is a part of the CDF, and aims to provide a study of the whole of...