Archbishop Milingo excommunicated.Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- Retired Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, 76, has been excommunicated following the invalid ordination of four American renegade Catholic priests in Washington involved in their own schismatic schis·mat·ic adj. Of, relating to, or engaging in schism. n. One who promotes or engages in schism. schis·mat churches without authorization from Rome. Three of them had already been ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. invalidly by a member of the Old-Catholic church, a schismatic branch of the Catholic Church, which, after accepting female priests some years ago, is now heretical he·ret·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to heresy or heretics. 2. Characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards. as well as schismatic and, therefore, no longer part of the Catholic communion. Milingo, who has a history of sowing division and disarray among the faithful, was initially demoted from his archepiscopate in Zambia in 1983 after leading faith-healing sessions that included exorcisms. He "evolved" into a proponent of a married priesthood in the Latin Church and was himself "married" on 2001 in the Unification Church of Mr. Moon. Several months later he was reconciled to the Catholic Church through the good offices of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła . |
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