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liberal N proud

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Fri Mar 18, 2016, 08:36 PM Mar 2016

Vatican Will Replace Archbishop Who Set Up Kim Davis Meeting With Pope

The Vatican is replacing its controversial ambassador to the U.S., who arranged the meeting between Pope Francis and antigay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis last fall.

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò will leave the position of apostolic nuncio, the equivalent of an ambassador, and will be replaced by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, a French-born clergyman who is currently the nuncio to Mexico, Catholic magazine America reports, citing Sandro Magister, a blogger who covers the Vatican.


.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vatican-ambassador_us_56e848f0e4b0b25c91837278

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Vatican Will Replace Archbishop Who Set Up Kim Davis Meeting With Pope (Original Post) liberal N proud Mar 2016 OP
Publicly embarrassing the CEO is a poor career move, now? bluedigger Mar 2016 #1
For those that have been paying attention, this isn't a surprise. Chan790 Mar 2016 #2
I love this post! redwitch Mar 2016 #3

bluedigger

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1. Publicly embarrassing the CEO is a poor career move, now?
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:16 PM
Mar 2016

I'll have to add that to my "tips for success", I guess.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
2. For those that have been paying attention, this isn't a surprise.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:29 PM
Mar 2016

It's like the fourth time this Pope has demoted someone for acting in a way to show him up or undermine his open-armed unity message.

Most notably, he basically fired Cardinal Raymond Burke by reassigning him to a powerless ministry out of the spotlight to serve out the rest of his career in contemplation of why you shouldn't be a dick and imply your boss is an offense to God. Burke was big potatoes, the highest office-holder in the Vatican from the United States ever.

But...Burke forgot the 1st rule of Cardinal Club: the guy in the white beanie has the authority to point you out and declare "You know what? Fuck that guy." for talking shit about him.

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