Italian priest excommunicated for claiming Francis is not the real Pope

Italian priest excommunicated for claiming Francis is not the real Pope

An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for saying Pope Francis is not the real pope.

Another Italian priest excommunicated after calling Francis ‘antipope’

An Italian priest was declared excommunicated this month, after a December video in which he referred to Pope Francis as an “antipope.”The priest is the latest case in a growing series of Italian priests excommunicated or suspended for rejecting papal authority in recent months.Fr. Natale Santonocito. Credit: YouTubeSubscribe nowThe Diocese of Palestrina announced in a statement dated Jan. 20 that Fr. Natale Santonocito “in accordance with canon…

Another Italian priest excommunicated for saying Francis is not Pope - Catholic Canada

An Italian priest has been excommunicated after he said publicly that he believed Pope Francis is an “antipope”. Fr Natale Santonocito, 61, parish priest of San Cesarea Church, south east of Rome, was investigated after posting several online videos in which he says that Francis has never been pope. “The Pope is not the Pope,” he says in one of them. “He never was.” The priest, who was ordained in 2023, has been removed from active ministry in t…

Excommunication Latae senteniae for Don Natale Santonocito, parish priest of San Cesareo, a town in the southern province of Rome. This was announced by Monsignor Mauro Parmeggiani, bishop of the diocese of Tivoli and Palestrina. The decision came after the priest of the diocese of Palestrina published on Youtube and...