Canyon Lake Catholic Priest Excommunicated for Calling Popes 'Usurpers'
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Canyon Lake Catholic Priest Excommunicated for Calling Popes 'Usurpers'
A Canyon Lake Catholic priest who considers Pope Leo XIV and Pope Francis usurpers was officially stripped of his clergy status and excommunicated after a church tribunal found him guilty of “schism” on April 26, the San Antonio Archdiocese said in a statement Friday. The former Rev. John Mary Foster, head of the nonprofit Mission of Divine Mercy (MDM), 1531 Indian Chief Trail, New Braunfels, can no longer celebrate Mass and Catholics are banned…
Archbishop of San Antonio Gustavo García-Siller announced that Father John Mary Foster had been found guilty of schism by a canonical tribunal, subjected to a latae sententiae excommunication, and stripped of his priestly duties. The priest publicly questioned the legitimacy of Popes Francis and Leo XIV, calling them "usurpers." The tribunal's ruling was issued on April 20, and the archdiocese announced it on August 14. At the same time, Archbis…
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