Pope sacks Cardinal in charge of Vatican doctrine

German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, an arch-
conservative who led the Vatican’s doctrine
watchdog, has been dismissed from his post by
Pope Francis, several media outlets reported on
Saturday.
Mueller, 69, was named Prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)
on July 2, 2012.
Francis met him on Friday, and according to the
reports, told Mueller that his mandate had come
to an end after five years.
The news, published by the La Stampa and Il
Messaggero newspapers, among others, was
first reported on Friday by conservative blogs,
Corrispondenza Romana and Rorate Caeli.
The Vatican press office was not immediately
available for comment.
The German cardinal is seen as a leading critic
of Francis’ landmark Amoris Laetitia document
which in 2016 suggested that people who were
divorced and remarried could, under special
circumstances, be allowed to take the Holy
Communion.
In March, Mueller’s congregation was accused
by clergy sex abuse survivor Marie Collins of
resisting the work of a papal commission on
child protection.
She told Jesuit magazine America that the
CDF’s “shameful’’ attitude led her to resign from
the commission.
Pope Francis stand in defence of the church has
brought sanity into the Roman Catholic church
in recent time.
This include his decision on the crisis rocking
the Ahaira Mbaise Diocese where he threatened
to sack ordained priests who work against the
church.