The Roman newspaper Il Messaggero, citing a leaked document from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), reported that Cardinal Oscar Cantoni of Como, who became a cardinal in August, convinced Pope Francis early in his papacy to overturn a CDF recommendation of dismissal of a notorious priest abuser from the priesthood.
Since 1893, all of Milan’s archbishops have been named cardinals until the present archbishop, Archbishop Mario Delpini, appointed by Pope Francis in 2017, but since repeatedly passed over in the naming of cardinals.