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Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of a Texas bishop, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pope.
Pope Francis has removed the bishop of Tyler, Joseph Strickland, who had been openly critical of the pope’s efforts to reform the Catholic Church to be more inclusive of women
The one-line announcement came from the supreme pontiff himself, simply saying that he had relieved Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler, Texas.
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