Pope Francis removes leading US conservative critic as Texas

ROME—Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the US Catholic hierarchy. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had…

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