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Priest excommunicated after tirade about Pope Francis: ‘Anti-pope usurper’

By Peter Cordi
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Priest excommunicated after tirade about Pope Francis: ‘Anti-pope usurper’

An Italian priest has been ousted from the Catholic Church after harshly criticizing Pope Francis in his New Year’s homily, calling the Argentinian pontiff an “anti-pope usurper.”

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