Last word on former Archbishop Milingo

Folks, the Vatican has dismissed retired Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Lusaka from the clerical state. In other words, he has been fired.

You may recall that the now ex-prelate had left the Church to follow Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church. After years of waiting patiently for Milingo's coming to his senses, the Holy See decided not to wait any more and apply the just canonical penalties the Church can levy against recalcitrant material heretics and schismatics. You may read the defrocking decree here.

I have addressed the ex-archbishop's shenanigans in various past posts, which I want to recapitulate now:

• Unification Church's Confused "theology"
• Pope Benedict XVI Calls Meeting to Discuss Married Priests
• Milingo currently in Korea taking "theology lessons" from Sun Myung Moon
• Milingo admits spiritual, financial debt to Rev. Moon
• Milingo lacks standing to question priestly celibacy
• Milingo propaganda machine churning off spam
• Milingo "ordains" another bishop

This post now closes Milingo's dossier in this blog until the day he returns to the Church. In the meantime, let us continue praying for Emmanuel Milingo, former priest, bishop, archbishop and now heretic, schismatic, apostate from religious life, and lost sheep.