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FILE - Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., listens to remarks at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Nov. 16, 2015. The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable end for the firebrand conservative who became one of Pope Francis' most ardent critics. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano, declares him guilty of schism

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011, file photo, then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. U.S. Catholic bishops are holding their annual fall assembly virtually this week with the Vatican's recent report on the rise and fall of disgraced ex-Cardinal McCarrick one of their main topics for discussion. Released last week after a two-year investigation, the report found that three decades of bishops, cardinals, and popes dismissed or downplayed reports McCarrick shared his bed with seminarians. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Takeaways from Vatican’s McCarrick report as US bishops meet

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, others flouted 2008 restrictions

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011, file photo, then Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. A lawyer says the key accuser in the sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has met with New York City prosecutors, evidence that the scandal that has convulsed the papacy is now part of the broader U.S. law enforcement investigation into sex abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Church envoy begs McCarrick to repent as abuse verdict nears

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope’s accuser returns to accuse brother in inheritance saga

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, talks with Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. South Korea's president is in Italy for a series of meetings that culminated with an audience with Pope Francis at which he's expected to extend an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)

Pope accuser strikes back, blames gay priesthood for abuse

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses the crowd as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Carlo Maria Vigano claim of Theodore McCarrick cover-up by Pope Francis ‘blasphemous,’ Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis greets faithful at the end of his meeting with youths attending the Synod, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican defends pope against ‘blasphemous’ cover-up claims

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Pope Francis delivers his message during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has denounced Pope Francis' refusal to directly respond to his claims and challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Sex abuse scandal: Pope Francis seeks prayers to fight ‘devil’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Chinese Catholics to overcome past divisions and open a new phase of faith following a landmark agreement over bishop nominations aimed at ending decades of estrangement between the Vatican and Beijing that had split the church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Accuser denounces Pope Francis’ silence over abuse cover-up claims

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Pope Francis is caught in pensive mood during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Francis' papacy has been thrown into crisis by accusations that he covered-up sexual misconduct by ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Sanctions, sex abuse and silence: A primer on the pope saga

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

US cardinal, critic of pope, still waiting for answers

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope’s remedy to those seeking scandal: prayer and silence

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican begins push-back against ex-ambassador over Davis

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this Aug. 22, 2018, file photo, Pope Francis is caught in pensive mood during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, with his 11-page testimony, have thrown Francis' 5-year papacy into crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis’ No. 2 says pontiff is ‘serene’ despite cover-up claims

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Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s cover-up crisis turns battle lines into first salvo

By BY NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis gestures as he answers to a journalist's question during a press conference aboard of the flight to Rome at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Journalist who helped pen pope bombshell says author wept

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesperson Greg Burke, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference aboard of the flight to Rome at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope’s alleged cover-up pivots on when, if sanctions imposed

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick prays during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall assembly in Baltimore. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Pope on McCarrick claims: “I won’t say a word about it.”

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press