Pope Francis has demoted an influential archbishop as he begins a shake-up of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
He has removed Archbishop Giacomo Morandi from his post as secretary of the CDF and appointed him diocesan Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy.
The archbishop, who will retain his episcopal rank “ad personam”, was seen as the driving force behind a statement by the CDF in March last year which ruled that the Catholic Church did not have the power to offer liturgical blessings to same-sex couples.
