✣Viganò and papal aides clash over Kim Davis saga
What happened? The row over the testimony of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò entered new territory as the whistleblower sought to defend his record as US nuncio – specifically in organising the Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis, a clerk jailed for five days for refusing to authorise same-sex marriages. Viganò said he was provoked by a New York Times report in which abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz said the Pope told him he was “horrified” by the meeting and “fired that nuncio”.
