Letter accuses the pope

The World

Carlo Maria Vigano, a former archbishop and Vatican ambassador to the US, has written a letter calling on Pope Francis to resign over his handling of sexual abuse allegations. Host Marco Werman talks to Pope Francis biographer Austen Ivereigh about infighting and rivalries in the Vatican, and the pope’s supporters questioning the validity of the accusations.

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