Bishop Joseph Strickland, one of the pope’s most vocal critics in the U.S. hierarchy, was relieved of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas.
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In August, Strickland wrote an open letter to his diocese warning that October’s Vatican synod of bishops, clergy and laypeople—which Francis’ supporters have described as one of the key initiatives of his reign—could cast doubt on certain “basic truths” of the faith, including the sinfulness of sex outside of marriage and the “undeniable biological and God-given” nature of gender identity.