"An Australian priest vocal in his support of women's ordination has become the first person excommunicated under the papacy of Pope Francis. Fr. Greg Reynolds of Melbourne, Australia, told NCR by email late Monday night his initial reaction was "shock" upon learning of his separation from the church."
"Polish priest Krysztof Charamsa comes out as gay, is sacked by Vatican"
"Pope Francis Orders Cardinal Müller to Dismiss Three CDF Priests" "Marco Tosatti, the well-informed and well-respected Italian Vatican specialist piercingly speaks about an 'autocratic fever that seems to have broken out in the Vatican.'”