Archbishop Calls on Pope Francis to Resign

The former Vatican ambassador to Washington, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, has issued an 7,000 word letter in which he alleges a cover-up in which Pope Francis rehabilitated US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick who was found to have sexually abused trainee priests. Archbishop Viganò has called on the Pope to resign.

Also in the programme: The American playwright and screenplay-writer Neil Simon has died at the age of 91; and a mass shooting at a videogame tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

(Photo: US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington speaks during a news conference at the Vatican press centre. Pope Francis on 28 July 2018 accepted Theodore McCarrick's resignation from the College of Cardinals over his sex scandal. McCarrick was accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly five decades ago during his time as a priest in the Archdiocese of New York. Credit: Danilo Schiavella/EPA)