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Article: African Archbishop Promises To Obey Pope And Leave New Wife.(Emmanuel Milingo, from Zambia)(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- September 3, 2001
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Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, whose marriage earlier this year scandalized the Vatican, is now leaving his new wife and returning to the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican said.
This recent announcement is the latest chapter in ongoing discord between the charismatic African cleric and the Vatican that came to a head in May. It was during this time that Archbishop Milingo ignored his celibacy vow and married Maria Sung, a 43-year-old South Korean physician, in a mass ceremony conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in New York City (JET, June 18).
In July, the Vatican told Archbishop Milingo that he would be excommunicated unless he agreed to: "(a) ...