Vatican defends pope against ‘blasphemous’ cover-up claims’

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal has issued a scathing rebuke of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a top American cardinal, saying his claims were “blasphemous” and demanding that he repent.
Six weeks after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano threw the papacy into turmoil with his claims about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the head of the Vatican’s bishops office said there is no documentary evidence backing up Vigano&rs