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ROME – A self-professed Catholic bishop and primate, who was ordained to the priesthood by the excommunicated Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo in 2009, and who’s built a following in part on the basis of performing exorcisms, has been denounced by both the dioceses of Fatima and Rome as a fraud.
Salvatore Micalef, born in a small town in southern Italy in 1974, presents himself as a bishop and primate of an international Catholic prelature called “Saints Peter and Paul.” Under that guise, he’s organized liturgies which include healings and exorcisms in various parts of the world, including both the famed Marian sanctuary of Fatima in Portugal and in the city of Rome itself.
In fact, there is currently only one personal prelature in the Catholic Church recognized by the Vatican, which is Opus Dei.
Last year, the Diocese of Leiria-Fátima in Portugal distanced itself from so-called “Healing and Liberation” retreats held in hotels near the shrine, with the participation of Micalef.
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Self-professed archbishop, primate denounced by Fatima and Rome as a fake
Salvatore Micalef presents himself as a bishop and the patriarch of an international Catholic prelature called “Saints Peter and Paul.” Under that guise, he’s organized liturgies which include healings and exorcisms in various parts of the world.
