The Pope was today holding talks with a married archbishop who has been threatened with excommunication.

The Vatican today threatened to excommunicate an archbishop who married this at a Moonie mass weddings.

A Roman Catholic archbishop who was married to a physician in a group wedding conducted by the Rev Sun Myung Moon has put himself ‘‘outside the church’’ and can no longer be considered a bishop, the Vatican said today.

A Catholic Archbishop is to marry a Korean woman and join the Moonies.