Former Spanish Bishop Marries Erotic Novelist After Papal Dispensation

Three years ago he had made the shocking announcement, saying he had fallen in love and some time later, the youngest bishop in Spain, formally accepting the excommunication from the Church, had civilly married the woman he loved also because they were expecting twin girls. Now that Pope Francis has granted him the dispensation, the former bishop of Solsona, Xavier Novell, 54 years old, was able to also join in church with the writer of erotic and satanic novels, a bit in the style of Angels and Demons but in a sexy version, Silvia Caballol. Three years after the soap opera of a story that for a long time had glued Spain to the media, the wedding photographs were made public. The newlyweds posted them on their Instagram profiles and show a happy couple like any other: she in white, radiant, he in jacket and tie. Both commented positively on Francis's decision to grant the former monsignor Novell the necessary dispensation to be reduced to the lay state and then proceed to the sacrament of marriage. Husband and wife, they were happily surprised by this attention. 'We were able to marry in church thanks to the mercy of Pope Francis.' Caballol said she was amazed by the great humanity of the pontiff. Who knows if they will soon visit him in the Vatican to introduce him to the girls who are now two years old. 'I do not believe darkness is what our love deserves.' After the decision to leave the diocese to support his large family, Xavier Novell had made use of his degree in agricultural engineering obtained before entering the seminary, studying theology, and beginning his ecclesiastical career. Abc and other Spanish newspapers like El Mundo had reported that during that period he was hired by a large international company, Semen Cardona specialized in the artificial insemination of pigs. Essentially, the company produces and distributes 'a highly' guaranteed product consisting of pig semen of the best genetics, exported to 20 countries with 17 insemination centers, sophisticated laboratories where DNA is analyzed which is then resold on the market.