The Archbishop chose the Feast of the North American Martyrs
to release his latest letter, directly referencing today's Gospel:
"There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed..."
Now what?
(Ed. note: Slightly edited to update.)
I just don't know - his testimony released today seems very difficult to refute or deny, and I dare say that precisely because it is the testimony of an old man, repenting of his neglects. Reading the following is deeply moving - for me at least - since I too "am an old man, one who knows he must soon give an accounting to the Judge for his actions and omissions, one who fears Him who can cast body and soul into hell."
To bear witness to corruption in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church was a painful decision for me, and remains so. But I am an old man, one who knows he must soon give an accounting to the Judge for his actions and omissions, one who fears Him who can cast body and soul into hell. A Judge who, even in his infinite mercy, will render to every person salvation or damnation according to what he has deserved. Anticipating the dreadful question from that Judge — “How could you, who had knowledge of the truth, keep silent in the midst of falsehood and depravity?” — what answer could I give? - Source
Say what you will, I find all of this troubling, to be sure, but I appreciate very much the Archbishop's statement of fidelity to Pope Francis: "I pray every day for Pope Francis — more than I have ever done for the other popes."
I pray every day for the Holy Father as well. He is the reigning Pontiff and sweet vicar of Christ on earth.
That being said, I have to make clear that I can't support the following statement made by the Archbishop:
“Pope Francis himself has either colluded in this corruption, or, knowing what he does, is gravely negligent in failing to oppose it and uproot it,” Viganò said. - Crux
This comes very close to calumny, since it implies that the Pope is part of a conspiracy or lobby, determined to undermine the Faith. To make public statements such as that is a terrible scandal and a sign that something is off with the Vigano testimony. I can't accept it.
The other day I read something similar at another site, by a notorious author whose career has been taken up with exposing a 'rampant homosexual subculture' in the Church, proposing it as an actual cult or rite of sodomy. Many facts and documentation of scandalous behavior by clergy appear to back up this author's research and allegations. It is also part of the anti-Vatican II propaganda to discredit the Council and the Novus Ordo. Somehow the Vigano testimony seems to have been incorporated into that machine, which has been focused upon Pope Francis from the moment he stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's after his election. I maybe guilty of over-simplifying this, but the Vigano testimony is surely being used to discredit the Pope, and it fits perfectly into their narrative.
As the Holy Father has said in the past, there may be lobbies - be they Masonic or gay - but he points the finger at clericalism, and I think he is right. Although, even poor Fr. Z is being led astray in all of this, defending Vigano's exile into hiding from the sodoclericalist posse out to get him, with this outrageous claim:
Again, Viganò has uncovered the root of The Present Crisis: homosexuals and homosexual predation – with the sodoclericalism that results.
I think we have to make a distinction between clericalism and sodoclericalism.
Do make regular prayer for Archbp. Viganò part of your daily routine. When he issued his first piece, he went into hiding. Some might think that that is a little melodramatic. However, I know for a factthat homosexuals and mafiosi and all manner of dangerous actors run together, for their interests overlap. In Vatican circles, people can turn up dead. HERE It also happens far out of Vatican circles but within the Church when it comes to unmasking the powerful and their homosexual depredations. HERE When it came to McCarrick, one person was afraid of winding up at the bottom of the Potomac. HERE Archbp. Viganò has good reason to be afraid. Homosexual crime is among the most brutal that law enforcement and medical responders see. - Fr. Z
These sensationalized conversations are not even Christian.
