The Latest on the Viganò Letter Drama…
Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 7
Developments & Reactions
[LAST UPDATE: 02-SEP-18]
This post continues our coverage of the ongoing ecclesiastical Chernobyl unleashed by the accusations of the former Vatican nuncio to the United States, “Abp.” Carlo Viganò, which were first published on Aug. 25 and have the potential not only to bring an end to the Francis “pontificate” but even to throw the entire Vatican II Sect into unprecedented chaos:
Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
- “Abp.” Carlo Viganò answers his critics in several new interviews
- Viganò responds to video objections, doubles down: McCarrick was restricted under Benedict XVI, but ‘he didn’t obey’
- Francis’ right-hand man “Fr.” Antonio Spadaro, S.J., defiantly says that Francis “draws energy from conflict” and that it is his “driving force”
- *** Viganò publishes new testimony document, reveals what really happened when Francis met privately with Kim Davis *** Link to the full document, dated Aug. 30, 2018 ***
- Vaticanist Edward Pentin reports that ‘further questions’ have arisen now regarding Benedict XVI’s sanctions on McCarrick
- Auxiliary “Bishop” Marian Eleganti of Chur, Switzerland, has said Francis’ silence “is a classical ‘non-denial denial.’ After all, to lie is not an option, either”
- Crux‘s John Allen reports the ‘latest on pope cover-up saga’
- “Archbishop” Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has asked Francis to cancel the Youth Synod scheduled for October in Rome: “The bishops would have absolutely no credibility”
- “Cardinal” Donald Wuerl is reportedly nowhere to be found
- Crux‘s Christopher White says ‘questions still surround papal accuser’s role in Nienstedt probe’
- “Fr.” Antonio Spadaro writes on Facebook that Francis “draws energy from conflict”, claims that “the tragedy has become a farce”
- Web site claims to provide “proofs” that former nuncio Vigano “lied”
- President of Ave Maria University releases follow-up letter, apologizes to “Cardinal” Raymond Burke
- Focolare lay movement releases statement expressing ‘support for Pope Francis’
Reactions from Select Blogs and Web Sites
- Political commentator Patrick Buchanan says the chickens are coming home to roost in the Vatican
- Michael Sean Winters asks if the ‘EWTN schism’ has begun
- The National Catholic Register‘s Matthew Bunson says while Francis and Parolin may be at peace, “the rest of us, at the moment, are not”
- Crux‘s John Allen plucks ‘certainties from confusion’ on the Vigano Letter drama
- The first blogger at the Francis worship shrine Where Peter Is to entertain he might have been wrong: “Perhaps the Pope is corrupt”
- Novus Ordo canon lawyer Ed Condon says for Francis to remove or sideline Wuerl now could make it “look like a tacit concession to Viganò’s accusations”
- New York Times columnist Ross Douthat discusses the Vigano letter drama and the sex abuse crisis with America‘s “Fr.” Matt Malone
- First Things‘ John Waters comments interprets Francis’ cryptic in-flight remark to journalists
- The Catholic Herald‘s Dan Hitches argues “it’s not unreasonable to believe Viganò’s central claims”
- Political commentator Hugh Hewitt says, “We are not going to get the truth about the abuse of the past 30 years from this Church hierarchy, so there is no other choice but to ask the government to go forth and find it”
- Ed Morrissey writes that “the ideological [=theological] battles won’t matter any more” if there is no credibility left in the church
Related Stories
- Famed Vaticanist Sandro Magister reminds his readers that ‘Francis didn’t just cover for McCarrick’
- Crux‘s Elise Harris provides a ‘timeline of McCarrick’s rise to power and subsequent fall’
- On Jan. 3, 2017, The Week‘s Michael Brendan Dougherty predicted: ‘A child abuse scandal is coming for Pope Francis’
- The American Spectator‘s George Neumayr has “discovered the DC archdiocesan safe house where Theodore McCarrick stashed Cardinal Law in 2003 before Law’s soft landing in Rome”
- A regional New Jersey news site comments on ‘the secret life of Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reports of sex abuse’
Prior Days’ Coverage
See below a new report by Ed Pentin on EWTN’s News Nightly broadcast of Aug. 31, 2018, as well as a discussion between the Jesuit “Fr.” Matt Malone and Ross Douthat, referenced above, on the current scandals:
Let’s see if we can get a break for the weekend, but that’s highly doubtful.
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