Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 20

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Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 20

Developments & Reactions

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:

Thursday, Sep. 13, 2018 Developments

• In his homily for the day, Francis delivered Part 2 of his “Great Accuser” theme — video report here
• Argentinian expert on Jorge Bergoglio, Dr. Antonio Caponnetto, says “What Abp. Viganò said about Bergoglio is the absolute truth”
• Francis receives “Cardinals” Daniel DiNardo and Sean O’Malley to discuss abuse crisis — brief video here
• Statement released by USCCB following meeting with Francis
• Photograph of DiNardo/O’Malley meeting with Francis released by Vatican News shows everybody laughing
• “Cardinal” Timothy Dolan of New York, New York, has called the current sex abuse crisis “nauseating” and “diabolical”
• Dolan has also said that his own mother is now “embarrased to be Catholic” (with video)
• During his August trip to Dublin, Francis told Jesuits that one reason for the sex abuse drama is that “elitist and clericalist” clergy have not been “near to the people of God”
• Francis has accepted the resignation of “Bp.” Michael Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and asked “Abp.” William Lori of Baltimore, Maryland, to start an investigation into allegations of misconduct
• Breitbart reports that “Pope Francis commissioned a four-book study in 2010 as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires attacking sexual abuse victims and defending a priest convicted of molesting a teenage boy”

Reactions from select Blogs and Web Sites

• Church Militant‘s Bradley Eli explains why ‘Archbishop Lori [is] untrustworthy’
• A Novus Ordo blogger says Lori investigating the diocese formerly headed by Bransfield is ‘the fox guarding the hen house’
• Vaticanist John Allen explains why he believes that ‘Francis’s child protection summit may be highest-stakes gamble of his papacy’
• Writing for Catholic Herald, “Fr.” Mark Drew opines that “Archbishop Viganò has sparked a revolution no one can control”
• The Belfast Telegraph‘s Martin O’Brien says that the fallout from the Vigano Testimony is “nothing less than a battle for the soul of the Catholic Church”
• America‘s Gerard O’Connell says “Abp.” Vigano ought to come out of hiding and face questions from the press
• At the National Review, Michael Brendan Dougherty gives an overview: ‘The Catholic crisis as it stands now’
• Blogger Steven O’Reilly believes “there will be some interesting revelations to come forth about the last conclave in the wake of Viganó’s accusations and the McCarrick scandal”
• Austen Ivereigh on the McCarrick scandal: “Popes Benedict and Francis were dealing with an old man whose moral corruption decades earlier involved no crime and no public scandal. If they decided it was not in the Church’s interests to make it all known, who are we to judge them?”
• Second interview by Frank Walker of Canon 212 with author and journalist George Neumayr

Related Stories

• The Vatican has confirmed that there is currently an “ongoing investigation into financial irregularities involving the directors of the Sistine Chapel Choir”
• A French Novus Ordo priest has stated: “I am fed up with doing penance for sins that I did not commit”
• “Bp.” Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, has been ‘cleared of wrongdoing by district attorney’s investigation’
• “Cardinal” Sean O’Malley has some questions to answer about the case of “Fr.” Walter Cuenin

Prior Days’ Coverage

• Days 1-3 (Aug. 25-27)
• Day 4 (Aug. 28)
• Day 5 (Aug. 29)
• Day 6 (Aug. 30)
• Day 7 (Aug. 31)
• Day 8 (Sep. 1)
• Day 9 (Sep. 2)
• Day 10 (Sep. 3)
• Day 11 (Sep. 4)
• Day 12 (Sep. 5)
• Day 13 (Sep. 6)
• Day 14 (Sep. 7)
• Day 15 (Sep. 8)
• Day 16 (Sep. 9)
• Day 17 (Sep. 10)
• Day 18 (Sep. 11)
• Day 19 (Sep. 12)

See below for two EWTN broadcasts — News Nightly and The World Over — with the day’s news and commentary about the situation:

There will be more tomorrow.

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