Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 13

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Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 13

Developments & Reactions

[LAST UPDATE: 08-SEP-18 20:50 UTC]

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. 6, 2018 Developments

• In his daily sermon, a passive-aggressive Francis stresses that being “accustomed to accusing others” and being “nosy” about their lives is “an ugly sin”
• Legatus, a national organization of Novus Ordo businessmen, has announced it is placing its annual tithe to the Vatican in escrow until they can get clarification on how these funds are used
• Thousands of Novus Ordo laymen are asking Francis to address the allegations made by “Abp.” Vigano — FULL TEXT HERE
• The Attorney General of New York “has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state as part of her office’s investigation into the church’s handling of sex abuse allegations”
• The Attorney General of New Jersey has also announced an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the state’s Novus Ordo dioceses
• The Attorney General of New Mexico has likewise launched an ‘investigation into allegations of Catholic clergy sexual abuse’
• “Cardinal” Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, says that “the Holy Spirit is working ‘like a hurricane’ to smash structures of clericalism through the current clergy sexual abuse crisis”
• “Cardinal” Donald Wuerl suggests a “Season of Healing” for Washington, D.C., Archdiocese
• Church Militant reports that the 2017 movie Sex Abuse in the Church: Code of Silence, which accuses Francis of enabling sex abuse in Buenos Aires as “Cardinal” Bergoglio, is getting increased traction — Full Video is available on Amazon Prime here
• The Complicit Clergy web site has published an interactive map of U.S. states with criminal investigations
• German Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on Francis’ silence: “What a mockery of the victims!”

Reactions from Select Blogs and Web Sites

• The Spectator‘s Damian Thompson asks, “What has Pope Francis covered up?”
• The National Catholic Register‘s Benjamin Wiker argues that “there are reasons to believe that we are now entering the biggest crisis the Church has faced”
• “Fr.” Dwight Longenecker gives ‘ten reasons why Pope Francis’ silence is a disaster’
• Left-wing theology professor Massimo Faggioli is concerned about “the right-wing effort to delegitimize Pope Francis”
• Dr. Jeffrey Mirus discusses ‘the resignation scenario’, says we would be presumptuous “to conclude that the Church will be better off under someone else’s leadership”
• Inside the Vatican‘s Robert Moynihan comments on recent developments in his Letter #52

Related Stories

• Crux‘s Mark Pattison notes that McCarrick is ‘not the first prelate with seminarian abuse charges’
• The diocese of Buffalo, New York, has reinstated a “priest with multiple allegations of sexual abuse dating back decades” because they “were unsubstantiated”
• The blog Boston Catholic Insider accuses “Cardinal” Sean O’Malley of ‘coddling of homosexual priests’
• “Fr.” Paul John Kalchik writes a letter appealing to Francis “to act as Peter and intervene and end the control of the Church here in America by Judases”

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)

The EWTN News Nightly broadcast for Sep. 6, 2018:

Raymond Arroyo’s The World Over of Sep. 6, 2018, has more news about the ongoing Vigano affair:

A “Should Francis resign?” debate can be watched here:

What will tomorrow bring?

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