Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 17

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Vatican II Church Meltdown – Day 17

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:

Monday, Sep. 10, 2018 Developments

• The Vatican is preparing a response to “Abp.” Viganò’s accusations
• In his daily homily, Francis warns that “we are watched by the great accuser who raises up the accusers of today to catch us in contradiction”
• Vaticanist Edward Pentin reports that “despite Pope Francis’ call on journalists to verify Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s allegations, a key cardinal and other Vatican officials and offices have so far refused to provide information”
• Francis’ C9 Advisory Council issues statement expressing “full solidarity with Pope Francis in the face of what has happened in the last few weeks”
• “Cardinal” Blase Cupich of Chicago, Illinois, has stepped in it again, declaring that “I feel very much at peace at this moment. I am sleeping OK” and that “we have a bigger agenda than to be distracted by all of this”
• Interview: Journalist George Neumayr says ‘Cardinal Wuerl is even now covering up for a priest who abused teen in hot tub’
• “Abp.” Pascal Wintzer of Poitiers, France, believes that Francis’ opponents are “making use of formulas and condemnations whose objective is not really to convince but to hurt”
• “Bp.” David J. Walkowiak of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has released a statement saying that “the 11-page testimony released by Archbishop Viganò needs to be investigated to the fullest extent”
• Three Chilean “bishops” have been subpoenaed by the prosecutor’s office concerning allegations of sex abuse cover-up
• Kentucky has announced it plans to investigate all its Novus Ordo dioceses
• The Associated Press’ Nicole Winfield provides a primer on the Vigano saga: ‘Sanctions, sex abuse, and silence’

Reactions from Select Blogs and Web Sites

• A Novus Ordo canon lawyer considers whether “Abp.” Vigano violated church law by divulging what would fall under the “Pontifical secret”
• Joseph Shaw writes that “the attempted character-assassination of Viganò himself increasingly strikes observers as an example of the whistle-blower suppression strategy which is very much part of the problem Viganò has been trying to expose”
• The Catholic Herald‘s Michael Davis notes “Cardinals” Wuerl and Cupich ‘give contrasting responses to Vigano’s testimony’
• The National Catholic Reporter‘s Michael Sean Winters says that “the idea that people who showed no particular concern for the victims or allegations when they were Fr. Marcial Maciel’s victims or allegations against Pell are suddenly horrified by the grand jury report in Pennsylvania does not pass the smell test”
• The Catholic Thing‘s Robert Royal says “there are three ‘Cs’ in our discussions about the abuse crisis that must be cleared of cant”
• At OnePeter Five, Ken Foye outlines ‘what not to blame clerical sex abuse on’
• A blogger warns that with the upcoming Vatican response to the Vigano Testimony, we may see a “false flag” or “Lettergate II”

Related Stories

• Journalist George Neumayr wants to know why Obama’s Secret Service head is ‘working for Cardinal Wuerl’
• A sedevacantist blogger comments on the relationship between ‘perversion and Modernism’
• The Vatican’s child protection office has clarified that its task is to prevent, not to investigate, abuse
• The Chilean civil court might get access from the Vatican to “all available information about the abuses perpetrated by Fr. Fernando Karadima”
• A current ‘Argentine abuse investigation involves priest previously reported to Pope Francis’
• “Bishop” Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, has denied allegations of unspecified misconduct

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)

Bill Donohue, the well-paid director of the so-called Catholic League that “Cardinal” McCarrick helped him set up, is upset at the New York attorney general for planning to investigate all eight Novus Ordo dioceses in the state:

Rome Reports has published a video on the C9 advisors’ statement that the Vatican is preparing a response to Vigano’s allegations:

Lauren Ashburn reports from Rome in this EWTN News Nightly broadcast of Sep. 10:

As things stand currently, this thing isn’t going to end any time soon. The Vatican’s upcoming rejoinder to the Vigano accusations will no doubt be a milestone and kick everything up a notch.

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