Just hours after Pope Francis condemned the “repugnant crimes” of sexual abuse by clergy during his two-day trip to Ireland, news broke in the United States that a former papal ambassador to the country is accusing Francis of having known about abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and failing to act.
More than that, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò asserts that Francis actually repealed sanctions imposed on McCarrick by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI in the late 2000s, despite the fact that Viganò personally briefed Francis in June 2013 about McCarrick and the charges of misconduct and abuse.
CBS News spoke by telephone to Vigano on Sunday, who confirmed he wrote the statement and said he was speaking now “to combat the grave situation in the church, to protect the church and also to stop future abuse.” He told CBS News producer Anna Matranga that he had no agenda and was stating facts.
In an 11-page statement on Saturday, the 77-year-old Viganò called on Pope Francis to resign.
“In this extremely dramatic moment for the universal Church, he must acknowledge his mistakes and, in keeping with the proclaimed principle of zero tolerance, Pope Francis must be the first to set a good example to Cardinals and Bishops who covered up McCarrick’s abuses and resign along with all of them,” he wrote.
Viganò served as the Papal Nuncio to the United States from October 2011 to April 2016, serving both Popes Benedict and Francis.
In the statement, Viganò said he met the newly elected Pope Francis on June 23, 2013, about McCarrick, the former archbishop of both Newark and Washington D.C., who resigned last month over claims he sexually abused seminary students and an altar boy.
Viganò said he told Francis about the allegations: “Holy Father, I don’t know if you know Cardinal McCarrick, but if you ask the Congregation for Bishops there is a dossier this thick about him. He corrupted generations of seminarians and priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to withdraw to a life of prayer and penance.”
Viganò offered details about the penance he says was imposed by Benedict.
“The cardinal was to leave the seminary where he was living,” Viganò wrote, “he was also forbidden to celebrate [Mass] in public, to participate in public meetings, to give lectures, to travel, with the obligation of dedicating himself to a life of prayer and penance.”
Viganò says that he doesn’t know exactly when those measures were decreed, but that it occurred in 2009 or 2010.
Also according to Viganò, earlier efforts by other papal envoys to the United States to bring the charges against McCarrick to Rome’s attention were obstructed in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, blaming Italian Cardinals Angelo Sodano and Tarcisio Bertone – the Secretaries of State for Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, respectively.
Viganò also claims that Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., knew about the accusations against McCarrick, saying “I myself brought up the subject with Cardinal Wuerl on several occasions” and says that “the Cardinal lies shamelessly.”
In a recent interview, Wuerl vigorously asserted that he had been unaware of either the abuse charges against McCarrick or previous settlements for misconduct with seminarians in the dioceses of Metuchen and Newark in New Jersey.
In a new statement to Crux on Sunday, McFadden said that “In spite of what Archbishop Viganò’s memo indicates, Cardinal Wuerl did not receive any documentation or information during his time in Washington regarding any actions taken against Archbishop McCarrick.”
Under Francis, Viganò claims, sanctions against McCarrick were lifted and the former Washington prelate acted as a “kingmaker” for personally making appointments both in the U.S. and in the Vatican. Among other things, Viganò credits McCarrick for having “orchestrated” the appointments both of Cardinal Blase Cupich in Chicago and Cardinal Joseph Tobin in Newark.
Full text of the statement available here.
Full story at Crux.
Updated August 27 to include direct link to Archbishop Vigano’s letter.
Vigano and his “boy’s club” are part of the problem. I find it interesting that this is reported at this time. If they knew this at the time Francis was voted as the next pope, why was this “news” announced then? This does not smell right. It appears to look like they are setting up Francis for political reasons….Thus, putting credence to Vigano would be short sighed…
https://www.courageouspriest.com/
By Fr. Carlos Martins:
“I just spent the last two hours on the phone with a friend in the Vatican Curia. He said that the news of Archbishop Viganò has hit the Curia like an atomic bomb. Two things are universally noted regarding Viganò: 1) He is highly respected as a professional, and 2) His Curial positions gave him clear access to the damning information he reported. In other words, he is not a hack, and he is not relying on rumor. This makes his report absolutely worthy of belief.”
As St Augustine once said
“The Truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.”
Short-sighted is pretending that it’s Vigano’s fault for the timing of this news. It *should* have come out long ago. A good many things should have been dealt with firmly and people prosecuted–not protected at the expense of the innocent. That’s paying with their innocence, paychecks, and immortal souls.
Enough, Anonymous.
Nothing has been smelling right for a long time so let’s clean out the fridge and stop fighting as to who put the dead fish in there. Thus, we will all spare future generations from contracting that which kills.
Your observation, while interesting, does not convey anything. Motivation to “set up” the Holy Father does not vitiate the Holy Father”s alleged complicity in the things of which he is accused.
According to the Holy Father, “the truth frees us”:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/the-truth-frees-us-pope-tells-irish-bishops-67027
Shouldn’t he be held to his own position?
The bishops are turning on each other to save their own hides:
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/episcopal-sodomy-pope-francis-must-resign
Maybe Abp. Vigano is sounding off now because he did not receive a red hat from Pope Francis, and this is a way of getting back.
The way it’s looking, anyone who got a red hat from Francis is suspect for what he did to get it. In other words, the recent red hat promotions are probably all members of the gay insiders power club.
Exactly!!!! The police should be looking at them first. Lock them up!!!!!!!!
Maybe. Either way, if what Vigano says is true, does it matter?
It really doesn’t matter. You are right. Motive is irrelevant.
Getting a “red hat” from Francis may require certain things that some prelates are not prepared to do.
Archbishop Vigano should be thanked for bringing the light into the darkness that surrounds so many Bishops today.
Pope your popcorn and grab a beer. This is going to get good. Stay out of the way because it’s going to hit the fan in chancery offices and in the Vatican. Bishops are going to choose sides. Schism? I hope not. Corrupt bishops and pope exposed, as said in the letter, leading to resignations and a renewed, faithful Church? I hope so.
Cdl.Wuerl isn’t talking:
https://m.ncregister.com/57858/d#.W4NjC3RlDqA
The saga continues. Vigano’s report is being supposed by a former member of tje Vatican diplomatic service:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/former-nunciature-official-vigano-said-the-truth-38319
Personnel is policy. Just more evidence.
Cdl, Wuerl now steps in by denying knowledg:
https://m.ncregister.com/57858/d#.W4MjPHRlDqA
Since he has already “lawyered-up”, it is not outside tje realm of possibility that his denials are based on advice of legal counsel.
More of thevsecretsvand the conspiracy of silence comes out:
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cdl.-burke-backs-abp.-vigano-statement
With all of this intrigue and double-talk, how can the Holy Father and his co-conspirators celebrate Mass or hold the Eucharist inbtheir hands without beinf affected by conscience?
If anyone is curious about what Judas Ascariot looked like, all a person need do is look at Pope Francis and those who continued to ignore the “Sodomites” in clerical garb.
His Holiness is keeping his mouth shut:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-i-will-not-say-a-single-word-on-viganos-allegations-of-cover-up-65149
The Holy Father’s reaction according to tje NCR article, was that he would not comment. It is also worthy of note that according to the article is a quote from the Holy Father stating:
“The Pope said people should make up their own minds about the claims.”
Duh—with all of the obvious that has been reported, including tje comments by Cdl. Burke affirming the statements, the laity has enough to reach a conclusion.
If the charges are false, how hard is it to say that they are false? of course, if the pope says the charges are false and then the charges are corroborated by others, he’ stepped in it deep. So his not denying the charges is enough to suspect that the charges are probably true and the pope doesn’t want to be caught lying anymore.
If His Holiness wants to hold those responsible, particularly the bishops who allowed this, he neers to look in a mirror.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/in-ireland-pope-francis-decries-failure-of-bishops-in-abuse-scandal-63348
The statement by Archbishop Carl Maria Viganò is very important and should be read in its entirety. It names the names of the homosexual mafia that control our bishops. This is an important moment for our Church and hopefully Abp. Vignanò will be made a Saint one day, God bless him.
The Holy Father needs to heed his own words:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/the-truth-frees-us-pope-tells-irish-bishops-67027
It is time for the Holy Father to face the truth about his pontificate so far. Hopefully and with the help of the Holy Spirit, the laity, clergy, religious and those prelates who remain faithful can salvage the wreckage brought on by those who identify closer to Judas than Jesus.
The cat is out of the bag:
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/08/26/ex-papal-envoy-to-us-calls-on-pope-to-resign-saying-he-knew-about-mccarrick/
Let us hope that after all of this has all been sorted out, there is still something left of the Universal Catholic Church to carry on in the manner Jesus intended.
All this over protecting a sodomite. Come on, Catholics, this is Satan. He is loosing a reign of sexual terror on Mankind. Why? Because it buys the adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals, masturbators, and other sexual miscreants a likely one-way ticket to Hades. Mary warned the children at Fatima that sins of the flesh were the source of damnation for many. To Man today, this warning is a big, “Meh”!
Run away from Cupich, Dolan, Wuerl, and the legion of others who now “command” the sinking institutional ship. Find the True Faith and live it. Ignore most of what goes on in Rome; it is evil.
You are 1000% correct.
At the irish meeting the pope told people that those who cover up abuse are caca. (Yes, his actual word.) A more damning and embarrassing instance of putting your foot in your mouth, I cannot conceive.
I don’t think the pope will survive this.
How sweet that those who are calling for Trump’s impeachment are all Francis supporters, and now it looks like Francis is going to be forced out of office instead.
Forgive me for sounding cynical, Matt, but if Francis can ignore the dubia without consequence, what makes you think he will be taken down by this scandal? He knows the game plan– say nothing– and he will remain the Teflon pope.
Boycott pilgrimages to Rome. Don’t contribute to collections that benefit Rome or the Holy See. This is the worst, most scandalous, most corrupt pope in Catholic history.
You really don’t know much about catholic history, do you?
Anonymous, I DO know much about the history of the Catholic Church and the only thing I would add o Edward’s statement is -in the last several hundred years of the Catholic history. Yes, this Pope is among the worst we ever had.
Instead, how about praying the Rosary and ask for Our Lady’s intercession?
Vadis in pacem
Instead of being condescending, if you’re going to try to sound sophisticated by using Latin, get it right.
It should have been “Vade in pace.” Singular imperative for the verb, not second person singular indicative active. The preposition in takes the ablative case, not the accusative.
I pray the Rosary in Latin.
Quote from Cdl. Burke:
“The declarations made by a prelate of the authority of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò must be totally taken to heart by those responsible in the Church,” Cdl. Burke told LifeSiteNews Sunday. “Each declaration must be subject to investigation, according to the Church’s time-tried procedural law.”
Since Cdl. Burke formerly headed the “Sinnatura” (the highest ecclestical court), he is qualified in his recommendation.
Anonymous 3 said:
“Vigano and his “boy’s club” are part of the problem. I find it interesting that this is reported at this time. If they knew this at the time Francis was voted as the next pope, why was this “news” announced then?”
There isn’t a difference b/t “this time” and when Francis was elected? For starters, there wasn’t a GJ indictment out of PA, nor was there a sitting Cardinal accused of predatory sexual practices. Nor was a Jesuit priest calling priests upholding Church sexual morality doctrines “homophobic” at a Vatican endorsed event.
You can uphold the sexual morality doctrines of the Church ..a good thing. and also be homophobic … a bad thing.
It is not a bad thing to do to run away from homosexuals. It is a perfectly rational thing to do to run away from homosexuals, especially if you are an altar boy or seminarian. If the altar boys ran away, they would not have been raped.
Homophobic= false term made up by LGBT thugs to silences those they disagree with… At last they (at least in the Church) they are being exposed for the creeps that they are…. They cannot deny it try as they may, they are corrupt to their souls….
I looked it up on Urban Dictionary. I don’t know what C&H meant by it. It is a another divisive word that should be retired.
It is an anti-word.
I’ve had it with corrupt bishops and popes.
We are all in agreement on that point. However, the Church established by Jesus Himself will last.
In the last crisis, the lavender mafia was able to survive and maintain the apparatus by casting a few overboard. This time, we have to ensure that the entire apparatus is exposed and destroyed.
If you know something, you have to tell the responsible bishop. If the bishop is suspect, send a carbon copy to an uncorrupted person in authority. If you’re laity who worships in a corrupted diocese, you need to defund both diocese and parish until the bishop is removed.
The closing Mass in Ireland was hoped to have had over 500,000 attendees. Instead it only had a little more than 100,000. Massive failure.
I’m loving this. Fr. James Martin and all Francis supporters have had the rug pulled out from underneath them and they’ve fallen on their rears. Theyre not going to be able to change the church teaching about homosexuality. I think all of Francis’ appointments should be reversed. and things should start over with a new pope like Burke.
Irene,
For the next Pope, I’d look seriously at some of the bishops in Africa.
There’s a guy who always posts on this board when people criticize the pope or a bishop and says that they’re not being faithful catholics because catholics have to give religious submission to church authority. They have to obey the magisterium Well, is that guy going to criticize Vigano for his devastating letter basically telling the world that the pope and his closest cardinal and bishop supporters are all corrupt and should resign? What say ye about submitting to the magisterium now?
Who knew that the pope and so many cardinals and bishops and Jesuits were cafeteria catholics? They want a huge serving of gay and a double portion of power and unlimited refills on money, but they pass on truth and honesty and faithfulness and sacrifice.
Purge the evil from your midst!
The synod on youth should be canceled. Bishops scheduled to attend should withdraw in protest.
Pope Francis said we should: “Read the statement carefully and make your own judgment.” This from the shepherd who started his pontificate by saying, when asked about Msgr. Ricca who had a gay lover and a male prostitute in Uruguay while in charge of the nunciature, “who am I to judge?”
The August 19 California homily of note on the coverup of homosexual church activities that you can listen on the sidebar here was prescient. Here is a great priest. Pray for him and Abp. Viganò.
Who is truly HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY among our top Church leaders— particularly, in the Vatican?? A DISGRACE to Christ, Who suffered on a terrible Cross, and died for our Salvation!! Shame on them all!! Our Lady of Fatima said that more people end up in Hell for sins of the flesh, than for any other!!
Linda,
The Church doesn’t belong to the pope, nor to the prelates and clergy. It does not belong to the religious or even to the lay faithful.
It belongs to Jesus Himself. In Matt. 16 he specifically says to Peter, “. . . upon this rock I will build MY Church.”
Jesus will also not abandon His Church.
Bernie Clair, of course the Church belongs to Christ! And too many Catholic prelates are extremely UNFAITHFUL to Our Lord!
Watch out Cardinal Burke is biased against Pope Francis. Anything Burke proclaims regarding this matter is suspect! Burke has his own agenda and it is what is best for him…not what is best for the Church.
Paul, you know this for sure? Please provide evidence for such claims, or cease to make them.
See note and citation from Isaac J. above.
The only bias that Cdl. Burke may have is a bias towards beinf faithful to the Catechism.
Paul, we should “watch out” for those biased against the teachings of the Catholic Church. Period. This novelty train called Francis is hopefully getting derailed, the same thing for “ambiguous” pastoral speak that has opened the Church the smoke of Satan for far longer than this current pontificate. Francis is merely the crowning achievement that seems to be a little more tarnished than what was hoped for.
And all the double talk, and all the I am not saying a word, and Who am I to judge is good for the church?
What is the agenda there? The good of the Church? Or, as one former US president would say -fundamentally changing (the Church)?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-10-takeaways-from-viganos-testimony-on-popes-cover-up
Great article, thank you Lou V.
If you recall, this “scandal” according to the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report occurred during John Paul II’s pontificate. It was also proven by several sources external to the Church that Benedict followed orders from JP II to ignore and not report pedophiles and child abuse; it was agreed to just move these cowards from parish to parish. Vigano was part of this “boys club” who was politically discredited at the time Benedict was pope. So Vigano has a lot of baggage and an ax to grind because Francis is trying to shake up the corrupt Curia and expose the hierarchy. Now everyone is turning on each other and they will try to take Francis down with them….let’s face it, the Church has been driven by political ideology and not…
Anonymous 3, some of your historical take needs verification. If the buck stops at the Vatican, then JPII has some accounting to do. What he knew and when he knew it needs verification by reputable sources. How much came to light when he was in decline is relevant. As for Benedict, I don’t think your case holds water as it seems to fly in the face of at least one fact we know of as a certainty: Benedict wanted McCarrick’s head on a platter, and Francis rehabilitated him. So let’s start over: show your proof “by several sources” and also test the veracity of those sources. Then we can start to dialogue intelligently.
So what do you propose, Anonymous? That the “Boy’s Club” headed by Francis prevail and the corruption continues unabated? The baggage here is that carried by those who prefer to sidetrack from the crux of the issue. Corrupt, immoral men doing what they want under cover of their office and at the expense of souls, including their own.
Let’s face it. Pretending that Francis is only being targeted because of some personal beef is absurd. As for being politically discredited, Francis does that with regularity. His attempt to run Italy, Europe, the United States by way of backhanded put-downs and rude presser commentary is right out there for public consumption. No need to ta Vigano.
And, you bet, the cover-ups have been going on…
This was just published this morning in Life Site News (Catholic edition). The analysis, commentary and “connecting the dots” provide a reasonably believable explanation of the Holy Father’s behaviour during his pontificate so far:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/if-pope-francis-covered-up-mccarrick-abuse-then-hes-neither-holy-nor-a-fath
The demand for answers keeps growing,, and so also is the need for prayers, possibly a universal hour of Our Lady’s Rosary? Pray as we have never prayed before for the intersession of our Blessed Mother—Mother of the one Universal Church.
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More of the high-ranking prelates are joining in supporting the call to have the Holy Father answer for his actions and inactions:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-schneider-no-reasonable…cause-to-doubt-truth-of-vigano-revelations
Pope Francis has said he will not say one word on this. I believe we are witness to a miracle, his long battle with logorhea is over.
If the next Pope comes from the clergy, he will very likely be another member of the homosexual mafia. We don’t need a Pope who is a theologian. We don’t need a Pope who is a diplomat. We don’t need a Pope who is pastoral. We need a Pope who is a warrior to crush the homosexual mafia. I nominate former California Catholic commenter Canisius for Pope.
Bohemond?
I will take the job, but my wife my have something to say about it……
John Paul II knew about the drug addicted pedophile priest Father Marcial Maciel and did NOTHING because he was a great fundraiser for the Church. It was Pope Benedict XVI who rid the Church of Maciel’s filth. Where was Vigano and all of the conservatives back then? It seems the conservatives have a different standard for Pope John Paul II than for Pope Francis. Their hypocrisy is on full display!
Diego, you might be right and you might be wrong. Back up your assertion with evidence whose veracity we can check. That’s the standard that any reasonable person would hold to with regards to the statements by Archbishop Carl Maria Viganò.
The pedophilia priest problem has been a long-standing problem for the Church. And who has been running the Church when all of these scandals were taking place? The conservative members of the hierarchy! This “caca”, to quote Pope Francis, happened on their watch! Now they are back stabbing the Pope. What children!
It was not a “pedophilia” priest problem but a “Homosexual” Priest/Bishop/Cardinal problem and this Pope is making it worse by covering-up for those in authority who are gay and who covered-up themselves!
I fear that the next Pope after Francis resigns or is forced out will be one of the left leaning Cardinals created by Pope Francis. I hope the Holy Spirit will surprise us with someone like Raymond Cardinal Burke or Cardinal Sara. Come Holy Spirit and take complete control of the Church.
Much of this disaster that engulfs the American Catholic Church comes from the denial that Homosexuals are attracted to boys that do not yet shave. I know that Cardinal McCarrick is only accused of doing it with seminarians, but it is the Children molestation that Americans find most repulsive. As long as our Bergoglian Cardinals like Cupich, Tobin and Ferrell that deny this are in office the Church has a problem in America.
Gratias – I really don’t understand how it is that everyone thinks Francis was the first pope to cover up the sex abuse scandal. Francis is the Pope who took McCarrick’s red hat from him. If Benedict disciplined McCarrick at all, its hard to believe that we are only learning about it now. That was the coverup, at the hands of Benedict. Francis blew the lid open on it. Now, he did have a hard time believing abuse in some cases, but ultimatel he relented. Even Vilagno said that in his very first meeting with Pope Francis, he told the Nuncio that he didn’t want homosexuals among the bishops. And it was Pope John Paul who was Pope when the crisis first was exposed in the mid-1990s.
Well, if you are defending Pope Francis, then he must be a member of the homosexual mafia.
YFC I should have bet house money on how you would turn this around and blame Benedict and cover for Anti-Pope Francis. Benedict sanctioned McCarrick. Of course you would rush to defend the gay friendly Anti-Pope. I pray to Christ in Heaven that his begins the house cleaning
Pope Benedict sanctioned him secretly. There are procedures in the Church to deal with this. They get their day in court. It doesn’t sound like it was followed. And by keeping it a secret, it allowed Francis to do what he did (if he did it.) Did anyone go back to the seminaries and the diocese to see if there were other victims who were afraid to come forward?
It is such fun to watch the Cultural Marxist New York Times defending their Guy Papa Francisco. Abp. Viganò did respond to the the Alinskyites: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vigano-issues-new-statement-documents-to-clear-his-name-of-false-charges Our Pope will not resign but will be hampered in his progream of Amoris Lætitia, Gay Marrige and cohabitation. This is a good thing, not a bad thing.
Amen Diego and Aquino——you have keen insight. Let us pray for all despite our different views. It is needed more now than ever.
Ronnie: actually it is a pedophilia priest problem! Please read the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report and the John Jay Report. The majority of the financial settlements and the cover ups are the result of pedophilia behavior by priests.
Sorry William but two-thirds of the Pennsylvania’s Grand Jury involved male abuse with the majority being post-pubescent boys which is homosexual abuse. This just confirms the original John Jay report which identified 81% male abuse with less than 5% pedophilia and the rest homosexual abuse. Of course, the revised second report tried to contradict this (with Satan’s help?) by suggesting it was the “culture or access to altar boys” but we know that this 2 million dollar “whitewash” was a sham. Nice try though.
Uh no its not its is a GAY problem.
As stated by Roberto de Mattei today: The John Jay Report “demonstrated the link between homosexuality and sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy. According to the report of 2004, in the overwhelming majority of cases of sexual abuse it is not about pedophilia, but ephebophilia, that is, a degeneration that consists not only of sexual attraction towards children, but towards adolescent boys, at the age of puberty. The John Jay Report demonstrated that about 90% of the priests condemned for sexual abuse with minors are homosexual priests.” In America our clerics cover for the LGBT perversions since Vatican II and therein lies the problem.
Ronnie: your “post pubescent boys” are exactly that…boys…not men!
J&M….And your point? It’s still homosexual Priests that abused teenage boys and young men!
I suppose it was homosexual priests who abused the young girls?
The majority of the victims were male! Nice try.
“I suppose it was homosexual priests who abused the young girls?
No I don’t believe so but hey you never know, maybe some were Bi-Sexual! And of course the majority was homosexual abuse over 80%.
Paying the price for following Church teaching:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/vatican-source-pope-dismissed-cdl-mueller-and-others-for-following-church-r
This crisis is an opportunity for change in the Church. Perhaps it is time for an increased role of the laity, optional celibacy for priests, deaconesses, financial transparency and reconsideration of the Church’s teachings addressing human anthropology, especially with regards to human sexuality. The Church is no longer credible to the majority of the faithful when it addresses matters of morality and sex.
This whole homosexual abuse scandal was caused by those who rejected the Church’s teaching on sex. Saying that from now on it is okay to do the things that this scandal was about will only make things worse.
The good Archbishop had to defend himself again. He is a man in full. It is amazing to watch our extreme left-wing secular media coming out in full defense of Pope Francis and the Homosexuals.
https://onepeterfive.com/vigano-crow-truth/
Gratis: it is amazing to watch the extreme right wing so-called “Catholic” media and ecclesiastical authorities pile on Pope Francis. The disrespect of the Pope is disgraceful!
There is an extreme left wing in our Church. Just look at the American Cardinals created by Pope Francis: Cupich, Tobin and Ferrell.
Perhaps it is time to re-read an historical article about the Homoheresy that afflicts our Church.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_02_18_RorateCaeli_FrDariusz.htm