Posted on 10/03/2018 2:13:05 PM PDT by Repent and Believe
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:
Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2018 Developments
•“Documents obtained by CNN suggest Bishop Richard J. Malone did not sanction priests accused of sexual abuse and concealed the identities of alleged ‘predator priests’ from the public”
•PJ Media‘s Debra Heine explains why the notorious “Mgr.” Walter Rossi ‘wants to move on from priest abuse scandal’
•Newly-revived Roman Catholic Faithful challenges “Cardinal” Blase Cupich of Chicago, Illinois, over clerical sex abuse
Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2018 Developments
•“Pope” Francis ‘says he received a ‘sign from God’ through Chinese bishops after Viganò testimony’
•Former McCarrick advisor John Carr calls on Francis to “break his silence about what the Vatican knew about the previous archbishop of Washington’s history of abuse and to act more decisively on the issue”
•“Cardinal” Cupich apologizes for his “bigger agenda” and “rabbit hole” comments
•With Francis refusing to order a Vatican investigation into McCarrick, “the USCCB has opted for an investigation led primarily by lay individuals, in cooperation with the U.S. bishops, that will focus on the four dioceses in which McCarrick served”
•Chicago’s “Fr.” Paul Kalchik speaks from an undisclosed location about his persecution by “Cardinal” Cupich for burning a sacrilegious rainbow flag outside his parish church
•The Novus Ordo bishops of England and Wales have “announced an independent review of current policies and procedures for child protection and for handling complaints of sexual abuse”
•A second Novus Ordo diocese in Ohio has announced it will release a list of clergy removed from parishes because of sexual abuse and misconduct allegations — The same goes for the diocese of Arlington, Virginia
Thursday, Sep. 27, 2018 Developments
•Viganò Reloaded: In new 4-Page Testimony, the “Great Accuser” Doubles Down
•The Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile publishes a working document of sex abuse prevention guidelines that warns its clergy and other employees not to slap butts — and more — before apologizing 24 hours later
•Vatican Sources: What Viganò says is True, except it’s Worse!
•“Fr.” David Nix of the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, claims he is ‘homeless after whistleblowing’
•Lawsuit accuses diocese of Lafayette, Indiana, of covering up clergy sex abuse
•“Fr.” Joseph Gatto has resigned from his position as rector of a seminary in Buffalo, New York, “amid allegations of homosexual assault”
•A journalist tests Francis’ claim made on the return flight from Estonia that he ‘never pardoned sex abusers’
Friday, Sep. 28, 2018 Developments
•Rome Reports publishes a video report on the Second Vigano Testimony
•The Vatican reports that “Pope” Francis has defrocked the notorious and convicted sex abuser Fr. Fernando Karadima of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile
•Shady financial dealings and a conflict of interest: Digging through Washington’s Papal Foundation, co-founded by “Cardinal” McCarrick in 1988, a journalist concludes that it “apparently distributed its charitable grants in a manner that made them remarkably vulnerable to fraud and embezzlement”
•Washington, D.C. diocese announces that “Cardinal” Theodore McCarrick has been moved to St. Fidelis Friary in Victoria, Kansas — which happens to be located right next to an elementary school
•Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, responds to “false claims” by “Fr.” David Nix
Saturday, Sep. 29, 2018 Developments
•The U.S. District of the Society of St. Pius X comments ‘on the current abuse crisis’
•Abuse allegations against “Cardinal” Cormac Murphy-O’Connor are said to have lacked credibility
Sunday, Sep. 30, 2018 Developments
•After 10 days in Rome, “Cardinal” Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., reportedly returns to U.S. with “no indication of audience with Pope/movement on Wuerl’s stated wish to retire”
Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 Developments
•The Washington Post exposes the ‘Vatican’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints about ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick’
•“Bp.” Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, lashes out at conservative Novus Ordo journalist and author George Neumayr
Reactions from select Blogs and Web Sites
•Francis’ silence on the Vigano allegations ‘stokes anger across Catholic spectrum’
•Professional Francis defender Andrea Tornielli of La Stampa fires against Vigano’s Second Testimony
•Writing for The Hill, Grady Means opines that the Vatican II Sect may collapse at least in the United States
•The Stream‘s John Zmirak explains why he believes McCarrick ‘is untouchable’
•Author and commentator Phil Lawler says “there’s no reason to doubt that Archbishop Vigano will continue turning up the heat”
•Columnist Rod Dreher comments on ‘Uncle Ted’s Slush Fund’
•The Catholic League‘s Bill Donohue “comments on remarks made by Pope Francis on board the papal plane”
•Inside the Vatican‘s Robert Moynihan comments on recent developments in his Letter #61 and Letter #63
•The National Catholic Reporter‘s Michael Sean Winters argues that “John Paul II, more than any other person, set the model for obfuscation and cover-up that became the sex abuse scandal”
•Writing for Jesuit America, John Carr has ‘eight lessons to help us move forward from the sex abuse crisis’
Related Stories
•Newly-established “Better Church Governance Group” aims to “spend more than $1 million in the next year investigating every member of the College of Cardinals ‘to name those credibly accused in scandal, abuse, or cover-ups.'”
•Church Militant‘s Bradley Eli reports on ‘psychological warfare’ allegedly being used against Novus Ordo priests who cause too much trouble
•George Neumayr continues his investigation into “Mgr.” Walter Rossi
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) •Day 20 (Sep. 13) •Days 21-25 (Sep. 14-18) •Days 26-31 (Sep. 19-24)
Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon discuss whether Francis blocked a Vatican abuse investigation into “Cardinal” Cormac Murphy-O’Connor because he helped him get elected in 2013 (Sep. 27)
Raymond Arroyo and Robert Royal discuss the latest news in the ongoing Vigano drama (Sep. 27)
Report by EWTN correspondent Juliet Linley on “Abp.” Vigano’s second salvo (Sep. 28)
The next meltdown digest will be posted in a few days. Any major new development will be covered in its own blog post as the story breaks.
Judge the tree by its fruit.
The Vatican II-loyalist sect is a shell game whereby millions of unsuspecting Catholics were ushered into a false religion with false shepherds who devour the flock, whereas the few who have stayed with the non-Vatican II Church have not left the Church with the Vatican II crowd.
The false shepherds stand condemned for teaching heresies such as Ecumenism and freedom of religion.
They have created a new mass which is a protestantized version which has already been condemned by the Popes and councils, and paring out negative language from the liturgical cycle, overemphasizing mercy and minimizing judgment, each and all to the detriment of souls.
So everyone should attend Mel Gibson’s church...
The post-conciliar Church continues to implode.
So be it!
I don’t understand how you can be allowed to tag a post “Catholic Caucus” when the article is clearly rejecting the authority of the Catholic church...
Can we all just define “Catholic” to be whatever we want now? Maybe I’ll say the Baptists are the only “true Catholics” left and tag Baptist articles as “Catholic Caucus”, would that be acceptable too?
What do you call a Catholic who attends the Latin Mass said by a priest who, unlike the Vatican II Catholics, hasn’t rejected en mass centuries of unified theology and hasn’t introduced new contradictory theology in order to become unified with the worldly mind as have the Vatican II leaders?
Maybe Vatican II adherents are the ones who ought to claim a tag other than “Catholic”.
A person that attends a Latin Mass, pre-1958, attends a Mass that was in effect for over a dozen centuries. Vatican II cannot just erase this history and true-Catholics are in this Latin camp.
Amen!!! There is nothing like the beauty, reverence and joy one receives from the Latin Mass...I thank God for bringing me back to the Catholic Church and leading me to find my parish!
The “Vatican II leaders”, as you call them, are in fact the hierarchy of the Catholic church, and they are the ones who, according to “centuries of unified theology” get to define who is and who isn’t in communion with their church.
If we instead follow your reasoning, then absolutely anyone can call themselves “Catholic”, based on their own personal definition of what that is. Now personally, I don’t really care much about that, but I do think it’s gaming the system to use the “Catholic Caucus” tag for threads that seem to be rejecting the Catholic church. Maybe make a new tag?
Eh nothing to be concerned about..
.those of us who are Catholic are now getting their posts deleted by those who think we aren’t Catholic. Even though forum rules state otherwise.
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