Posted on 04/16/2022 12:00:55 PM PDT by ebb tide
Dear friends of Duc in altum, recently I was interviewed by databaseitalia.it. It was a conversation that centered above all on the resignation of Benedict XVI, the conclave of 2013, the election of Francis, and the role of the St. Gallen Mafia.
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by Armando Savini
After the IOR [Vatican Bank] was thrown out of Swift [the international banking system], now it has happened to the Russian banks too. The objectives of those who worked to weaken Benedict XVI and elect Francis coincide with the objectives of the promoters of the New World Order.
What follows is my interview with the journalist Aldo Maria Valli, who is very close to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. The questions that I ask are the fruit of my reflections after reading a recent interview of Valli with Viganò himself a few days ago (here).
Armando Savini: Archbishop Viganò is the first bishop to propose the hypothesis of the nullity of the election of Bergoglio, nullity which, if proven, could trigger the greatest reset in Church history, “a reset that would providentially bring us back to the status quo ante, with a College of Cardinals composed only of those Cardinals who were appointed up to the time of Benedict XVI.” For two years now, some canonists have questioned the validity of Bergoglio’s election, demonstrating how Benedict XVI is still the legitimate pope, since he never expressly renounced the munus as required by the Code of Canon Law, but simply declared an impeded see, as has been well-documented by Andrea Cionci (here). Do you believe that Archbishop Viganò is referring to this hypothesis, when he writes that “it is necessary to shed light on the abdication of Benedict XVI”?
Aldo Maria Valli: Certain canonists who have studied the text of the resignation of Benedict XVI emphasize that the pope distinguishes between the munus (we could say being pope) and the ministerium (doing what the pope does). I do not want to go into this distinction, which, moreover not even the experts agree on. In any case, I observe that Benedict XVI has always said that he renounced the pontificate and that he himself invited the calling of a conclave to elect his successor. I do not see any room for being able to speak of a defect of his will, not to mention that after the resignation Ratzinger has always recognized Bergoglio as the legitimate reigning pontiff. All this does not take away from the fact that there ought to be an investigation of the role played by the so-called Saint Gallen Mafia in objectively putting Benedict XVI in difficulty, to the point of creating the conditions for the resignation. In my book Uno sguardo nella notte. Ripensando Benedetto XVI (Chorabooks, 2018) I show how the papacy of Joseph Ratzinger was subjected to systematic attacks, in a crescendo of aggression aimed at putting the pope in a corner and presenting him as indefensible before world public opinion. According to Archbishop Viganò (and I agree with him), this action, by what the archbishop calls the deep church, is clearly tied to the maneuvers of the deep state: everything takes place within a framework that is configured as an authentic global coup. The proof is that the objectives of those who worked to weaken Benedict XVI and elect Francis coincide with the objectives of the promoters of the New World Order, and the same can be said for the means that were utilized. At first glance, it may seem impertinent to connect the election of Francis with, for example, the demonstrations in the Maidan Square in Kiev. But in reality, it can be verified that these phenomena run in the same direction, with a script that apparently has a comprehensive vision of reality. I also observe that the measures adopted against the Vatican by means of excluding the IOR [Vatican Bank] from the SWIFT system shortly before the resignation of Benedict XVI (an action that made all payments by the Vatican impossible and placed the Holy See, practically speaking, on the same level as a terrorist state, foreshadowing its economic ruin) coincides with the measures now taken against Russian banks: it is the same time of blackmail interference.
The question is: were the means used to oust Benedict XVI and make him step down such that they made his resignation invalid and thus, as a result, was the conclave of 2013 also invalid? This is what the efforts of specialists who are determined to work to bring clarity ought to focus on.
AS: Regarding possible electoral fraud, Archbishop Viganò spoke of a null conclave. Up until now, the Holy See has never rejected the accusations made by one of Bergoglio’s great electors, Cardinal Danneels, according to which the cardinals of the “Saint Gallen mafia” – as he himself called it – were present at the [2013] conclave “in the spirit of Saint Gallen,” that is, aimed at bringing to completion their destabilizing plans which were constructed during their secret meetings. If this accusation were to be confirmed, we could find ourselves with excommunicated cardinals
I agree. A lifetime appointment is just that. It lasts a Lifetime. Till death.
Unless he was mentally incapacitated, there is no reason he should not have continued his pontificate.
January 22, 2021 VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Vatican court has sentenced a former president of the Vatican bank to nearly nine years in prison for embezzlement and money laundering.
On Thursday, the court convicted Angelo Caloia, 81, head of the Institute for Works of Religion (Istituto per le Opere di Religione or IOR) — the official name of the Vatican Bank — of siphoning off up to 57 million euros.
Caloia, who was awarded eight years and 11 months in jail, was sentenced along with his two accomplices — Gabriele Liuzzo, 97, and his son Lamberto Liuzzo, 55 — Italian lawyers who were the bank’s consultants.
Why did it take so long??
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