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Viganò: Journalists Must Ask What Happened to the ‘Cache of Documents’ Benedict gave to Francis

Viganò: Journalists Must Ask What Happened to the ‘Cache of Documents’ Benedict gave to Francis

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has spoken out from an undisclosed location in response to attempts to discredit his 11-page testimony implicating Pope Francis and several senior prelates in coving up Archbishop ...
The Deeper Crisis: Abuse of Authority

The Deeper Crisis: Abuse of Authority

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Countless voices are being raised among bishops, priests, and laity calling for credible investigations of the McCarrick scandal, sexual abuse cover-ups, and the crisis in sexual morality, particularly regarding homosexual ...
Vatican Source: Pope Dismissed Cardinal Müller for Following Church Rules on Abuse Cases

Vatican Source: Pope Dismissed Cardinal Müller for Following Church Rules on Abuse Cases

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A highly placed Vatican source told LifeSiteNews that Cardinal Gerhard Müller, together with his much-experienced three CDF priests, were dismissed by Pope Francis because they all had tried to follow ...
Pope Ignored Warning From Top Vatican  Cardinal Not To Reinstate Defrocked Serial Abuser

Pope Ignored Warning From Top Vatican Cardinal Not To Reinstate Defrocked Serial Abuser

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Pope Francis removed sanctions from a notorious clerical sex offender despite being warned and urged by the Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith not to do ...
Seminarians Require Our Protection, Too

Seminarians Require Our Protection, Too

A scene from The Shawshank Redemption popped into my head yesterday. The Shawshank Redemption is a movie based on Stephen King’s novel about a falsely convicted man in a New England prison. The scene ...
Drew Mariani Show: Addressing Viganò's Critics

Drew Mariani Show: Addressing Viganò’s Critics

Attorney Dan Cheely joins Drew to discuss Archbishop  Viganò’s response to critics who are trying to discredit him based upon his handling of the Archbishop John Nienstedt investigation in the ...
Cupich Dismisses Viganò Claims as a ‘Rabbit Hole’

Cupich Dismisses Viganò Claims as a ‘Rabbit Hole’

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Archbishop of Chicago says Pope Francis has a ‘bigger agenda’ to worry about, including defending migrants and protecting the environment. Speaking Aug. 27 to Chicago’s NBC 5, Cardinal Cupich said ...
Viganò Corroboration #5: When Francis Rebuked Vigano

Viganò Corroboration #5: When Francis Rebuked Vigano

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From the Vigano testimony, this account of an event on June 21, 2013: The next day the audience with Pope Francis took place. After his address, which was partly read and ...
The Catastrophic Cost Of Secrets and Lies

The Catastrophic Cost Of Secrets and Lies

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An excerpt…. Pope Francis could put this entire thing to rest if he would sit for an interview with a respected journalist, and answer the questions: Did you know about ...
Words of Wisdom from J.R.R. Tolkien to His Son in the 1960’s about the Church

Words of Wisdom from J.R.R. Tolkien to His Son in the 1960’s about the Church

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I saw – HERE – an excerpt from a letter of J.R.R. Tolkien to his son in the 60’s, about the time of the Council.  He writes about the Church and bad ...
PA Attorney General: ‘The Vatican had Knowledge of the Cover-Up’

PA Attorney General: ‘The Vatican had Knowledge of the Cover-Up’

Vatican officials knew of efforts to cover up sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Tuesday morning during appearances on two national news shows. “We have ...
Pope Handpicks Cardinal Enmeshed in McCarrick Scandal as Youth Synod Delegate

Pope Handpicks Cardinal Enmeshed in McCarrick Scandal as Youth Synod Delegate

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Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph Tobin, a prelate who former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Viganò has testified owes his rise to power to disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, as a ...
Why Francis Must Speak

Why Francis Must Speak

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The crux of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s indictment of Pope Francis comes toward the end of his Memorandum: “Francis is abdicating the mandate which Christ gave to Peter to confirm the ...
Viganò: I Did Not Quash The Nienstedt Investigation

Viganò: I Did Not Quash The Nienstedt Investigation

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I was one of the people who believed that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò intervened to quash the independent investigation of Minneapolis Archbishop John Nienstedt’s alleged homosexual double life. Now Vigano has ...
Viganò Corroboration #4: McCarrick Was Removed from Living at the Seminary

Viganò Corroboration #4: McCarrick Was Removed from Living at the Seminary

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The Archdiocese of Washington has declined to comment on details of McCarrick’s living arrangements The Archdiocese of Washington has declined to confirm new details about the post-retirement living arrangements of ...
What Francis Knew

What Francis Knew

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Will battles erupt within the Catholic hierarchy following allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis has long been aware of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct? The prospect of open warfare ...
A Not-So-Hypothetical Legal Exercise: What if Jorge Mario Bergoglio Were to be Sued in his Individual Capacity?

A Not-So-Hypothetical Legal Exercise: What if Jorge Mario Bergoglio Were to be Sued in his Individual Capacity?

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One can just imagine the panicked phone calls going out on Sunday morning, summoning annoyed associates and partners back to their cushy downtown law offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, ...
The Amazing Story of How Archbishop Viganò’s Report Came to Be

The Amazing Story of How Archbishop Viganò’s Report Came to Be

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This report, originally published by the Italian blogger, journalist, and author Aldo Maria Valli, tells the story of how Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, came to ...
Viganò Corroboration #3: Pope Benedict Confirms He Disciplined McCarrick

Viganò Corroboration #3: Pope Benedict Confirms He Disciplined McCarrick

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Pope Emeritus Benedict has confirmed the claim that he acted during his tenure to discipline now ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in response to accusations of sexual abuse, according to sources that ...
Bishops with Chests Testify to Archbishop Viganò's Credibility

Bishops with Chests Testify to Archbishop Viganò’s Credibility

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Bishop Joseph Strickland, Tyler, Texas A letter by Archbishop Vigano, former Nuncio to the United States, raises grave allegations and calls for the resignation of numerous high ranking prelates including Pope ...
Bishop Schneider’s To-Do List to Renew the Church

Bishop Schneider’s To-Do List to Renew the Church

Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana Kazakhstan, has released an eight-item to-do list of what he says is required to reform the Church steeped in crisis in the wake of credible ...
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