This is not good.
For over a decade, as Boston Catholic activists made their way up the food chain asking for intervention on this or that, several influential,high ranking sources began to paint a picture of an unnamed corrupt Cardinal at the Vatican. If we made enough of a media stink to create a scandal, some things could be intervened, but nothing would really change until he was dead.
Questions,like...Does the Holy Father know? Why wouldn't he remove this individual? Is there extortion going on?...were greeted with silence.
As years went by, trust developed, several of my sources here in the US and Rome let thename Bertone fall from their lips. No details on how or why this man continues to be permitted to terrorize and is protected by what is now two pontificates that I am aware of, has ever been revealed.
This letter is a most interesting development, in that it appears to confirm the Holy Father indeed knows and is complicit in protecting Bertone.
This week, we now learn that instead of investigating the source of corruption, the Holy Father has ordered an investigation of the source of the leaks. This outrageous administrative handling of corrupt prelates who terrorize to hold onto their corrupt money laundering scemes, cronyism, or sex scandals continues to this day. To this day, they protect the corrupt by chasing the source of the whistleblowers. We see this manifesting itself here in Boston, which is why we took anonymous whistleblowing to a protected and anonymous blog.
This is not acceptable. Every Catholic should express their outrage that the Holy Father is complicit in silencing those who tell.
Readers here know that I am faithfu, devoted to and love our Holy Father, but the truth about Bertone must be exposed. Hus reign of terror must end.
Sometimes, you cant get rid of an individual because he or she has institutional memory that keeps the organization afloat. You have to bring in someone underneath him to observe, be trained, before you usher them out the door. This has been going on for at least a decade that I know about, and I am sure more. The cat appears to be out of thebag. The time has come to castrate his power. Retire. Do whatever it takes to remove him.
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Poor Sister Lucia. It is estimated that Bertone spent about 10 HOURS during three visits to her, trying to get her to corroborate the party line regarding the alleged consecration of Russia in '84.
After those ten hours, he could not come up with any official testaments, either audio or visual, to give proof that Sr. Lucia was backing him up. TEN HOURS!
In all that time, all he accomplished was to say that he came away with a few "personal notes" saying that "she said"...
To take down those trifling notes would have taken no more than some minutes.
Commie-like intimidation and interrogation is what comes to my mind.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
NOTE FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE
Vatican City, 25 April 2012 (VIS) - Given below is the text of a note released this morning by the Secretariat of State:
"In the wake of recent leaks of reserved and confidential documents on television, in newspapers and in other communications media, the Holy Father has ordered the creation of a Commission of Cardinals to undertake an authoritative investigation and throw light on these episodes.
"His Holiness has determined that the said Commission of Cardinals, which will act at all levels on the strength of its pontifical mandate, shall be presided by Cardinal Julian Herranz, and shall have as its members Cardinal Jozef Tomko and Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi.
"The Commission of Cardinals celebrated its first sitting on 24 April to establish the method and timetable for its activities".
Kankakee--Oh, my.
Carol: I remember reading about Vigano a while back viz his being sent packing and I remember thinking, but, if Pope Benedict knew this shouldn't be happening. I am more and more convinced of Malachi Martin that the papacy has been rendered importent by powerful and uncontrollable fiancial forces. It is SO scary.
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I am more and more convinced of Malachi Martin's argument that the papacy has been rendered impotent by powerful, uncontrollable, malevolent, financial forces. It explains so many things. It is SO scary.
Dissident "Catholics" and other extremists are now demanding that Bishop Robert McManus of the Worcester Diocese prostrate himself before Victoria Kennedy. See Paul Melanson's blog La Salette Journey.
Anonymous--I SAW!! Unbelievable.
Carol: I just saw this--
News for Pope: US Catholics must lead Church revival @ St Louis Review--couldn't get link. It is up at Pewsitter
"This particular moment for the Church in the United States is certainly a situation of great challenge," he said. "Where there are challenges, there also is a moment of grace. The challenge is that we are put in a situation where we have to overcome the difficulties, and we know that the grace is always overwhelming and amazing for us."
Archbishop Vigano noted that the Church throughout its history has experienced moments of great success and other times when people have thought it was going to disappear. He said this was nothing new, noting that St. Ambrose in the fourth century had compared the Church to the moon in the way it seems to become full, then almost slips from sight only to grow again.
"We are not to lose hope in a difficult moment, and at the same time, we have to be conscious that always we are challenged by the devil ... who wants to destroy the Church," he said
Spoke like a true Shepard. Interesting timing, huh?
Anonymous--I SAW!! Unbelievable.
Carol: I just saw this--
News for Pope: US Catholics must lead Church revival @ St Louis Review--couldn't get link. It is up at Pewsitter
"This particular moment for the Church in the United States is certainly a situation of great challenge," he said. "Where there are challenges, there also is a moment of grace. The challenge is that we are put in a situation where we have to overcome the difficulties, and we know that the grace is always overwhelming and amazing for us."
Archbishop Vigano noted that the Church throughout its history has experienced moments of great success and other times when people have thought it was going to disappear. He said this was nothing new, noting that St. Ambrose in the fourth century had compared the Church to the moon in the way it seems to become full, then almost slips from sight only to grow again.
"We are not to lose hope in a difficult moment, and at the same time, we have to be conscious that always we are challenged by the devil ... who wants to destroy the Church," he said
Spoke like a true Shepard. Interesting timing, huh?
Anonymous--I SAW!! Unbelievable.
Carol: I just saw this--
News for Pope: US Catholics must lead Church revival @ St Louis Review--couldn't get link. It is up at Pewsitter
"This particular moment for the Church in the United States is certainly a situation of great challenge," he said. "Where there are challenges, there also is a moment of grace. The challenge is that we are put in a situation where we have to overcome the difficulties, and we know that the grace is always overwhelming and amazing for us."
Archbishop Vigano noted that the Church throughout its history has experienced moments of great success and other times when people have thought it was going to disappear. He said this was nothing new, noting that St. Ambrose in the fourth century had compared the Church to the moon in the way it seems to become full, then almost slips from sight only to grow again.
"We are not to lose hope in a difficult moment, and at the same time, we have to be conscious that always we are challenged by the devil ... who wants to destroy the Church," he said
Spoke like a true Shepard. Interesting timing, huh?
Sorry for the duplicate, Carol.
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