Abp. Viganò‘s Response to the Open Letter of Sr. Antonietta Potente, by Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò

What follows is the response of Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò to the June 17, 2020 open letter of  Sr. Antonietta Potente. In her letter, Sr. Antonietta condemned Abp. Viganò’s recent outpouring of support for President Donald Trump, endeavoring to couch her umbrage in the theological tradition of the Church. In his response, Abp. Viganò sets the record straight, delivering a paternal (yet trenchant) rejoinder. We have produced Abp. Viganò’s response directly below, but have also included, in its wake (and for posterity), the original letter of Sr. Antonietta (far bottom).

Noli aemulari in malignantibus, neque zelaveris facientes iniquitatem.

[Do not be provoked by evildoers; do not envy those who do wrong. Ps 36:1]

Reverend Mother,

I have read the open letter that you sent to me last June 17, also on behalf of your community, a letter that you wrote following the letter that I sent to the President of the United States. Since you address yourself personally to me, I ask you to give me space on your site to respond to you.

I remain bewildered by several expressions in your letter: not only those regarding me personally, but also the showy misrepresentation of reality in accusing President Trump of being “the proponent of a policy that, in recent months, has shown itself to be increasingly discriminatory and violent, both with regard to the health emergency and these latest events of racism.” In truth, I do not see how one can make him responsible for the events of racism, which have arisen in a context in which the police and the local governments are in the hands of the Democratic Party, and which have been proven by evidence that, little by little, is emerging to have been orchestrated by the false flag financed by the globalist elites precisely in order to oppose the Republican Party and the President currently in office. At the international level, Trump’s term of office is the only one for a long time in which the United States has not started any military conflicts, and in many cases, peace treaties have been established and foreign military deployments have been withdrawn. The economy was in strong growth (until the COVID emergency), and thus also the protection of the rights of workers.  ….