Catholic Church

By Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald - Archbishop Viganò’s letter makes some explosive claims about the Pope and senior Vatican figures. But it is remarkable for another reason: it breaks the code of silence – the omertà, as the Mafia would say – which had previously been in force… So, what happens now?... The Pope is damaged by this letter, and the Vatican even more so, but they will all dig in. The negative briefing about Viganò will continue. Nevertheless, Viganò gives times, places and dates, and talks of documents and witnesses. I am sure he kept a copy of everything…

By Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - It was rumored that Francis intended to revert competence for sex abuse cases from Cardinal Müller at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the Rota and Congregation for Clergy. Instead, Francis merely changed personnel. He summarily removed two Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith staffers in charge of handling sex abuse cases (declining to give any reasons to Cardinal Müller) and then dismissed  Müller himself as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in July 2017.

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - “My impression is that [Viganò] is a man who is alone and sad because of what he sees happening all around him, but not bitter,” wrote Valli. “In his words there is never one ugly word directed toward any of the many people he speaks about. The facts speak for themselves. At times he smiles and looks at me, as if to say, ‘What should I do? Is there a way out?’”… “He smiles again and responds, ‘I know! But if I had not done it, I would not have been able to respect myself,’” the journalist relates.