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January 16, 2020

Abp Viganò Denounces Benedict’s Secretary for ‘Abusive and Systematic Control’ of Pope Emeritus, by Diane Montagna

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - In the wake of the controversy surrounding the genesis of Cardinal Robert Sarah’s new book with Benedict XVI on priestly celibacy, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has released a testimony denouncing Archbishop Georg Gänswein for what he calls his “abusive and systematic control” of the pope emeritus… “It is time to reveal the abusive and systematic control exercised by Archbishop Georg Gänswein over the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI since the beginning of his pontificate,” Archbishop Viganò writes in the one-page testimony released on January 16 (see official English text below).

January 16, 2020

Sex, Celibacy, and the Latest Curiosity From Rome, by Francis X. Maier

By Francis X. Maier, First Things - (Sarah) is uncompromisingly frank in arguing that “he who has not given himself totally to God is not given perfectly to his brethren,” and that many of the current attacks on the value of priestly celibacy “show a terrible intellectual dishonesty.” He adds, “I am convinced that if a large number of Western priests or bishops are willing to relativize the greatness and importance of celibacy, it is because they have never had the concrete experience of the gratitude of a Christian community.”

January 16, 2020

Four Exorcists Release Statement on Effects of December 6 Call to Prayer, by Bree A. Dail

By Bree A. Dail, Blog Post - One month after a group of renowned exorcists called for a worldwide day of prayer, fasting and penance, “for the purpose of driving out any diabolic influence within the Church that has been gained as a result of recent events,” I have been contacted with an update and statement from the group… The exorcists, who must remain anonymous due to ongoing cases directly connected and impacted by these events, state that the prayers offered on December 6, 2019—the Feast of St. Nicholas—"seem to have mitigated” the spiritual repercussions, consequences of the “Pachamama rituals” witnessed by the world during the recent Amazon Synod.

January 16, 2020

What the Church Brings to Politics, by Stephen P. White

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - The “Catholic vote” is a myth. The notion that Catholics vote as an identifiable bloc of the national electorate hasn’t been true for decades. Still, there are enough Catholic voters – one out of every four or five, nationally – that even a marginal shift in one slice of the Catholic electorate can tip a national election. This being a presidential election year, and with the real possibility of a Catholic on the top of the Democratic ticket, many Americans will be paying close attention to see what the bishops in the United States say (or don’t say) about public policy in the coming months.