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Pope Francis Vatican Sexual Abuse Coverup

Leave a Comment / Religion / 04/13/2024

Pope Francis, the Vatican, and the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church (15+ articles)

Pope Francis has ignored credible charges made by Abp. Vigano that he was aware of high-level Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops involvement and cover-up of the sexual abuse scandal within the Church. He consistently protects accused priests and bishops while ignoring and even attacking sexual abuse victims. Supporting articles:

  1. Canon lawyer: Pope Francis ‘should resign’ if Viganò’s testimony is true
  2. The Viganò Tapes – Complicit Clergy
  3. Long awaited McCarrick Report was a travesty. The 2-year wait simply gave temporary cover to the USCCB and bishops worldwide in hopes we would all forget.  Typical Pope Francis move.
  4. A Second Look into the McCarrick Report – The Catholic Thing
  5. Corrupt Cardinal, Corrupt Pontificate – OnePeterFive – 7/18/22 – MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY
  6. A Letter to Pope Francis (churchmilitant.com) – 8/25/22 – from abused and persecuted priest Fr. Paul Kalchik. “I can live as a victim of clerical sexual predation without a direct response by you as our Holy Father, but what I can no longer endure is the complacency of our bishops, who are charged with fixing the problem but do nothing more than pay it lip service while neglecting to act. Clerical sexual predation must be ended, once and for all.”
  7. Pope Protecting Predators? – Complicit Clergy – 9/9/18
  8. LISTEN: Is Pope Francis Protecting a Convicted Sex Abuser? – Complicit Clergy – 8/24/22
  9. Vatican sent bishop suspected of homosexuality to investigate abuse-ridden monastery – lifesitenews.com– 5/25/22
  10. Jesuits confirm disgraced priest was excommunicated, focus now turns to Pope’s alleged involvement – lifesitenews.com – 2/15/22 – The Jesuit Order has confirmed that a now disgraced member, Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, had indeed been excommunicated “two years” prior to the Vatican opening an investigation into further offenses, thus supporting claims that Pope Francis personally intervened in defense of Rupnik.
  11. Pope Protects Abuser Priest Rupnik, Now Returning to a Parish– 10/26/23
  12. Alleged abuser Fr. Marko Rupnik enjoys Pope Francis’ special protection (lifesitenews.com) – 3/12/24
  13. Catholic Media Complicity in Church Corruption – OnePeterFive – 9/26/22
  14. Pope Francis accused of opposing reforms to tackle clerical sexual abuse | Catholicism | The Guardian – 2/15/24

No Justice for Sexual Abuse Victims

  1. Clerical sex abusers, not victims, receive ‘mercy’ from Pope Francis | Liz Yore (lifesitenews.com) – 11/15/23
  2. Four Years Later, STILL No Justice for McCarrick’s Victims – Complicit Clergy Eternal Retribution (churchmilitant.com) – 6/30/22
  3. FBI Opens Sweeping Probe of Clergy Sex Abuse in New Orleans – Complicit Clergy – 6/29/22
  4. Argentine abuse victim still waiting for justice from the Church | Crux (cruxnow.com) – 7/4/22
  5. Roger Stone makes stunning Catholic confession, Pope Francis haunted by cardinal elector Danneels’ past (lifesitenews.com) – 3/27/24

Pope Francis and Vatican Scandals

Leave a Comment / Religion / 01/07/2024

Pope Francis and Vatican Scandals and lack of accountability (15+ articles)

  1. Vatican takes big loss in sale of London building at heart of trial | Reuters – 7/1/22
  2. Vatican Inconsistencies: A Tale of Two Bishops| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com) – 6/29/22
  3. Archbishop Paglia used charity funds to renovate apartment (pillarcatholic.com) – 12/14/22 – Hundreds of thousands were paid to a contractor instead of going to missionary and charitable projects.
  4. Report: Vatican Set to Lose More Than £100 Million on Failed London Property Deal| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)(11/10/21)
  5. How Much Was Pope Francis Aware of in the Vatican’s Financial Mismanagement of the London Deal? (ncregister.com) (12/8/21)
  6. Cardinal Maradiaga, the scandal-ridden close ally of Pope Francis, announces resignation – lifesitenews.com– 4/26/22
  7. Zanchetta, the gay porn bishop, on “retreat” with Pope (marklambert.blogspot.com) – 3/11/19
  8. Pope Francis warmly greets infamous ‘artist’ who created image of crucifix in urine – Lifesitenews.com – 6/26/23
  9. Francis Shocks Seminarians with Obscenities (churchmilitant.com) – 1/13/23
  10. Vatican health conference takes money from Moderna, then awards and showcases its CEO – Lifesitenews.com – 5/10/21
  11. April 2021 summary by Lifesite News of previous 30 days: https://youtu.be/gqNR1m3V2ac – Pope Francis has placed a scandalous painting behind his desk which was featured in the Vatican newspaper; calls for new world order; global governance; rejects Mary’s title of Co-redemptrix, refused to correct top cardinals in the Vatican calling for blessing homosexual unions; appoint openly homosexual man Juan Carlos Cruz to the commission for the protection of minors.

Pachamama Idolatry in the Vatican – October 2019

  1. October 2019 – LifeSiteNews around the 8:54 minute mark.  See 2 Sam 24:12 & following.
    • Oct 4: attended and act of idolatrous worship of the pagan goddess Pachamama in the Vatican Gardens.  He participated by blessing a wooden image of the Pachamama.
    • Oct 7: the idol of Pachamama was placed in front of the main altar at St. Peter’s, whereupon Pope Francis joined in prayers and the procession of the idol to the synod hall
    • Oct 25: a new idol of Pachamama replaced the old one which was thrown into the Tiber River by irate Catholics
    • Oct 27: in the closing Mass for the synod, Pope Francis accepted a bowl used in the idolatrous worship and placed it on the altar
  2. 9: Argentina: Pope Promotes ‘Pachamama Park’ (churchmilitant.com)
  3. Continued to tolerate and even promote idolatry.
  4. Pope Francis EXPOSED – Part 1: Pachamama scandal revisited & Pope Francis’ support of communism (lifesitenews.com) – Dec. 2022

Pope Francis

Leave a Comment / Religion / 04/13/2024

Pope Francis and the Vatican

(For those uncomfortable with criticizing the Catholic Church hierarchy, see Catholic Leadership Critique Rationale)

Before getting into the critique of Pope Francis and the Vatican, here are 13 Good Things Pope Francis Has Done – OnePeterFive – 1/19/24

Here are the primary reasons why I believe Pope Francis has lost all moral credibility with serious Catholics like myself:

  1. Sexual abuse coverups (15+ articles)
  2. Scandals and Lack of Accountability (15+ articles) including Pachamama idolatry
  3. Liberal Appointments (30+ articles)
  4. Support for pro-abortion politics (15+ articles)
  5. Suppression of Catholic conservatives and Tradition; ignores Dubia (20+ articles)
  6. Acceptance of Homosexuality (60+ articles)
  7. Heretical Statements and Actions (40+ articles)
  8. Synod on Synodality (9 articles)
  9. Promoter of Globalism and One World Government (30+ articles)
  10. Promoter of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates (25+ articles)

Additional notable items:

  1. Pope rips EWTN ‘work of the devil’ | News Headlines | Catholic Culture (9/21/21) – He clearly does not believe a Pope should ever be criticized. But he has no problem ripping into those whose viewpoint differs from his.
    • Evidently linking such criticism to support for the Tridentine liturgy, the Pope went on to speak of “the decision to stop the automatism of the ancient rite.” He said that when young priests seek permission to celebrate the Latin Mass, it is “a phenomenon that indicates we are going backward.”
    • Earlier in the exchange, Pope Francis had spoken out against a tendency to “look back to the past: to seek security.” He said: “This is the evil of this moment—namely, to seek the path in rigidity and clericalism, which are two perversions.”
    • The Pope vs. EWTN: too hot to handle? | Catholic Culture (9/22/21)
  2. Consistory Reveals Francis’ Motives & Ambitions (marklambert.blogspot.com) – 5/29/22
  3. Pope Francis condemns ‘serious sin’ of ‘proselytism’ but has ‘no explanation’ for vocations crisis – lifesitenews.com – 1/16/23
  4. Lightning Strikes St. Peter Statue on Pope Francis’ Birthday 12/17/23, Internet Lights Up – CatholicVote org – 1/1/24 – The lightning struck the statue, despite there being lightning rods some 30-40 feet above it.
  5. Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics (townhall.com)– Michelle Malkin
    • Pope Francis donated $500,000 nine months ago from his Peter’s Pence fund to assist illegal immigrant caravan participants. The subsidies cover “27 projects in 16 dioceses and Mexican religious congregations” for “housing, food and basic necessities,” as well as “migrant” assistance programs “run by seven dioceses and three religious congregations: the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Hermanas Josefinas,” according to the Catholic News Service.
    • Make no mistake: These are not desperate people suddenly seeking refuge from violence and harm. They are low-wage workers, pew-fillers and future ethnic-bloc voters being exploited by Big Business, the Vatican and the Democrat Party.
  6. Francis affirms ‘transgender’ group in papal audience (lifesitenews.com) – 6/30/22 – :26 minutes into the 43-minute video
  7. Cardinal Müller responds to Pope Francis’ dubia on ‘transsexual’ godparents, baptisms – Lifesitenews.com – 11/9/23
  8. Say what? Cardinal with strong Pope Francis ties says Catholic LGBTQ stance is wrong | Faith | frontiersman.com– 2/23/22
  9. 2020 REMATCH: The Pope, the WHO, and the Next Lockdown – YouTube – 1/14/24 – 48-minute video – In this episode of The Underground, Michael Matt takes a look at the new documentary, “The Fall of Minneapolis,” which argues that the death of George Floyd was exploited by the radical Left to eradicate law and order, to defund the police, and to leave America’s streets and courtrooms in chaos. So why did Pope Francis describe those “peaceful protestors” as “good Samaritans”?
  10. What are the conditions for being a validly elected pope? – Lifesitenews.com – 1/16/24
  11. Murray tells Raymond Arroyo ‘women deacons’ would be ‘serious moment of heresy’ – Lifesitenews.com – 2/16/24
  12. Jordan Peterson SLAMS Pope Francis’ preoccupation with climate change, ‘worshipping Gaia’ (lifesitenews.com) – 2/27/24 – instead of the salvation of souls.
  13. Anonymous cardinal publishes rebuke of Pope Francis, lays out what next pope should focus on – Lifesitenews.com – 2/29/24