"I will not answer" and the following simply don't cut the mustard and must cease. Give us straight answers and let the chips fall where they may!
Much is being made on social media today about Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s comments in which he said it is “fake news” to suggest that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI confirmed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s testimony on abuse cover up in the Vatican.
What Archbishop Gänswein said is entirely accurate: Any assertion that the Pope Emeritus had seen the entire testimony, and confirmed it, is untrue.
The Register also never reported this.
What we did report, given by an inside source close to Benedict in July, was that Benedict had issued sanctions against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but was unable to remember their precise nature.
That has not been denied.
In his comments published today in Die Tagespost, Archbishop Gänswein said he was referring to a report published yesterday in The New York Times.
In that article, The New York Times interviewed and quoted Tim Busch, a board member of EWTN. And in comments attributed to him, but without quoting him directly, The Times reported that said he told the newspaper that “leaders of the publication [the Register] had personally assured him that the former pope, Benedict XVI, had confirmed Archbishop Viganò’s account.”
Archbishop Gänswein, who is also prefect of the Pontifical Household, denied as “fake news” this assertion as reported by The New York Times, alleging that Benedict had “confirmed Viganò’s account.”
He also said Benedict had “no opinion” on the memorandum of Archbishop Viganò. It is not clear what memorandum he is referring to, as a number of memoranda are mentioned in Archbishop Viganò's testimony, and Archbishop Viganò never refers to Benedict’s penal measures on McCarrick as a "memorandum." Archbishop Gänswein did not go into any more details, but he did not refute that Benedict issued sanctions.
The Register fully stands by its reporting, drawn on sources close to the Pope Emeritus, that sanctions were issued by Benedict against McCarrick.
Pope Francis and Archbishop Georg Gänswein arrive at the Paul VI Hall on May 10, 2015 in Vatican City.
(Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Aug. 28, 2018
Archbishop Gänswein’s Comments Were Correct and We Stand By Our Reporting
The Register reported Aug. 25 that
Benedict XVI had issued sanctions against then-Cardinal Theodore
McCarrick but we never stated that the Pope Emeritus confirmed — as
alleged in The New York Times — all of Archbishop Viganò’s recent
testimony on corruption in the Church.
Much is being made on social media today about Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s comments in which he said it is “fake news” to suggest that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI confirmed Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s testimony on abuse cover up in the Vatican.
What Archbishop Gänswein said is entirely accurate: Any assertion that the Pope Emeritus had seen the entire testimony, and confirmed it, is untrue.
The Register also never reported this.
What we did report, given by an inside source close to Benedict in July, was that Benedict had issued sanctions against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but was unable to remember their precise nature.
That has not been denied.
In his comments published today in Die Tagespost, Archbishop Gänswein said he was referring to a report published yesterday in The New York Times.
In that article, The New York Times interviewed and quoted Tim Busch, a board member of EWTN. And in comments attributed to him, but without quoting him directly, The Times reported that said he told the newspaper that “leaders of the publication [the Register] had personally assured him that the former pope, Benedict XVI, had confirmed Archbishop Viganò’s account.”
Archbishop Gänswein, who is also prefect of the Pontifical Household, denied as “fake news” this assertion as reported by The New York Times, alleging that Benedict had “confirmed Viganò’s account.”
He also said Benedict had “no opinion” on the memorandum of Archbishop Viganò. It is not clear what memorandum he is referring to, as a number of memoranda are mentioned in Archbishop Viganò's testimony, and Archbishop Viganò never refers to Benedict’s penal measures on McCarrick as a "memorandum." Archbishop Gänswein did not go into any more details, but he did not refute that Benedict issued sanctions.
The Register fully stands by its reporting, drawn on sources close to the Pope Emeritus, that sanctions were issued by Benedict against McCarrick.
13 comments:
Bee here:
Cardinal Cupich was on a local TV station (NBC channel 5, Chicago) and said:
"The Pope has a bigger agenda," Cardinal Cupich said. "He's got to get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the church. We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this."
!!!!!!!!
No, I expect Cupich doesn't want to go down THAT rabbit hole... Not. At. All.
If you want to hear it yourself, go here:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cardinal-cupich-pope-bigger-agenda_Chicago-491855581.html
God bless.
Fran
Bee here:
I was listening to Relevant Radio today and heard the following homily by one Fr. Robert Altier of St. Raphael in Crystal, MN.
https://straphaelcrystal.org/homily/august-19-2018/
Anonymous from another post who was at a loss of what to say to their adult children. Send them this link.
God bless.
Bee
Mark Thomas must go to Cupich’s parish since they are all so over the whole thing.
Cardinal Cupich also said it’s all racism. Comedy gold!
Bee here:
Yep. Cardinal Cupich, when asked if there is a civil war within the Catholic Church, with all the headlines (and the interviewer trails off without completing the thought) said no, it is due to a small group of insurgents (insurgents!!!) who never liked Pope Francis, because he wants more lay involvement, and a more synodal church, or that he's talking about the environment, or the poor, or migrants, or the death penalty is something we should outlaw...and because he is a Latino!
Yep. Cardinal Cupich says ultimately the conflict in the Church is due to racism!
(When all you got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail...)
Oh yes, and the Cardinal reminds viewers he has been appointed by 3 popes. So there.
God bless.
Bee
I've said this before, but I think it's very interesting to look at photos of some of these people when they are together--Cupich and the pope immediately come to mind. They are often seen laughing, in fact, their mouths are so wide open and their heads are cocked back as if they can hardly contain themselves. I often felt like they were laughing at the faithful Catholics they believed they had duped.
Contrast that with solid leaders like Cardinal Burke or Bishop Athanasius Schneider or Archbishop Vigano. They are not laughing. They carry a gravity and seriousness with them that reflects the importance of their mission as bishops.
Then again, I don't think the first two are going to laughing much longer.
Anonymous said..."Mark Thomas must go to Cupich’s parish since they are all so over the whole thing."
A attend a parish at which I've heard my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ offer one loving, respectful pro-Francis comment after another.
My parish is pro-Pope Francis.
During their sermons, our priests have referenced Pope Francis and his teachings regularly.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Cupich is clericalism on steroids. He needs to instruct us on Christ’s environmental policies and when Our Lord retracted his render unto Caesar teaching and advocated that country’s no longer be able to enforce its borders! I do recall Our Lotd said it would be better to place a millstone around the neck of someone who harms children and they drown at the bottom of the sea. I guess that teaching has been abrogated by the left’s worship of abortion and gay sex
MT,
LOL - you must be going to a left-wing, left-wing, left-wing braindead parish, where confusion reigns if the priests sermons are based on PF's teachings. I think you just make this crap up as you go along. You just aren't credible
Mr Thomas:
"(I) attend a parish at which I've heard my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ offer one loving, respectful pro-Francis comment after another."
Does this mean that Jesus Christ supports what the dictator pope is doing, especially using the methods of Peronism?
"During their sermons, our priests have referenced Pope Francis and his teachings regularly."
Does this mean that your parish allows unrepentant adulterers, fornicators, or heretics to receive Communion?
"My parish is pro-Pope Francis."
Is your parish Catholic rather than merely confused catholic?
Forget about McCarrick for a moment. And what did the pope know and when did he know it.
Cardinal Danneels of Belgium was PROVEN to have protected a bishop, Roger Vangheluwe, who had been raping his own nephew for years. There is even a tape of the Cardinal telling the victim to be quiet and not say anything against the bishop. All is proven by the Belgian government.
Pope Francis has specifically chosen Cardinal Danneels to take part in the last 2 synods and has called on him to take part in the upcoming synod.
Cardinal Danneels is still a member of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Danneels is still permitted to function publicly as a Catholic bishop. Cardinal Daneels is still able to travel freely and speak wherever he wishes. All with the blessing of Pope Francis.
Where is the zero tolerance! People’s lives have been destroyed by these people. People have committed suicide because of these people. The reputation of the Holy Roman Church is in tatters because of these people. The faith of countless Catholics has been shattered or at least shaken, NEEDLESSLY, because of the actions and in actions of these priests, bishops, Cardinals and now this pope.
Francis needs to resign. It has been proven he is protecting certain priests and prelates who have committed crimes. As does every bishop who has been complicit in any of these situations.
Oh and by the way. The priest that was caught in a drug fueled, Gay sex orgy in the Vatican apartment is back at the Vatican and doing just fine thank you. The one who was the secretary to Cardinal Coccopalmerio is back in the same apartment. Nothing has been done to him. These people don’t care about god and they don’t care about you. They care about your money.
If I know this Francis knows this. He HAS the power to stop it and doesn’t. Why!!!
"If I know this Francis knows this. He HAS the power to stop it and doesn’t. Why!!!"
Answer: they have too much information to blackmail the Francis with....
Pope Francis may be come known as the first "Gangster Pope." His modus operandi fits that title to a tee. Basta!
MT -
Your parish sounds very "corporate", "toe-the-line", "do as you are told". While that is fine and laudable in ordinary operating circumstances, the responsible corporate citizen is also obliged to act with integrity and to call out those who's integrity is lacking. Don't fall into the trap of being just another corporate drone.
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