John Allen of Crux has an article on how Archbishop Vigano's missive might contribute to an inadequate examination of his accusations concerning Ted McCarrick. Why? Because bishops are afraid of the boss.
These are Allen's last two paragraphs in the article:
One answer is this: Bishops everywhere, very much including the U.S., hesitate to do anything the boss and his team might perceive as disloyal. By now, being seen as siding with Viganò is regarded by Francis allies as virtually a sin against the Holy Spirit, and unless a bishop has been living under a rock, he’s gotten the memo.
Hence the towering irony of the situation.
Carlo Maria Viganò, who’s aspired for more than a decade to be the great Vatican whistleblower - first during his tenure at the government of the Vatican City state about alleged financial irregularities, and later about Francis and McCarrick - actually may have done more than virtually anyone else to ensure that whistles bishops might otherwise be blowing, especially in the U.S., remain silent.
My comment: If you want to know what virulent CLERICALISM looks like and why it is the cause of the corruption and rot in the Church, read those two paragraphs above again and again and again!
3 comments:
With or without Vigano, I doubt there would be many blowing whistles. Cowards all.
Bee here:
Fr. McD said: "If you want to know what virulent CLERICALISM looks like and why it is the cause of the corruption and rot in the Church, read those two paragraphs above again and again and again!"
That's exactly what I was thinking as I read the excerpt from the article. And that's exactly the problem and has been for a long, long time.
God bless.
Bee
Crossing Francis is bad for one's health....this is very much a problem.
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