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Tag Archives: Archbp. Viganò
Archbp. Viganò speaks: “We are in the grip of a religious chaos of gigantic proportion….” – a “satanic plan”
For all of us Catholics, the landscape in the Holy Church is becoming darker by the day. The ongoing progressive offensive portends a real revolution, not only in the way the Church is understood, but also in the apocalyptic images it … Read More
Archbishop Viganò to participants in the Rome “summit” #PBC2019
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò sent an open message to Francis and participants in the “summit”, mainly presidents of bishops conferences from around the world, meeting in Rome in order to avoid talking about the problem of homosexuality as the basis of … Read More
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Archbp. Viganò offers thoughts on The Present Crisis before the Rome “Summit”
At the National Catholic Register, there is a series of op-ed pieces by well-known figures. Today they published one by Archbp. Carlo Maria Viganò. Despite Grave Problems, the Lord Will Never Abandon His Church REGISTER SYMPOSIUM: I continue to have … Read More
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4th Letter from Archbishop Viganò
From the Lepanto Foundation, I have the text of a 4th letter made public by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. It is addressed to McCarrick. Letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick We today publish a fourth document … Read More
#ViganoTestimony – THE SEQUEL
At LifeSite we see that Archbp. Viganò has released another statement. ROME, September 27, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has today issued a new extraordinary testimony, responding to Pope Francis’ refusal to answer the charge that he knew of … Read More
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Henry Sire: “Archbishop Viganò is now living in fear of his life, quite literally.”
From the Twitter feed of the author of The Dictator Pope. 1) IMPORTANT NEWS: my sources confirm that Archbishop Viganò is now living in fear of his life, quite literally. As everyone knows, Archbishop Viganò went into hiding after his … Read More
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Archbp. Viganò on meeting between Francis and Kim Davis during USA visit
Go to LifeSite and read Archbp. Viganò’s statement about what really happened with the meeting between Francis and Kim Davis during his visit to these USA. It is fascinating. The picture painted is … unsettling. Once again, Viganò supplies details and … Read More
Italian journalist: “How Archbishop Viganò gave me his memo. Here’s why I decided to publish it.”
UPDATE 28 August: Italian Vaticanist Marco Tosatti was also involved. See this AP story in English: HERE It concludes: Tosatti said Vigano didn’t tell him where he was going after the article came out, knowing that the world’s media would … Read More
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Some reactions to the Viganò Testimony. – UPDATED
UPDATE 27 August: CNN… what a bunch of dopes. Former Archbishop wants Pope to resign Newsroom In a statement seen by CNN on Sunday, former Archbishop and Vatican ambassador to the US Carlo Maria Vigano said he told the Pope … Read More
The Viganò Testimony: TRUTH
The reactions to the Viganò (pronounced vig-ah-NOH) Testimony vary as you might expect, along “party lines”. The papalatrous liberal Left, including not a few sychophants of simply stunning audacity, deny everything Viganò wrote. Their main tack right now seems to be … Read More




















