August 27, 2018  Life Site News.   Pope Emeritus Benedict has confirmed the claim that he acted during his tenure to discipline new ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarricik in response to accusations of sexual abuse, according to source who have spoken to the National Catholic  Register.

If true, the Pope Emeritus’ confirmation that he knew about McCarrick and sought to punish him lends strong weight to the claim that Pope Francis knew about McCarricks but permitted him to act freely as an emissary of the Holy See and as a ‘kingmaker’ for bishop and curial appointments in the Francis papacy.

Although Benedict reportedly cannot remember the exact nature of the punishment he imposed on McCarrick, he recalls having instructed Cardinal Bertone, his then secreteay of State to impose “measures” against the cardinal in response to the allegations against him of homosexual predation against seminaries and adolescents.

The Register has independently confirmed that the allegations against McCarrick were certainly known to Benedict, and the Pope Emeritus remembers instructing Cardinal Bertone to impose measures but cannot recall their exact nature,” the publication states in a widely overlooked passage in its original article on the scandal published on Saturday.  The Register does not reveal its sources for this information”The affirmation comes in the wake of allegations made on Saturday by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, for Apostolic Nuncio in the United States, that Pope Benedict had imposed severe severe penalties on Cardinal McCarrick years before Francis became Pope, forbidding him to say Mass in public, to participate in public meetings, to give lectures, and to travel, “dedicating himself to a life of prayer and penance.”

In his written testimony on the affair, simultaneously published by LifeSite News.com and the National Catholic Register on Saturday, Vigano says that he personally knows that Pope Francis was aware of the accusations against McCarrick, because he mentioned them to the Pontiff himself on two different occasions in 2013, shortly after his election, when Francis appeared to be probing him to see if he was an ally or an enemy of McCarrick.”

Asked, “What is Cardinal McCarrick like?” Vigano writes, “I answered him with complete frankness and, if you want, with great naivete:  “Holy Father, I don’t know if you know Cardinal McCarrick, but if you ask the congregation for Bishops, there is a dossier this thick about him. He corrupted generations of seminarians and priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to withdraw to a life of prayer and penance”

The Pope did not make the slightest comment about these very grave words of mine and did not show any expression of surprise on his face, as if he had already known the matter for some time and he immediately changed the subject.” continues Vigano.  “But then, what was the Pope’s purpose in asking me that question:  “What is Cardinal McCarrick like?  He clearly wanted to find out if I was an ally of Mcarrick or not.

Vigano states that despite Francis’ clear knowledge of McCarricks’s record of sexual abuse, McCarrick was allowed to freely travel and engage in public appearances on behalf of the Church.  He also says that McCarrick became a sort of emissary and “kingmaker” djring the Francis papacy, facilititating the rise of notoriously gay friendly clergy such as Cardinals Blase Cupich, Donald Wuerl (McCarricks successor as Archbishop of Washingtonk, and Joseph Tobin of Newark, McCarrick’s previous diocese  before his appointment to Washington as well as the sudden ascent of Bishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari as Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and of the College of Cardinals..

 

The accusations which also include numerous explosivve claims about complicity by various cardinals, bishops, and curial officials are being called an “earthquake” by mainstream media, and curial officials reportedly are call it an “atomic bomb”.   Bishops and other members of the Church hierarchy are calling for an investigation of Pope Francis, who is refusing to answer questions about Vigano’s testimony.

Pope Benendict’s confirmation that he gave instructions to Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertoni to penalize McCarrick tends to confirm Bertone’s ivolvement in the case, which Vigano suspects was a cause of delays in the disciplining of the sex abuser, which did not occur until 2009 or 2010, acccording to Vigano.

I believe it (the delay ( was due to the Pope’s first collaborator at the time, Cardinal Tacisio Bertone, who notoriously favored promoting homosexuals into positions of responsibility, and was accustomed  to managing the information he thought appropriate to convey to the Pope,” writes Vigano.

Archbishop Vigano’s accusations have also been corroborated by the former first counsellar at the apostolic nunciature in Washington, D.C., Monsignor Jean-Francois Lantheaume, in an interview with Catholic  News  Agency.

In response to Vigano’s claim that Lantheaume heard the then Apostolic Nunci o Pietro Sambi  lambast Cardianla McCarrick over his sexually abusive behavior, Lantheaume told Catholic News Agency “Vigano said the truth.  That’s all”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBCP president and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas  INQUIRE FILE PHOTO

“We do not need apparitions to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary”

This was the response of CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas when asked to comment on a Vatican decree stating that the Marian apparitions in Lipa City, Batangas, that ‘supposedly’ happened more than 60 years ago had not “supernatural origin”

The Vatican’s move reversed the declaration made earlier by Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles that the phenomenon was “worthy of belief

Villegas, head of the Lingayen Dagupan Archdiocese, said that Mary’s being the Mother of Jesus is our first and constant reason for honoring her.”

“We do not need apparitions to honor her,” he said in a text message to reporteers.

He added that the CPCP would abide by the decision of the Holy See.

“Rome has spoken.  The case is closed.  We  all obey the Holy See.”  Villegas

Tina G. Santos  reporter@santostinaING

Philippines Daily Inquirer;  June14 2016

With this happening since 1948, it is not surprising that people of the Philippines and the world are confused.  We need the Vatican to stop playing ping pong with Lipa and Fatima.

It doesn’t look like Pius XII signed Anything@

A decision made by the Vatican on the apparitions in the Philippines some 60 years ago has confused Filipino Catholics

“The devotees are unhappy, unsatisfied and not at peace with themselves” said retired Archbishhop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen Dagupan.

The prelate said devotees of the Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace have been asking for “some sort of review”

Our Lady had identified herself as “I am Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace”

Rose Petals fell from the sky in showers.   Some had miraculous images on them.  It was noted by many that the petals fell straight down to where thousands of people stood even though a wind was blowing.  Botanists have examined the petals and determined that they were from a variety of rose which grew in Russia.  An overpowering fragrance of roses has been reported to usher in the showers.  The people knew and all could be heard to shout “showers coming” Many cures have been reported from the rose petals.

In December of last year, the Vatican issued a decree declaring the 1948 Marian apparitions at a Carmelite Monastery in Lipa, in Batangas province had no supernatural origin.  The Vatican statement overruled the decision of the local Bishop that the apparitions were of “supernatural origin” They base their opposition on an alleged decision of Pope Pius XII which said it was not supernatural.

Father Paul Kramer records that “According to Canon Law, if there appears on a decree of the Holy Office such words  as “with the approval of the Supreme Pontiff” or after consultation with the Supreme Pontiff ” then the decree has the authority of a papal act.  If a diocesan decree has such a phrase as “after consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” (as is the case with the Declaration of the Diocese of Brooklyn on the alleged apparitions of Bayside) or “with the approval of the CDF” then the decree has the force of a Roman cuial act.

There is no such clause on the April 11, 1951 decree:                                                                      April 11, 1951                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Archbishops and Bishops, constituting for the purpose of a special have attentively examined and reviewed the evidence and testimonies in the course of repeated, long, and careful examinations, have reached the unanimous conclusion and hereby officially declare that the above mentioned evidence and testimonies exclude any supernatural intervention in the reported extraordinary happenings – including the shower of petals at the Carmel of Lipa.     (There was more than one shower)

If Pius XII whispered his “definitive confirmation”, or wrote it, signed it and put it in a drawer – but it was not noted on the decree, then the decree has no force beyond its own face value, and the alleged “definitive confirmation” would be utterly bereft of any judicial force whatsoever.  The onus is on the CDF to produce the evidence of the alleged confirmation, otherwise the claim must be dismissed by by the CBCP as apocryphal.  It is standard procedure to note the approval of a higher authority on the decree itself.  Such a notation is nowhere to be found on the decree.  April 1951;  and it is inconceivable that Pius XII issued some other decree confirming the 11/05/1951 decree on Lipa, since such a decree is totally unknown to ever have existed, and unless duly promulgated, it would remain bereft of all juridical force.

Whoever it was in the CDF who claimed that Pius XII (made a “definitive confirmation in 1951”, and “declared they were not of supernatural originn”, must have studied Canon Law at the Alice in Wonderland Institute, or elsehas perpetrated a deliberate act of fraud in order to deceive the Catholic hierarchy and faithful of the Pilippines.’

Source:  https://globalnation.inquirer.net/139890/cbcp-bows-to-vatican-on-lipa-apparitions

This reviewing Commission which signed the above written declaration:’Manila, April 11, 1951

Gabriel M. Reyes; Archbishop of Manila (Signed)

Mariano Madriaga;  Bishop of Lingayen  (Signed)

Cesar M. Guerro;  Bishop of San Fernando  (Signed)

Juan Sison;  Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Signed)

Vincente Reyes;  Auxiliary Bishop of Manila  (Signed)

Rufino Santos  Apostolic Administrator of Lipa April 11, 1951  Concordat cum originali

Egidio Vagnozzi  Apostolic Nuncio    (Signed)

 

 

Meanwhile China continues to militarize islands in the South China Sea as Our Lady prophesied at Lipa in a 1948 secret to the see Sister Teresita Castillo that China would invade the world through the Philippines.  And who is complaining about China now owning the South China Sea?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo:  American plane photographing Chinese ships around militarized reef islands.

Fatima had a Third Secret, and, so did Lipa.  One we didn’t get “all of” and the other we got. Teresita of Lipa told Cardinal Vidal, who was the Archbishop of Lipa, to “Pray hard for China.  China’s dream is to invade the whole world, including the Philippines.  “Money is the evil force that will lead the people of the world to devesttation.” This was in 1948 as the Philippines were recovering from a brutal beating by the Japanese during WWII.

In 1948 Mary, at Lipa in the Philippine Islands revealed herself as “Mediatrix of All Grace”  … as she revealed herself at Lourdes as “I am the Immaculate Conception”

“The power of Mary over all the devils will especially shine forth in the latter times, when satan will lay his snares against her heel:  that is to say, her humble slaves and poor children whom she will raise up to make war against him.” St. Louis de Montfort 

  So!  Why are the Catholic Church ‘fathers’ arguing against giving her honor and meaning to the world?  Because it is too much Mary to the protesters against the Catholic Faith (Protestants)

 

During Vatican II , at the last chapter of the schema on the Church, this title presented “a thorny problem” for the Council.  Cardinal Bea, president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, felt it necessary to state that the question before the council is not the devotion of anybody but the accuracy of doctrine.  Cardinal Bea has a vested interest in promoting ecumenism, and he liked “Mary, Mother of the Faithful.”  Wouldn’t that suit everybody? (Ecumenism is heresy.)

Among the more doubtful arguments used to support the title at the Council,  “Mother of the Church” was favored.  It has  been said that the Church is the family of God (no more Mystical Body of Christ?)  Mary must be the “Mother of the Church” since she is already the “Mother of all men, the Mother of Protestants, of Mohammedans, of unbelievers, and so forth.”  From Terms “Mother of the Church” “Mediatrix” present problem for Council https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/41431170/posts/1034

Cardinal Vidal talks to his people about the the prophecy that  “money being the evil force that will lead the people of the world to destruction”

“This is an echo of the encyclical “Quadrigesimo Anno” on the reconstruction of the social order. PPius XI May 15, 1931   “This accumulation of money and power generates conflict between states.Countries employ their power and shape their policies to promote every economic advantage of their citizens, but also because they seek to decide political controversies that arise among nations through the use of their economic supremacy”

China is an economic giant.  A Military Giant.  The path through the Philippines is not far from the U.S.    Lipa is a true apparition.  Giving Our Lady the title Mary Mediatrix  will spoil the plans of those in our Bishopric and Cardinalship who are plotting against us. For what is a world without grace but a dark and evil planet.  If the world knows how to get grace and understands …. that “Go to Mary” is the defense against  the plans of the One Worlders … the world can change things  … with prayer … the weapon of the Rosary  A world at prayer is a world at peace.             American plane views militarized island reefs close to Philippines and photos ships