'A step forward' or 'contradictory'? Catholic reactions to approval of blessings for LGBT couples
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. who has emerged as an outspoken critic of Pope Francis, denounced "Fiducia Supplicans" in an op-ed published by LifeSiteNews.
Vigano cited the document as the latest example of "hypocrisy and deception of the Bergoglian hierarchy." Vigano's use of the term "Bergoglian hierarchy" reflects that Francis' given name is Jorge Bergoglio.
He described the "false shepherds" behind the declaration as "servants of Satan and his most zealous allies," slamming Francis as "the usurper who sits – an abomination of desolation – on the throne of St. Peter."
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"The very incipit of the document sounds, like all those issued by Bergoglio, mocking and deceptive: because trust in God's forgiveness without repentance is called the presumption of salvation without merit and is a sin against the Holy Spirit," Vigano stated.
The archbishop suggested that "there is a more immediate and simple purpose to be achieved" by "Fiducia Supplicans," namely to "provoke Catholics to turn away from the church and leave him free to turn it into the concubine of the New World Order." He listed "women priests, gay blessings, sexual and financial scandals, the immigration business, forced vaccination campaigns, gender ideology, neo-Malthusian environmentalism and the tyrannical management of power" as "tools with which to scandalize the faithful."
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
