Archbishop Vigano
As an out-of-the-loop Protestant from a family that’s half Roman Catholic, I hardly know what to make of this story.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, has called upon the Swiss Guards to arrest Pope Francis I and Cardinal Victor Fernandez (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archbishop-vigano-swiss-guards-should-arrest-bergoglio-and-fernandez-expel-them-from-the-vatican/). His words, as quoted in various news media:
“The Swiss Guards have sworn to defend the See of Peter, not the one who is systematically destroying it. Let them therefore be faithful to their oath and arrest these heretical perverts!”
That’s what he said.
Is there going to be an eruption in the Church, or is this just going nowhere? I don’t know. The archbishop refers to Francis as “Bergoglio” and “the Argentinian,” and to Cardinal Fernanez’s writings as “pornographic” and “blasphemous.” I can’t find any history that shows the Swiss Guards arresting a pope. Pope Francis has declined to comment so far.
I do not know whether to view this as real news, to be taken very seriously, or as just another nasty church-fight as occurs within all too many churches. Maybe we’d all better hang back and see what develops.
I do not like to get involved in such fights, but on the other hand, I can understand where this man is coming from. It is up to them to straighten out.
Sounds similar to our situation with Joe Biden. The House needs to impeach him for the treasonous act at the southern border and the Senate needs to vote to convict.
There is literally no crime which a Democrat president could possibly commit that would ever move Democrat senators to vote to remove him from office.
The latest controversy (among many others during this papacy) is the publication of Pope Francis’ Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, calling for priestly blessings of LGBT couples. This is contrary to Church Tradition. Many call it heresy and I believe its implementation will lead to split(s) in the Catholic Church. Roman Catholic Canon Law does not provide for non-voluntary removal of the pope. Pope Francis is the chief executive of Vatican City, and the supreme legislator. The Cardinals could possibly take action anyway, but the great majority were appointed by Pope Francis. Whatever happens, it is a tragic situation.
The whole business is profoundly evil.
We can’t have the benefits of Christianity if we decide to make up our own rules. The whole idea is that God knows what is best for us. In Acts, 15, they dealt with a problem where some Jewish people who had converted to Christianity wanted to impose portions of the Law onto gentile Christians. Experienced Christians in Jerusalem, including Peter, met and issued the following words in a acts 15: “28 For it has seemed good gto the Holy Spirit and hto us ito lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: 29 jthat you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
These are simple guidelines, but essential. If we keep ourselves from these things, we will do well. I wonder if the Pope remembers these words.
The sexual immorality is still a big stumbling block.
Indeed it is, but we can be slaves to the flesh, or choose not to. It’s not always easy, but according to the verses I quoted from Acts, it will make life better, in the long run, if we live morally.