
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.



