Archbishop Viganò exposes the Deep Church

Everyone by now has probably heard about the open letter sent by the former Papal Nuncio to President Trump. Rather than give highlights, I am putting up the whole thing and bold-facing a few significant passages.

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Mr. President,

In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of light constitute the most conspicuous part of humanity, while the children of darkness represent an absolute minority. And yet the former are the object of a sort of discrimination which places them in a situation of moral inferiority with respect to their adversaries, who often hold strategic positions in government, in politics, in the economy and in the media. In an apparently inexplicable way, the good are held hostage by the wicked and by those who help them either out of self-interest or fearfulness.

These two sides, which have a Biblical nature, follow the clear separation between the offspring of the Woman and the offspring of the Serpent. On the one hand there are those who, although they have a thousand defects and weaknesses, are motivated by the desire to do good, to be honest, to raise a family, to engage in work, to give prosperity to their homeland, to help the needy, and, in obedience to the Law of God, to merit the Kingdom of Heaven. On the other hand, there are those who serve themselves, who do not hold any moral principles, who want to demolish the family and the nation, exploit workers to make themselves unduly wealthy, foment internal divisions and wars, and accumulate power and money: for them the fallacious illusion of temporal well-being will one day – if they do not repent – yield to the terrible fate that awaits them, far from God, in eternal damnation.

In society, Mr. President, these two opposing realities co-exist as eternal enemies, just as God and Satan are eternal enemies. And it appears that the children of darkness – whom we may easily identify with the deep state which you wisely oppose and which is fiercely waging war against you in these days – have decided to show their cards, so to speak, by now revealing their plans. They seem to be so certain of already having everything under control that they have laid aside that circumspection that until now had at least partially concealed their true intentions. The investigations already under way will reveal the true responsibility of those who managed the Covid emergency not only in the area of health care but also in politics, the economy, and the media. We will probably find that in this colossal operation of social engineering there are people who have decided the fate of humanity, arrogating to themselves the right to act against the will of citizens and their representatives in the governments of nations.

We will also discover that the riots in these days were provoked by those who, seeing that the virus is inevitably fading and that the social alarm of the pandemic is waning, necessarily have had to provoke civil disturbances, because they would be followed by repression which, although legitimate, could be condemned as an unjustified aggression against the population. The same thing is also happening in Europe, in perfect synchrony. It is quite clear that the use of street protests is instrumental to the purposes of those who would like to see someone elected in the upcoming presidential elections who embodies the goals of the deep state and who expresses those goals faithfully and with conviction. It will not be surprising if, in a few months, we learn once again that hidden behind these acts of vandalism and violence there are those who hope to profit from the dissolution of the social order so as to build a world without freedom: Solve et Coagula, as the Masonic adage teaches.

Although it may seem disconcerting, the opposing alignments I have described are also found in religious circles. There are faithful Shepherds who care for the flock of Christ, but there are also mercenary infidels who seek to scatter the flock and hand the sheep over to be devoured by ravenous wolves. It is not surprising that these mercenaries are allies of the children of darkness and hate the children of light: just as there is a deep state, there is also a deep church that betrays its duties and forswears its proper commitments before God. Thus the Invisible Enemy, whom good rulers fight against in public affairs, is also fought against by good shepherds in the ecclesiastical sphere. It is a spiritual battle, which I spoke about in my recent Appeal which was published on May 8.

For the first time, the United States has in you a President who courageously defends the right to life, who is not ashamed to denounce the persecution of Christians throughout the world, who speaks of Jesus Christ and the right of citizens to freedom of worship. Your participation in the March for Life, and more recently your proclamation of the month of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, are actions that confirm which side you wish to fight on. And I dare to believe that both of us are on the same side in this battle, albeit with different weapons.

For this reason, I believe that the attack to which you were subjected after your visit to the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II is part of the orchestrated media narrative which seeks not to fight racism and bring social order, but to aggravate dispositions; not to bring justice, but to legitimize violence and crime; not to serve the truth, but to favor one political faction. And it is disconcerting that there are Bishops – such as those whom I recently denounced – who, by their words, prove that they are aligned on the opposing side. They are subservient to the deep state, to globalism, to aligned thought, to the New World Order which they invoke ever more frequently in the name of a universal brotherhood which has nothing Christian about it, but which evokes the Masonic ideals of those want to dominate the world by driving God out of the courts, out of schools, out of families, and perhaps even out of churches.

The American people are mature and have now understood how much the mainstream media does not want to spread the truth but seeks to silence and distort it, spreading the lie that is useful for the purposes of their masters. However, it is important that the good – who are the majority – wake up from their sluggishness and do not accept being deceived by a minority of dishonest people with unavowable purposes. It is necessary that the good, the children of light, come together and make their voices heard. What more effective way is there to do this, Mr. President, than by prayer, asking the Lord to protect you, the United States, and all of humanity from this enormous attack of the Enemy? Before the power of prayer, the deceptions of the children of darkness will collapse, their plots will be revealed, their betrayal will be shown, their frightening power will end in nothing, brought to light and exposed for what it is: an infernal deception.

Mr. President, my prayer is constantly turned to the beloved American nation, where I had the privilege and honor of being sent by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Nuncio. In this dramatic and decisive hour for all of humanity, I am praying for you and also for all those who are at your side in the government of the United States. I trust that the American people are united with me and you in prayer to Almighty God.

United against the Invisible Enemy of all humanity, I bless you and the First Lady, the beloved American nation, and all men and women of good will.

+ Carlo Maria Viganò

Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

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Thomas Fleming

Thomas Fleming is president of the Fleming Foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Morality of Everyday Life and The Politics of Human Nature, as well as many articles and columns for newspapers, magazines,and learned journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Greek from the College of Charleston. He served as editor of Chronicles: a Magazine of American Culture from 1984 to 2015 and president of The Rockford Institute from 1997-2014. In a previous life he taught classics at several colleges and served as a school headmaster in South Carolina

8 Responses

  1. Robert Reavis says:

    Thank You for posting this.

    “dissolution of the social order so as to build a world without freedom: Solve et Coagula,’ dissolve and coagulate!!
    I know creative destruction as a term has been around a long time Marx and others have reflected upon its vitality in economics but a culture is not a pure economic abstraction

    “Creative destruction is our middle name, both within our own society and abroad.

    We tear down the old order every day, from business to science, literature, art, architecture, and cinema to politics and the law. Our enemies have always hated this whirlwind of energy and creativity, which menaces their traditions (whatever they may be) and shames them for their inability to keep pace. … They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.”

  2. Robert Reavis says:

    The last quote was from neocon warmonger Michaels Ledeen in a rare moment of honesty.

  3. James Kabala says:

    I don’t know – it wasn’t so long ago that the primary original reason why Pope Francis was controversial was because he seemed ready to try to weaken or even eliminate the teaching on divorce. I don’t know how Donald Trump (or Steve Bannon) can plausibly be the leader of opposition to that.

  4. Robert Reavis says:

    James,
    Pope Francis can’t change Christ’s teaching on divorce. He can of course pander to a historical mood or sentiment and he does as other popes have also but the teaching remains what it has always been. Hopefully Pope Francis appeals to a certain sentiment or aspect of the body of Christ in our time but he doesn’t appeal to me or at least the fake news version of him does not. But who knows these days what any public figure really thinks and believes? Certainly not a nobody like myself would know.

  5. James Kabala says:

    My allusion to Trump’s divorces was maybe a bit too flippant, but it was meant not so much as a shot at him as a comment on how the original source of a controversy can sometimes be forgotten underneath more and more layers.  Maybe not a comment worth making.

    But since I have commented, I might as well plunge in further and say that I do think that Vigano speaks in a language that Trump (and every other president, to be sure) would never even begin to understand. I actually feel a bit sorry for Vigano that he is naive enough to think National Child Abuse Prevention Month is some kind of major initiative instead of a thing that every president has proclaimed by rote since 1983.  (Why April was selected, I have no idea.)  I also don’t think Trump would really have the background to view the Masons as a sinister group.  Their heyday in this country is long over, and Trump himself is not a member, but I wouldn’t be particularly surprised if his father or grandfather had belonged. I think Vigano probably means well, but I think he Trump is less in sync with him than he thinks.

  6. Ben says:

    God help us.

  7. Avatar photo Thomas Fleming says:

    Viganò is a good priest, sound theologian, and a major diplomat for the most Machiavellian political power of the past 2000 years. Think about what that means. Benedict entrusted him with the care and management of the USSofA.

  8. Harry Colin says:

    Even more good news… I just saw that our beloved pope has chimed in on the current situation here in America, admonishing “conservative Catholics” that racism is just as important an issue as abortion and to basically refrain from supporting Trump. I see this as a response to Archbishop Vigano, albeit with far less logic and literary flourish.

    Perhaps next on the docket will be the launch of the canonization process for Margaret Sanger.