McCarrick and the Papal Foundation: a track to follow...
Sept 7, 2018 10:57:59 GMT
Post by Admin on Sept 7, 2018 10:57:59 GMT
McCarrick and the Papal Foundation: a track to follow ...
Our colleague William Luyt has posted on Info Vaticana August 27 a very interesting article devoted to McCarrick case by putting into perspective with the Papal Foundation in the United States including former Cardinal McCarrick was one of the founders - and whose president is Cardinal Donald Wuerl successor of McCarrick at the archiepiscopal headquarters of Washington DC - and which has abounded the Holy See sizeable sums ... This is a track to explore thoroughly, which also helps to understand why McCarrick benefited from such powerful support for the Holy See ...
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The terrible testimony of Bishop Viganò has now traveled around the world. Not only the major international media but also progressive Catholic media, like The Tablet , echo it. None calls into question the credibility of the accusations made by Bishop Viganò.
On the other hand, using a hackneyed communication technique, many - like the New York Times in an article by Jason Horowitz - dwell on the personality of Mgr. Viganò and his "traditionalist" friendships as well as on the "conservative" media having published his letter to better ignore, if not discredit, the substance of his revelations. The same media that have been demanding for years the utmost transparency in the matter of sexual scandals in the Church thus succeeds in not even questioning the protections of which former Cardinal McCarrick obviously benefited during his long career of predator.
The Holy Father has so far chosen not to comment on Bishop Viganò's note, saying at the press conference on the return plane from Ireland last night : "I read the statement this morning and I must tell you and all those who are interested: read the statement carefully and make your own judgment. I will not say a word about it. The statement speaks for itself. You have journalistic skills to draw your own conclusions. It is an act of faith. When a little time has passed and you have reached your conclusions, I will speak eventually. "
For our part, we wish today to raise a single question relating to the impunity and the promotions which McCarrick benefited under the pontificate of John Paul II, and to his return in thanksgiving under Francis: it is possible that, at Like Cardinal Maciel, Cardinal McCarrick was able to be protected by the millions he sent each year to the Holy See through the Papal Foundation, which he and Cardinal Krol and O'Connor were one of the founders, of which he was still a member of the board of directors until his resignation last June?
McCarrick protected by the millions raised by the Papal Foundation?
"Was the appointment to Washington and McCarrick's cardinalate done by Sodano, when John Paul II was already sick? I do not know it but it seems legitimate to think so. But I do not think he's the only one responsible: McCarrick traveled frequently to Rome and made friends everywhere, at every level of the curia. If Sodano has protected Maciel, as seems well established, we do not see why he would not have protected McCarrick who, according to many, had the financial means to influence many decisions. "
This reflection of Bishop Viganò, on page 4 of his testimony, should be completed by the information provided by Michelle Boorstein, reporter to the Washington Post , in an article published on July 31, 2018 and entitled "While the rumors of sexual misdeeds ran, the Cardinal McCarrick became a powerful fundraiser for the Vatican . In this lengthy paper, Boorstein recalls that McCarrick, while archbishop of Newark, participated in the creation of the Papal Foundationin 1988. The principle of this foundation is simple: recruit donors pledging to pay a minimum of US $ 1 million over 10 years (US $ 100,000 per year) for the benefit of the works of the Holy Father. On its website, the foundation says it has raised more than $ 215 million since its inception. Created to awaken the generosity of American Catholic benefactors, deeply shaken by the Marcinkus affair and the Banco Ambrosiano scandal , the Papal Foundation has become one of the main sources of financing available directly to the Holy See. And McCarrick's zeal is not for nothing: "" La Papal Foundationwas a great instrument for him to get to Rome, "says Steve Schneck in Boorstein. As head of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington. Schneck has often collaborated with McCarrick: "There is not a single Catholic organization in the United States for which it has not raised funds." " Michelle Boortstein states: " The popularity of McCarrick and its imposing status envoy church and prolific fundraiser for Catholic institutions may have helped protect over the years while others whispered words that added to his reputation: stalker, gambler, unfaithful to his wishes for celibacy. "
As the Epistle of the 14th Sunday after Pentecost recalled yesterday in the 1962 Missal: "The works of the flesh are manifest: it is fornication, impurity, fornication, lust, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, quarrels, jealousies, animosities, brawls, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, debauchery, and the like " . Nothing new, therefore, under the sun of Satan ...
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Pope Francis granting an audience to the Papal Foundation on April 27, 2017. In the picture, from left to right, Cardinal Wuerl, the Holy Father and the one who was still Cardinal McCarrick ...
Pope Francis granting an audience to the Papal Foundation on April 27, 2017. In the picture, from left to right, Cardinal Wuerl, the Holy Father and the one who was still Cardinal McCarrick ...