The Enemy of Ecône (and the Catholic Church)
Sept 30, 2018 13:20:52 GMT
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The Enemy of Ecône (and the Catholic Church)
Excerpt from the book, Vatican Encounter: Conversations with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, by José Hanu, that can also be found in The Angelus, August 1994.
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José Hanu:
… But someone undoubtedly wanted to neutralize the reactions of the traditionalists.
Many of your friends, your Excellency, see in al that the hand of Card. Villot. One of them said to me:
“This cardinal is more powerful than the Pope himself, for his skill triumphs over everything. And he puts as much eagerness into destroying his enemies as he did in conquering the high offices of the Church.”
This manner of judging one of the highest-placed personalities in the Vatican makes my blood run cold, and personally I disapprove of it. Yet the cardinal seems to be driven by an insatiable ambition. Does he not fulfill thirteen functions? He is, among other things, Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Sacred Roman Church, Chamberlain of the Holy Church, Prefect of the Council of the Church’s Public Affairs, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of the Pontifical Commission Cor Unum, President of the Pontifical Commission for the State and the City of the Vatican, President of the Cardinals’ Commission for the Surveillance of Religious Works and Institutions, President of the Statistics Office for the Roman Church.
What do you personally think of Card. Villot, Excellency? Did he set the Holy Father against you – having everything prepared, everything ordered, and everything ready to obtain your condemnation? In short, is he a personal enemy?
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre:
I prefer not to know; it does not concern me. The enemy of Ecône is not Such-and-Such, at the Vatican or elsewhere. The enemy of Ecône is liberalism, the destroyer of the Church. And as to the men who serve this liberalism and who aim to cut us down, these are not our personal enemies – they are only pawns of liberalism.
One must understand this: Our battle is not a confrontation between persons and characters. It goes well beyond: it is the battle of faith against error.
Excerpt from the book, Vatican Encounter: Conversations with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, by José Hanu, that can also be found in The Angelus, August 1994.
____________________________________________________________________
José Hanu:
… But someone undoubtedly wanted to neutralize the reactions of the traditionalists.
Many of your friends, your Excellency, see in al that the hand of Card. Villot. One of them said to me:
“This cardinal is more powerful than the Pope himself, for his skill triumphs over everything. And he puts as much eagerness into destroying his enemies as he did in conquering the high offices of the Church.”
This manner of judging one of the highest-placed personalities in the Vatican makes my blood run cold, and personally I disapprove of it. Yet the cardinal seems to be driven by an insatiable ambition. Does he not fulfill thirteen functions? He is, among other things, Secretary of State, Chancellor of the Sacred Roman Church, Chamberlain of the Holy Church, Prefect of the Council of the Church’s Public Affairs, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, President of the Pontifical Commission Cor Unum, President of the Pontifical Commission for the State and the City of the Vatican, President of the Cardinals’ Commission for the Surveillance of Religious Works and Institutions, President of the Statistics Office for the Roman Church.
What do you personally think of Card. Villot, Excellency? Did he set the Holy Father against you – having everything prepared, everything ordered, and everything ready to obtain your condemnation? In short, is he a personal enemy?
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre:
I prefer not to know; it does not concern me. The enemy of Ecône is not Such-and-Such, at the Vatican or elsewhere. The enemy of Ecône is liberalism, the destroyer of the Church. And as to the men who serve this liberalism and who aim to cut us down, these are not our personal enemies – they are only pawns of liberalism.
One must understand this: Our battle is not a confrontation between persons and characters. It goes well beyond: it is the battle of faith against error.
