Mais um capítulo da tragédia em confusão que se abate no Vaticano foi feita hoje. Para aqueles que não estão acompanhando bem essa tragédia, um resumo.
Arcebispo Carlo Maria Viganó acusou o Papa Francisco de saber dos abusos sexuais cometidos pelo cardeal McCarrick já em 2013, e como o Papa Francisco não fez nada e até elevou a influência de McCarrick no Vaticano, Viganó pediu a renúncia do Papa. Posteriormente, vozes em defesa do Papa se levantaram e acusaram Viganó de querer se promover e de estar ressentido por não ter se tornado Papa. Em reação, Viganò negou essas acusações e ao final pediu ao cardeal Ouellet que conformasse que McCarrick sofreu sanções do Papa Bento XVI.
Hoje, cardeal Ouellet, que é o atual prefeito para a Congregação da Fé no Vaticano, reagiu e novamente acusou Viganò de estar ressentido, de querer trazer confusão na Igreja, de estar reagindo de forma maléfica contra o Papa Francisco e também disse que não houve "sanções" contra McCaarick mas que apenas o Papa Bento XVI tinha feito "restrições" a McCarrick para que se afastasse de suas ações por conta "de rumores contra ele no passado".
McCarrick também volta a defender os pontos críticos do documento Amoris Laetitia, que forma alvos de críticas de cardeais e bispos pelo mundo. E também defende o que o Papa Francisco fez no Catecismo, ao ter mudado o texto sobre pena de morte.
Isto é, Ouellet se coloca plenamente do lado do Papa em todas as questões controversas, para dizer o mínimo.
Na minha opinião, as palavras de Ouellet foram bem duras contra Viganò, mas não acho que tenha respondido diretamente às acusações de Viganò, além de ter de certa forma confirmado o que ele disse. Viganò disse que o Papa Francisco sabia pela boca dele das acusações contra McCarrick e que McCarrick aumentou a influência no Vaticano no pontificado de Francisco. Ouellet confirmou a reunião de Viganò com o Papa.
Ouellet diz que o Papa Francisco não deve ter prestado atenção no que ele disse, pois tinha muita gente na ocasião e que depois a carta que Viganò, Ouellet confirma também que sabia das restrições a McCarrick, que recebeu a carta de Viganò e que McCarrick tinha sofrido restrições do Papa Bento XVI. E diz que "nunca soube" da influência de McCarrick no Papa Francisco na escolha de cardeais.
Ouellet ainda confirmou que existe um lobby gay no Vaticano.
Sobre o Amoris Laetitia, Ouellet está errado, simples assim, aquelas partes do Amoris Laetitia que cardeais criticaram são indefensáveis, na minha opinião.
Em resumo, eu acho que se a carta de Ouellet fosse menos fiel ao Papa, se tivesse concedido que há muitas questões em relação a Amoris Laetitia e que pode ter sido um erro mudar o Catecismo, eu teria mais respeito pela carta.
A carta foi muito "chapa branca" para ser crível. Infelizmente.
Vejam a resposta exata de Ouellet abaixo:
“Dear Brother Carlo Maria Viganò,
In your last message to the
media, in which you denounce Pope Francis and the Roman Curia, you urge me to
tell the truth about facts that you interpret as an endemic corruption that has
invaded the hierarchy of the Church to its highest level. With due pontifical
permission, I offer here my personal testimony, as prefect of the Congregation
for Bishops, on the events concerning the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
Theodore McCarrick and his alleged links with Pope Francis, which are the
object of your vehement public denunciation as well as of your demand that the
Holy Father resign. I write this testimony of mine on the basis of my personal
contacts and the documents in the archives of the above mentioned Congregation,
which are currently the object of a study to shed light on this sad case.
Allow me to tell you first of
all, in all sincerity, by virtue of the good relationship of collaboration that
existed between us when you were nuncio to Washington, that your current
position seems to me incomprehensible and extremely reprehensible, not only
because of the confusion that it sows among the people of God, but because your
public accusations seriously damage the reputation of the Successors of the
Apostles. I remember a time when I enjoyed your esteem and confidence, but I
observe that I have lost in your eyes the dignity you placed in me, for the
mere fact of having remained faithful to the directions of the Holy Father in
the service that he entrusted to me in the Church. Is not communion with the
Successor of Peter the expression of our obedience to Christ who chose him and
supports him with His grace? My
interpretation of Amoris Laetitia, which you complain about, is
inscribed in this fidelity to the living tradition, of which Francis has given
us an example with the recent modification of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church on the question of the death penalty.
Let's get to the facts. You say you informed Pope Francis on 23
June 2013 about the McCarrick case in the audience he granted to you, as well
as to many other pontifical representatives he then met for the first time on
that day. I imagine the enormous amount of verbal and written information he
had to gather on that occasion about many people and situations. I strongly
doubt that McCarrick interested him to the extent that you believe, since he
was an archbishop emeritus of 82 years and seven years without a post. In
addition, the written instructions prepared for you by the Congregation for
Bishops at the beginning of your service in 2011 did not say anything about
McCarrick, except what I told you about his situation as an emeritus bishop who
had to obey certain conditions and restrictions because of rumors about his
behavior in the past.
Since June 30, 2010, when I
became prefect of this Congregation, I have never taken the McCarrick case to
an audience with Pope Benedict XVI or Pope Francis, except in the last few
days, after his fall from the College of Cardinals. The former cardinal, who
retired in May 2006, was strongly urged
not to travel, nor to appear in public, in order not to provoke further rumours
about him. It is false to present the measures taken against him as
"sanctions" decreed by Pope Benedict XVI and annulled by Pope Francis.
After reviewing the archives, I note that there are no documents in this regard
signed by either Pope, nor a note of an audience of my predecessor, Cardinal
Giovanni-Battista Re, which would have given a mandate to the archbishop
emeritus McCarrick to live a private life of silence, with the rigor of canonical
penalties. The reason for this is that, unlike today, there was not enough
evidence of his alleged guilt at the time. Hence
the position of the Congregation inspired by prudence and the letters of my
predecessor and mine reiterated, through the Apostolic Nuncio Pietro Sambi and
then also through you, the exhortation to live a discreet life of prayer and
penance for his own good and for that of the Church. His case would have been
the subject of new disciplinary measures if the nunciature in Washington, or
any other source, had provided us with recent and decisive information about
his behavior. I hope, like so many others, that out of respect for the victims
and the need for justice, the investigation under way in the United States and
the Roman Curia will finally give us a critical, overall view of the procedures
and circumstances of this painful case, so that such events do not recur in the
future.
How can it be that this man of the Church, whose inconsistency is
known today, has been promoted on several occasions, to the point of holding
the highest positions of Archbishop of Washington and Cardinal? I myself am
very surprised by this and recognize the shortcomings in the selection process
that has been carried out in his case. But without going into detail here, it must be understood
that the decisions taken by the Supreme Pontiff are based on the information
available at that precise moment and that they constitute the object of a
prudential judgment that is not infallible. It seems unfair to me to conclude
that the persons in charge of prior discernment are corrupt even though, in the
concrete case, some clues provided by the testimonies should have been further
examined. The prelate in question knew how to defend himself with great skill
from the doubts raised in his regard. On
the other hand, the fact that there may be people in the Vatican who practice
and support behavior contrary to the values of the Gospel in matters of
sexuality does not authorize us to generalize and to declare this or that, and
even the Holy Father himself, unworthy and complicit. Should the ministers of
truth not, first of all, guard themselves against slander and defamation?
Dear pontifical representative
emeritus, I tell you frankly that to accuse Pope Francis of having covered up
with full knowledge of the facts this alleged sexual predator and therefore of
being an accomplice of the corruption that is spreading in the Church, to the
point of considering him unworthy of continuing his reform as the first pastor
of the Church, is incredible and unlikely from all points of view. I can't
understand how you could let yourself be convinced this monstrous accusation
could stand. Francis had nothing to do with McCarrick's promotions in New York,
Metuchen, Newark and Washington. He removed him from his dignity as a Cardinal
when a credible accusation of child abuse became apparent. I have never heard Pope Francis allude to this self-styled great
adviser of his pontificate in relation to [episcopal] nominations in America,
even though he does not hide the trust he gives some prelates. I sense these
are not your preferences, nor those of your friends who support your
interpretation of the facts. However, I find it aberrant that you take
advantage of the sensational scandal of sexual abuse in the United States to
inflict on the moral authority of your Superior, the Supreme Pontiff, an
unprecedented and undeserved blow.
I have the privilege of meeting
Pope Francis for a long time each week, to discuss the appointments of bishops
and the problems that affect their government. I know very well how he treats
people and problems: with much charity, mercy, attention and seriousness, as
you yourself have experienced. Reading how you end your last, seemingly very
spiritual message, making light of yourself and casting doubt on his faith,
seemed to me really too sarcastic, even blasphemous! This cannot come from the
Spirit of God.
Dear Brother, I would really
like to help you rediscover communion with him who is the visible guarantor of
the communion of the Catholic Church; I understand how bitterness and
disappointment have marked your path in service to the Holy See, but you cannot
end your priestly life in this way, in an open and scandalous rebellion, which
inflicts a very painful wound on the Bride of Christ, whom you claim to serve
better, worsening division and bewilderment in the people of God! What can I
answer your question if I don't tell
you: come out of your hiding place, repent of your revolt and return to better
feelings towards the Holy Father, instead of exacerbating hostility against
him. How can you celebrate the Holy Eucharist and pronounce his name in the
canon of Mass? How can you pray the holy Rosary, Saint Michael the Archangel
and the Mother of God, condemning the one she protects and accompanies every
day in his weighty and courageous ministry?
If the Pope were not a man of
prayer, if he were attached to money, if he favored the rich to the detriment
of the poor, if he did not show an untiring energy to welcome all the poor and
give them the generous comfort of his word and his gestures, if he did not
multiply all the possible means to proclaim and communicate the joy of the
Gospel to everyone and to all in the Church and beyond her visible borders, if
he did not reach out to families, to abandoned old people, to the sick in soul
and body and especially to the young people in search of happiness, perhaps
someone else could be preferred, according to you, with different diplomatic or
political attitudes. But I, who have known him well, I cannot question his
personal integrity, his consecration to the mission and especially the charism
and peace that dwell in him by the grace of God and the power of the Risen One.
In response to your unjust and
unjustified attack, dear Viganò, I conclude therefore that the accusation is a
political set-up without a real foundation that can incriminate the Pope, and I
reiterate that it deeply hurts the communion of the Church. May it please God
that this injustice be quickly remedied and that Pope Francis continue to be
recognized for what he is: an outstanding pastor, a compassionate and firm
father, a prophetic charism for the Church and for the world. May he continue
with joy and full confidence his missionary reform, comforted by the prayer of
God's people and by the renewed solidarity of the whole Church with Mary, Queen
of the Holy Rosary.
Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Prefect
of the Congregation for Bishops,
Feast of Our Lady of the Holy
Rosary, October 7, 2018.”
Um comentário:
Salvo engano, o cardeal Ouellet nao é muito bem visto como de fé pelos conservadores - só de ser colaborador do papa Francisco, cada vez mais à esquerda, serve de carta de apresentação - portanto, imerecedor de confiabilidade, pois o papa Francisco escolhe apenas dentre os afinados a si, acríticos.
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