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When Viganò, with support of @NapaInstitute& #39;s Tim Busch & the @EWTN-owned @NCRegister, issued his 1st "testimony"--timed to inflict maximum damage after Francis& #39;s Ireland visit--he was hailed as a hero by many in the mainstream Catholic press such as @cnalive (also EWTN-owned)...
... Granted, anyone concerned about abuse and coverup was right to be concerned about Viganò& #39;s allegations and call for at least some to be investigated. But it was disturbing to see many praise him uncritically when he was already displaying paranoia & megalomania. ...
... (I mean, one would think a faithful Catholic wouldn& #39;t place himself above the pope by calling for Francis to resign as though he were a CEO & not the vicar of Christ. And wouldn& #39;t a true ecclesial hero/martyr be willing to take the consequences rather than go into hiding?)...
... A year and a half later, Viganò& #39;s in full-blown conspiracist fantasyland. He claims the 3rd Secret of Fatima& #39;s been covered up (so both St. JP2 & B16 lied to us) & that the Church has been replaced with a "Neo-Church" run by Modernists & Masons. ... https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/archbishop-vigano-third-secret-of-fatima-has-not-yet-been-fully-published">https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/arc...
... Now, one would think those same media outlets whose editors &reporters praised Viganò or gave him uncritical coverage-- @NCRegister, @EWTN, and @NCRegister--would now alert their readers that this man once called "ecclesial straight shooter" had fallen down a rabbit hole. ...
... But @NCRegister, @EWTN, and @NCRegister& #39;s response to Viganò& #39;s decline into paranoia has been a shameful silence--shameful, as it leaves mainstream Catholic celebs such as @DrScottHahn unchallenged as they continue to call Viganò a "good shepherd." https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/scott-hahn-praises-courageous-leadership-of-burke-vigano-schneider">https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/scot...
... Likewise the @EWTN empire has refused to disavow former EWTN News President Dan Burke as he calls COVID-19 God& #39;s punishment for the "desecration" known as Communion in the hand. I& #39;m not making this up. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-ewtn-news-president-communion-in-the-hand-leads-to-desecration-at-every-mass">https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/form... ...
... I& #39;m not pointing this out to condemn all @EWTN, @cnalive, or @NCRegister does. They& #39;re capable of great reporting: https://twitter.com/DawnofMercy/status/1252794258899304449.">https://twitter.com/DawnofMer...
The problem is when editors & reporters elevate a "hero" & then fail to admit he has feet of clay--or, in this case, a hat of tin.
The problem is when editors & reporters elevate a "hero" & then fail to admit he has feet of clay--or, in this case, a hat of tin.
