Pope Francis, corruption, sodomy and Communist China

“Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the church are the Chinese.”

Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2018.

“Earlier this month . . . a Sunday Angelus address in which Pope Francis would express, in the mildest possible way, concerns about the new national security law in Hong Kong and its chilling effects on human rights was distributed to reporters . . . Then, shortly before the Pope appeared, reporters were told that the remarks . . . would not be made after all.”

George Weigel, July 22 2020

"Pope Francis’s deliberate silence over the forced abortions of Uighurs means that ‘Holy Father’ has no more credibility than ‘Dear Leader’." 

Damian Thompson, until this year editor of the Catholic Herald.

“These three elements – heresy, sodomy, and corruption – are so recurrent that they are almost a trademark of the deep state and of the deep church.”

Archbishop Vigano, the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America who has called for the Pope to abdicate.

"I think Vigano has gone off the rails, but I also believe he *did* tell Francis about McCarrick back in 2013. And Francis, not for the first or last time, chose to ignore the disgusting behaviour of one of his allies." 

Damian Thompson

"... Francis is accountable for ignoring the abuse of deaf kids, other crimes against minors by Karadima in Chile, Grassi in Argentina (more to come)... offering top job in Vatican finances to suspected sex abuser Bishop Zanchetta, promoting Abp Pena Parra, notorious suspected abuser, rehabilitating sex abuser McCarrick, inviting incestuous sex abuse enabler Danneels to Synod on the FAMILY. All done by His Holiness.

"Meanwhile Francis tells the crook Maradiaga not to worry about Church investigation, while dragging his heels over Maradiaga’s best buddy Bishop Pineda – yup; another sex abuser. And disgraced Wuerl, who lied about McCarrick, still sits on the Congregation for Bishops.


"And what happens to Becciu, who authorised Vatican funnelling of millions into property deals etc? He gets made a Cardinal by Francis! As does McCarrick’s flatmate Farrell, who knew NOTHING about the beach house." 

Damian Thompson

"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine — but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight." 

Hilaire Belloc