Just a fortnight into the Trump presidency and the damage wrought by the Pope and the Vatican allying too closely with Democrat-run globalism on a variety of moral issues is becoming clear, the head of an Italian Church think tank has said.
In a Jan. 29 commentary entitled “Trump and the Vatican: War in Progress,” Professor Stefano Fontana wrote that early policy decisions of the Trump administration have exposed the extent to which the Vatican’s close alignment with a progressive globalist agenda has caused “great damage” by weakening her voice on a number of serious moral issues.
Fontana is director of the Cardinal Van Thuan International Observatory on the Social Doctrine of the Church, a research organisation founded in 2003 that emphasises fidelity to the Church’s established social teaching. Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, a former Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, helped found the observatory and is a regular contributor.
Describing globalism as a “totalitarian” and “elitist post-democratic system,” Fontana said it has brought together a wide range of powerful institutions managed by the US Democratic Party and including big tech, media corporations, academia, “philanthropic” institutions, governments, international agencies and European Union leaders. Some of the key issues it promoted were unlimited immigration, gender ideology, and a radical green agenda.
The existence of this system, he said, has now been confirmed by the fact that many of its partners are changing direction on some policies in the wake of Trump’s return to power. At the same time, Fontana believes the new Trump administration has “opened the doors to a counter system.”
As for the Church’s role, he believes there are “many reasons” to argue that her leaders have “contributed to that totalitarian system,” and he pointed out “many convergences” such as the objectives of the Biden administration, the World Economic Forum, the European Commission and the WHO “just to name a few of the clique.”
Significantly, he wrote that the Catholic Church’s leaders have failed to free the Church from this “dominant ideological power” and “from the meshes of a system.” At the same time, he said they failed support those bishops who were willing to resist it by, for example, denying Holy Communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians such as Present Biden or Nancy Pelosi.
Instead, he said, the Vatican sent “messages of support and good wishes” to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, arguing that the WEF “could do a lot for the common good.” Fontana pointed out what he sees as a discrepancy between serving the common good and advocating uncontrolled immigration, “health totalitarianism” during the COVID pandemic, and pushing the climate ideology that “lacks scientific foundations and brings poverty to the working masses.”
“All this and more demonstrates a line of obsequiousness to the current system of social control,” Fontana wrote, adding that the policies that the Church has supported, “either by proposing them itself or by remaining silent about their negative aspects, have caused great damage.”
Fontana singled out, as further examples of this complicity, the Church’s weak voice when it comes to abortion and gender ideology. “Her voice has become feeble and almost absent, preferring to intervene on immigrants and the environment,” he wrote. “In the meantime, however, the global liberal system extended the right [to abortion] to birth, enshrining it in the Constitution as in France, declaring it a human right as in the European Parliament, and many countries legalising the distribution of abortion pills by mail.”
“When, thanks to the appointments made by Trump in his first term, the Supreme Court abolished the previous legislation as unconstitutional and gave competence in the matter back to the States, the Vatican simply took note,” Fontana wrote. “Now Trump is freeing the pro-lifers who are imprisoned, but the Church had not mobilized any protest in their defense. Not a word has been heard.”
He added that no bishop has expressed regret for having closed churches and shrines in obedience to the WHO during the pandemic, “of having supported the self-interested lies of paid virologists,” and of having forced priests of his diocese to take the vaccine.
Furthermore, Fontana noted that Pope Francis has not corrected his slogan that to be vaccinated against Covid was “an act of love,” and added that, to him, actions and statements from the Church regarding gender ideology show the Church is “unwilling to fight any battle on the subject.”
“Homosexuality is now accepted as something natural — ‘God loves us as we are,’” he wrote, quoting recent words from Pope Francis to a transgender person and citing Fiducia Supplicans that allows for non-liturgical blessings of same-sex couples.
Fontana also noted the Church’s “legal recognition of homosexual couples” which had hitherto been forbidden, and Cardinal Blase Cupich saying he is in favor adoption by same-sex couples.
In sum, Fontana said the Church’s alignment with these policies of globalism has resulted in damage to society, economic crises, social tensions, and a weakening of the Church’s teaching on key moral issues.
Jorge Bergoglio is not and never has been the Pope, and the body that he is the puppet front for is the Antichurch, currently occupying the Vatican, as prophesied in scripture. The Antichurch currently occupies the same liturgical, juridical and sacramental space as the True Church, as Fr. Linus Clovis put it. In other words, the Antichurch is a cancer, growing and metastasizing, with Antipope Bergoglio as its largest tumor. And cancers must aggressively attacked and cut out. Cancers never spontaneously go away. Tumors don’t die of their own accord while leaving to host alive. Either the cancer is proactively eliminated, or both the cancer and the host die. Cancer has one end: death. There is no parleying or detente with death, or with the Antichurch. Otherwise, a very informative piece.
Never say never. Sometimes tumors do regress spontaneously. Canine histocytoma is one. It rarely occurs in people. That does however, require the immune system to recognize the threat.
BRAVO ANN! Point well taken! Splitting hairs about cancer is well, nonsense. Cancer is a killer and in this instance it is responsible for the death of many souls. The question is, how many more souls will it claim before the Bishops do something.
What she said ⬆️
Well said. Any Catholic who hasn’t distanced themselves as far as possible from Jorge and his “magisterium” is in grave danger of losing their Faith entirely. Only those who recognize that we currently have no Pope on earth and hold fast to the Traditional Catholic faith will be able to avoid the coming deception that will enslave all of humanity. I hope I’m wrong but I fear that Trump and Musk will play a large part in the coming “Mark”.
That’s just the beginning. I am a practicing Catholic. The Church’s involvement is deeper than outlined in this article. The Vatican Bank must be exposed for its crimes against humanity (money laundering etc).
these are very difficult times for catholics, and i speak personally and generally
it has been found out that bishoprics benefitted vastly from taking government largesse into the billions under the premise of migration
the leader of their organization has promoted illegal migration, perhaps greater than any global public leader
these bishoprics remit funds to their leadership
how are we to look at it other than what it looks like? is there any offramp from this logic?
It appears that things have gone beyond general apostasy. Many powerful men in the hierarchy appear to be serving the evil one and do not really care that people know about it. This will be a decisive decade for humanity.
Bergolio is not the pope, never has been, never will be.
Every SSPX bishop, priest and deacon needs to read this. The “R&R” position of the Society is absurd. Just exactly WHO is the SSPX attempting to request so-called “Canonical Recognition” with? The Antichurch and the antipope? The Sedevacantists have it all right!
The shameless arrogance of these elite clergymen, who smirk at the faithful, may look powerful and sound powerful, however Our Lady crushes the head of the serpent. Our Lord will not be mocked. Woe to you wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Bishop Strickland issued an apology for closing the churches during the pandemic.
Yes, he did, and I was subsequently able to attend Mass in his diocese uninhibited for a year while my own bishop dithered (three decrees, the last I remember) and the pastor of a parish near my home called the cops on a parishioner sitting in the back of the church at Mass for non-compliance.
Please explain further…the parishioner was non-compliant in what way? For being in the church at all? Not masking? (This pastor…😢😡)
Bergoglio’s agenda is entirely Masonic. He’s not even Catholic, much less a Pope.
I see a lot of truth in the article and above comments. Thank you.
His Holiness Pope Francis is most certainly the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of St. Peter. Has he made some serious mistakes during his pontificate? Personally, yes, I think so. But, who hasn’t? Even saintly Popes have blundered — badly. What did St. Francis of Assisi once say? If he encountered a glorious angel and a corrupt Priest, he would still kiss the hand of the corrupt Priest, since it is through him that Christ gives His Body and Blood. Pray for Francis! I do not say, his pontificate has not been problematic. But, he is a fellow Christian brother and a High Priest of the Lord, who for both reasons deserves my prayers.
Hog wash
He certainly is the Pope and he certainly needs our prayers. Especially now when his health is in decline. I pray for him every day. As long as we recognize that we ourselves are sinners who need conversion it is legitimate to criticize the Pope. Prof. Stefana’s critique is put forward with respect. Moreover what he says is undeniably true. Many Catholics among them several very respected and well known theologians and others say that Pope Francis is a Marxist. Since this article was published vice president Vance has unashamedly defended Catholic values and called out European leaders for abandoning their own people through massive immigration, the deadly results of which we see every day in Germany Beitain France Holland and Sweden. Instead of supporting Trump and Vance, the Bishops and Cardinals who oppose mass immigration and Pope Francis has instead doubled down on demonstrating his strong support for unlimited mass immigration. Where are his concerns for our Westen Christian civilisation being in danger of disappearing on the European continent? Being replaced with Islam.
Even if he has occasionally condemned abortion with strong words, his silence during the Obama- and Biden administration about their extreme support of abortion on demand, is striking and deply deplorable. He is, undeniably, very anti- American. In a short time the Pope has strongly criticized both Trump Vance and Homan, ( indirectly) the US border czar, While remaining silent on the sufferings of families in the US and all over Europe whose loved ones were brutally raped and/ or murdered. Where is his outcry and sympathy for all the victims of unvetted mass immigration?
Not one word about the estimated 250,000 white British children who have been brutally raped and sex trafficked during 40 years by (mostly) Pakistani men? Of course the Pope cannot comment on each and every case but the discrepancy of his condemning words of Trump and Vance stands in stark contrast to his lenient approach to Obama and especially “Catholic” Biden.
His approach to homosexuality/LBGTQ – issues has been marked by letting himself be photographed, smiling, together with homosexuals and transgender people;with whom he, reportedly, is said to meet with each week. He has demonstrated on several occasions his strong support for homosexualist Fr James Martin.
Then there is his silence on China and his appalling treatment of Cardinal Zen.
Not to mention the long list of the abuse by ( mainly) homosexual clergy,targeting teenage boys and/ or young seminarians. His strong support for Rupnik.
Where is his sympathy for the many women who were gravely abused by him?
Of course, we should always treat the Pope respectfully and the respect for the Papal Office must always be there.
I strongly reject all kind of disrespectful language. However,the laity have not only a right to criticise the Pope but even a duty to do so in order to protect the Church and the faithful.
Thank you for this comment. Viva Papa
‘You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church’.
Hang in there everyone.
Well said Matthew Dunn — All the previous posts denying the legitimate Papacy of Francis are absurd and malicious. This Pope has never changed any Doctrine or Dogma. Of course the leftists globalists wanting him to do that, but he resisted. Francis always has supported Humane Vitae, he is not for population control. Pope Francis has called the transgender agenda a horrible perversion. Also supports the indissolubility of Marriage, the male celibate priesthood.
With respect, Ann B.’s anger is not good for her soul nor the for souls of those who trust her.
Trump himself has been an infiltrator of the GOP, despoiling it of its promise to abolish abortion as it had slavery. Dobbs, by putting it to the states, stripped the winds of inalienable from the sails of created equal, and Trump finished off by raping the GOP platform that he had primaried on the times and which brought him to power. And don’t get me going on the complicity of the President with warp speed in the lockdown. He declared quack emergency, platformed FAUCI, and rolled helicopter cash out to Democrat governors to lock down.
Another puppet.
Susan, unfortunately for your assumption, accurate interpretation of the Constitution required the prominence of the 10th amendment to come forward!
It was the only possible direction and not the one preferred.
Thank you for this clarification of many things that have caused confusion for my understanding of my Catholic faith. I believe the Church was infiltrated many years ago. I miss the beautiful Latin Mass of my youth before Vatican 2. I will pray for Francis. His teachings cause more doubt and confusion for me than anything else. I am thankful for other holy priests and lay people that lead me to our Lord and bring us the most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.