TrapCast Express
TrapCast Express, it's Tuesday, August 28th, 2018.
The Novos Ordo sect is in full meltdown mode.
You all know what I'm referring to, of course.
The aftermath of the explosive 11-page letter published this past Saturday, August 25th,
by the former Vatican nuncio to the United States, the Novos Ordo Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
The letter contains detailed accusations of sex abuse cover-up by a number of high-ranking clergy,
but in particular, Francis himself.
This Carlo Viganò, by the way, is not to be confused with Monsignor,
Dario Viganò of Lettergate infamy.
That's the man who got caught red-handed creating fake news favorable to Francis
by manipulating a letter sent to him by Benedict XVI earlier this year.
That was small potatoes compared to what is going on now.
While Francis was in Ireland, busy pretending to care about victims of sexual abuse
and asking for forgiveness and just the usual rigmarole,
Viganò contacted the press and told them,
what he knew of sex abuse cover-up in the highest echelons of the Vatican and the United States.
And nothing has been the same since.
Now, ironically, on Sunday, August 26th,
speaking during his closing Novos Ordo worship service in Phoenix Park in Dublin,
Francis even expressed sorrow, quote,
for some members of the church's hierarchy who did not take charge of these painful situations,
and kept quiet, unquote.
And that's ironic because keep quiet is exactly what he did.
When, during the press conference, during the return flight to Rome,
he was asked about whether the allegations made against him were true.
Never at a loss for words at other times, when it came to confirming or denying
whether what Viganò had said about him was true, he said, quote,
I read the statement this morning, and I must tell you sincerely,
that I must say this to you and all those who are interested,
read the statement carefully and make your own judgment.
I will not say a single word about this.
I believe the statement speaks for itself.
And you have the journalistic capacity to draw your own conclusions.
It's an act of faith.
When some time passes and you have drawn your conclusions, I may speak.
But I would like your professional,
professional maturity to do the work for you.
It will be good for you.
That's good, unquote.
Yes, Francis, I think the Viganò letter does speak for itself,
and everyone will make up his own mind about this.
And when they hear this kind of a response,
the conclusion people will draw is that someone simply needed more time
to figure out how to spin this and so decided to say nothing in the meantime.
Francis is basically saying, you know,
basically taking the fifth and for those of our listeners here
who are not familiar with what taking the fifth means in the United States,
it means he is refusing to testify because he would be incriminating himself,
a right granted under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In addition to the fact that what Francis said was stupid
and it would have looked less bad had he simply canceled the press conference altogether,
he would have been a great liar.
The words here are incredibly condescending
and actually manifest the very clericalism he loves to condemn.
Now, what has been the response to all this so far?
Well, like I said, the Vatican II Church is in a meltdown.
Many novelist orders are panicking because this is uncharted territory
and a lot is at stake.
Under the supposition that Francis is the lawful pope,
it is clear that no one can remove him,
or tell him what to do,
but that's not the only consideration at play here.
If he wants to continue his wicked revolution,
he must have credibility
and he must have the adulation of the people which he so much craves.
Well, both of these things are now in the balance
and the developments since this past weekend have been fast and furious.
Needless to say, we've been keeping an eye on everything
and currently have three blog posts dealing with this.
With all these issues, which you can find at
And to make a very long story very short,
the reactions have been threefold.
Some people immediately jumped on the bandwagon with Viganò
and took his side,
whereas others tried to discredit him right away,
shooting the messenger.
And believe it or not, for the most part,
these two camps are also ideological enemies,
meaning that for the most part,
not in all cases, but in most,
those who can't stand France's liberal guts are supporting Viganò,
whereas those who love and endorse his every move
are disputing the allegations
and are throwing whatever they can find at Viganò and his defenders.
But there's also a third type of reaction,
and that is people who are taking a kind of middle-of-the-road,
wait-and-see approach.
People who say the claims made by Viganò are very detailed and credible,
so now,
let's just investigate this and see where the truth is to be found.
What's most interesting in this, though,
is the people who have now pretty much switched sides,
meaning those people who, up until this point,
had always defended Francis,
but now have had enough and simply cannot take it anymore.
And one of those is Dr. Taylor Marshall,
a Thomist philosopher in Texas.
Meanwhile,
a number of Novos Ordo bishops have released official statements
on the whole matter,
and there, too, you can see all three types of reactions.
Those that support Viganò,
those that question or condemn him,
and those that are saying,
let's get to the bottom of this.
Case in point,
Blaise Cupich.
Take a listen to what the pretend Archbishop of Chicago just said
in a TV interview,
and keep in mind that Cupich is a big,
modernist,
anti-Catholic,
and Francis admirer.
Here's what he said to Mary Ann Ahern of NBC5 Chicago.
The Pope has a bigger agenda.
He's got to get on with other things,
of talking about the environment,
and protecting migrants,
and carrying on the work of the church.
We're not going to go down a rabbit hole on this.
Oh, yeah, man.
I mean, he's obviously got so much more important stuff to do
than worrying about, you know,
that sex abuse cover-up kind of stuff, you know.
Migrants and the environment, you know,
just the kind of thing that the supposed vicar of Christ
is charged with worrying about, right?
And then Cupich also said this.
Quite frankly, they also don't like him because he's a Latino.
Ah, but of course, racism.
What else could it be?
Folks, they are scared to death.
What Cupich said here is about as dumb
as what,
Francis said.
And he said it, in my opinion,
because he doesn't know what else to say.
He's grabbing the usual liberal talking points
and hoping it will work
because it's probably always worked for him in the past,
but I don't think it'll work this time.
And did you notice how tense he was in his voice?
He doesn't usually sound like that.
So I think he's scared.
And I think he's scared because Francis is the linchpin
holding the whole ultramodernist,
pro-Sodomite lobby together.
And if that linchpin gets removed,
the repercussions could be very unpleasant
for the Francis admirers.
So as the different factions in the Novels Ordo Church
are fighting one another over this,
we could be seeing either the complete breakdown
of the Vatican II sect,
and I have no idea how that would look
or what would come after,
but God will restore the true Catholic Church in due time.
Um,
or we could be witnessing a very nasty formal schism.
And I've spoken about that in the past.
In a way,
that would actually be a very bad thing
because those clinging to the conservative half
of that schism will think that they have escaped
the modernist deception
and are the Orthodox Catholics.
And it'll all go back to John Paul II and Benedict XVI
and then we'll simply be where we were
before Francis got in.
in 2013.
There's a lot to say about that,
but I won't dwell on this now.
That'll just have to be for a future post,
probably,
or a future podcast.
You have to always keep in mind
that the wolf in sheep's clothing
is much more dangerous
than the wolf who doesn't disguise himself.
So always keep that in mind.
Now, speaking of Benedict XVI,
the National Catholic Register
reported on Saturday that
Benedict has confirmed to reliable sources
that he had placed sanctions on Cardinal McCarrick.
Sanctions that were removed by Francis,
according to the Viganò testimony.
On the other hand,
Benedict will not comment on the Viganò letter itself
and neither deny or confirm it,
according to Benedict's private secretary,
who is also the prefect
of the so-called papal household of Francis.
I'm talking about the...
So, to sum up,
no comment from Francis
and no comment from Benedict
regarding the Viganò letter.
Just lovely.
Now, among the latest news coming out today,
in just the last few hours,
the Italian press agency ANSA
is reporting that Francis is
embittered over the Viganò allegations
but is not considering
resigning.
Now, I think that if a word like
embittered makes it into the mainstream news
about Francis,
and yes, that word is a quote,
man, he must have really hit the ceiling
at the Casa Santa Marta.
He must have blown a gasket over this.
Now, I think that Francis is going to try
to ride this out,
but I don't believe he'll be able to.
If for no other reason
that this scandal has the potential
to seriously empty out their churches
and especially to keep the money
from coming in.
And when that happens,
when that threat becomes imminent,
that's when people who have inside information
and so far haven't said anything yet,
that's when they will start talking.
And that's when it will get really, really ugly.
And honestly, I wouldn't be surprised
if they're going to find a body dangling
from a bridge,
a bridge over the Tiber at some point.
I don't think it's out of the question.
Remember, 40 years ago,
John Paul I made a sudden exit
that many people rightly suspect
involved foul play.
And not that John Paul I was a Catholic or anything,
but he was reportedly preparing
to clean up the Vatican Bank
and also expose a number of Freemasons
working in the Vatican.
And that is just not a very healthy,
healthy thing to do.
And, well, yesterday,
Vaticanist Edward Penton reported
on EWTN Nightly News
that Viganò fears for his life
and has gone into hiding.
Probably not a bad idea.
Here's the audio from Penton
of August 27th.
But also what's being discussed
is the safety of Archbishop Viganò.
A lot of people are concerned
and he himself is concerned
for his own life.
He fears that by doing this,
coming forth with a lot of these allegations,
his life is actually in danger.
We don't actually know where he's living.
Folks, I think this is only just beginning.
Who knows how it'll play out,
but no matter what happens,
I think we now know
why Francis has been so obsessed
in the past few years
with denouncing what he calls
the terrorism of gossip.
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