Antonio Socci speaks on “Team Bergoglio” scandal
Antonio Socci
Rome — Dec. 21, 2014: Antonio Socci, noted Italian journalist and author of the book, Non è Francesco
(a best-seller in Italy, which details the events and facts which he
believes invalidate the renunciation made by Pope Benedict XVI and the
election of Cardinal Bergoglio), spoke about the “Team Bergoglio”
scandal in an editorial published today in the Italian newspaper, Libero (republished on his FaceBook page; reprinted on his blog, Lo Straniero, i. e. The Outsider).
Here is our unofficial English translation of the first part of that blog-post, entitled, Abbattere
tutti i muri? Va bene, Papa Bergoglio, cominciamo a spazzar via il
“Muro di Silenzio” della Sistina, facendo emergere la verità sul
Conclave…. A full translation in the German Language is available from Kirche & Realitat!
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Tearing down walls? Ok, Pope
Bergoglio: let’s begin to do away with the “Wall of Silence” in the
Sistine Chapel, to reveal the truth of the Conclave
Dec. 21: It was Cardinal Giuseppe Siri,
thirty years ago, who proposed the abolition of the secrecy of the
Conclave, by which the Cardinal-princes are obliged under oath regarding
the election which takes place in the Sistine Chapel. He proposed this
because that norm — far from standing guard over the sacred — risked
(and risks) becoming a cover for profane things (the Cardinal adjoined,
then, in the ’80’s, that one should pray very much for the Conclaves of
the future so that no external influence of any sect might intervene
therein).
It is paradoxical that a proposal so
innovative and democratic would be advanced by a prelate who was
considered to be the leader of the “Conservatives”. And that in the 30
years since no prelate, considered to be “progressive”, has taken it up
and made it his own.
TRANSPARENCY
Today, if Pope Bergoglio were to take it
up, that is, abolish the secrecy, he’d have the ability to demonstrate
with deeds how much he is truly desirous of transparency and openness in
the life of the Church, by liberating Her from obsolete prohibitions.
Will the Pope who has come to be hailed
as “revolutionary”, be less an innovator than a “conservative” Cardinal?
Will he wish to bolster the “wall of the Sistine Chapel”, after having
asked the entire world to tear down all walls (in Cuba and elsewhere)?
Besides, Pope Bergoglio is sounding out
every day against those modern “scribes and pharisees” who want to
mummify all the old rules and old laws and prohibitions, by opposing
change, transparency and openness to the world.
Let’s see if his words are followed with
deeds, at least in regard to these norms which are entirely capable of
modification, because they are ecclesiastical laws (while not even a
Pope could modify the matters discussed in the recent Synod, because
they pertain to the Word of God; though they were put into discussion by
the Modernist faction).
One feels particularly the necessity of
knocking down this “Sistine wall” — and this with urgency — above all in
regard to the Conclave of 2013, concerning which rumors and questions
grow daily instead of passing away.
THE MYSTERY OF 2013
As the case, which has broken out in
England, shows — and from there it has leaped to America and Italy — in
regard to the revelations of Austen Ivereigh in his book, “The Great
Reformer”.
The book, a biography about Bergoglio, in
an entirely positive light as regards the Argentine pope, contains some
lines which skin him alive. One has to remember that Ivereigh is not
the last man to arrive at the party, he was the spokesman for Cardinal
Murphy-O’Connor and has held positions of trust in Catholic Media in
England.
He, thus, speaks of the existence of a
“Team Bergoglio”, made up, precisely, of Cardinals Murphy-O’Connor,
Kasper, Danneels and Lehmann to promote the Argentine prelate to the
papacy. The work, which is to have begun after the renunciation of
Benedict XVI, would have had the consent of Bergoglio himself. A
canonical case arises from this, because there are those who have
sustained that all of this might put into doubt the validity of the
election on March 13th. There have followed polemics, precisions and
denials which have co-involved even Fr. Lombardi, the Pope’s spokesman.
In my opinion, the facts cited in the book by the Englishman do not put into discussion, per se, the legitimacy of the election.
Nevertheless, they cause to be revealed
that there is something of a battle which was engaged in behind the 5
ballots in the 2013 Conclave (from the renunciation of Benedict to the
election of Bergoglio) and who were the protagonists of that.
But it makes one recall a similar
controversy which broke out. Perhaps this is only the tip of an
iceberg? Are there any other secrets? Among the various rumors and
speculations, for example, remains the as-of-yet unexplained delay of
Pope Bergoglio’s salute from the Loggia of St. Peter’s.
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In the other half of the essay
(not translated here), Socci speaks of other anomalies in the 2013
Conclave and the non-reaction to his book.
Socci’s entire piece was republished by Libero’s blog, on Dec. 22, 2014.
For a complete Chronology of reports and videos regarding the “Team Bergoglio” scandal, see click here. That the allegations of Ivereigh are substantial and have grave canonical consequences has been explained here, here and here and here.
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