Francis Hides Behind "Silence, Prayer"

Pope Francis commented in his September 3 homily on Luke 4 which speaks about Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth.

He used the homily to implicitly defend himself against the explosive statement of whistle-blower Archbishop Carlo Viganò who witnessed how Francis himself provided the homosexual abuser Cardinal McCarrick with a cover.

In his homily, Francis claimed that Jesus, facing opposition, stayed silent: “With people lacking goodwill, with people who only seek scandal, who seek only division, who seek only destruction, even within the family: silence, prayer.”

He even spoke about "wild dogs" - in Italian: "cani selvaggi" - who seek war and not peace.

Francis needs to be reminded that the Viganò statement is not about villainising its author but about hard facts involving Francis and his pro-gay friends in hushing up the homosexual abuses of Cardinal McCarrick.

Pro-gay and pro-Francis outlets like the Argentinean Clarin.com (September 1) have attempted to label the facts presented by Viganò as "attacks of the ultra-conservative", as if committing and hushing up sexual abuses is o.k. as long as it is done by the liberals.

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