Cardinal Gerhard Müller has reiterated his recent critique of whistle-blower Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
Talking to Pope Francis’ personal journalist Andrea Tornielli (LaStampa.it, November 27), he said that “no one has the right to accuse the Pope or call on him to resign”.
Müller explained that it is the task of the cardinals [to whom Francis does not listen or answer] to help Francis solving problems or to ask for explanations. But this must take place in a “private way.” Viganó, indeed, informed Francis in a “private way” about the McCarrick abuses.
According to Müller, there may never be a public polemic or attack that ends up questioning the “credibility of the Church” [Viganó never criticised the Church, only Francis' failures].
Müller says that he is “personally convinced” that Francis will do all to combat clerical abuses [although Francis has not done so in the past].
Picture: Gerhard Ludwig Müller, © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk, CC BY-SA, #newsWdtcqaypsm