June 7, 2020
Holy Trinity Sunday
Mr. President,
In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical:
the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of
light constitute the most conspicuous part of humanity, while the
children of darkness represent an absolute minority. And yet the former
are the object of a sort of discrimination which places them in a
situation of moral inferiority with respect to their adversaries, who
often hold strategic positions in government, in politics, in the
economy and in the media. In an apparently inexplicable way, the good
are held hostage by the wicked and by those who help them either out of
self-interest or fearfulness.
These two sides, which have a Biblical nature, follow the
clear separation between the offspring of the Woman and the offspring of
the Serpent. On the one hand, there are those who, although they have a
thousand defects and weaknesses, are motivated by the desire to do
good, to be honest, to raise a family, to engage in work, to give
prosperity to their homeland, to help the needy, and, in obedience to
the Law of God, to merit the Kingdom of Heaven. On the other hand, there
are those who serve themselves, who do not hold any moral principles,
who want to demolish the family and the nation, exploit workers to make
themselves unduly wealthy, foment internal divisions and wars, and
accumulate power and money: for them the fallacious illusion of temporal
well-being will one day – if they do not repent – yield to the terrible
fate that awaits them, far from God, in eternal damnation.
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Although it may seem disconcerting, the opposing alignments I have
described are also found in religious circles. There are faithful
Shepherds who care for the flock of Christ, but there are also mercenary
infidels who seek to scatter the flock and hand the sheep over to be
devoured by ravenous wolves. It is not surprising that these mercenaries
are allies of the children of darkness and hate the children of light:
just as there is a deep state, there is also a deep church that betrays its duties and forswears its proper commitments before God. Thus the Invisible Enemy,
whom good rulers fight against in public affairs, is also fought
against by good shepherds in the ecclesiastical sphere. It is a
spiritual battle, which I spoke about in my recent Appeal which was published on May 8.
For the first time, the United States has in you a President who
courageously defends the right to life, who is not ashamed to denounce
the persecution of Christians throughout the world, who speaks of Jesus
Christ and the right of citizens to freedom of worship. Your
participation in the March for Life, and more recently your proclamation of the month of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month,
are actions that confirm which side you wish to fight on. And I dare to
believe that both of us are on the same side in this battle, albeit
with different weapons.
For this reason, I believe that the attack to which you were subjected
after your visit to the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II is part of
the orchestrated media narrative which seeks not to fight
racism and bring social order, but to aggravate dispositions; not to
bring justice, but to legitimize violence and crime; not to serve the
truth, but to favor one political faction. And it is disconcerting that
there are Bishops – such as those whom I recently denounced – who, by
their words, prove that they are aligned on the opposing side. They are
subservient to the deep state, to globalism, to aligned thought, to the New World Order which they invoke ever more frequently in the name of a universal brotherhood
which has nothing Christian about it, but which evokes the Masonic
ideals of those who want to dominate the world by driving God out of the
courts, out of schools, out of families, and perhaps even out of
churches.
The American people are mature and have now understood how much the
mainstream media does not want to spread the truth but seeks to silence
and distort it, spreading the lie that is useful for the purposes of
their masters. However, it is important that the good – who are the
majority – wake up from their sluggishness and do not accept being
deceived by a minority of dishonest people with unavowable purposes. It
is necessary that the good, the children of light, come together and
make their voices heard. What more effective way is there to do this,
Mr. President, than by prayer, asking the Lord to protect you, the
United States, and all of humanity from this enormous attack of the
Enemy? Before the power of prayer, the deceptions of the children of
darkness will collapse, their plots will be revealed, their betrayal
will be shown, their frightening power will end in nothing, brought to
light and exposed for what it is: an infernal deception.
Mr. President, my prayer is constantly turned to the beloved American
nation, where I had the privilege and honor of being sent by Pope
Benedict XVI as Apostolic Nuncio. In this dramatic and decisive hour for
all of humanity, I am praying for you and also for all those who are at
your side in the government of the United States. I trust that the
American people are united with me and you in prayer to Almighty God.
United against the Invisible Enemy of all humanity, I bless you and the First Lady, the beloved American nation, and all men and women of good will.
+ Carlo Maria Viganò
Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana
Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America Lifesite
