An “invisible enemy” uses the virus crisis to build a world government. Some Catholic bishops are apparently convinced of this. In a letter they call for struggle, and a German bishop is among the signatories.
Several Catholic bishops blow in one call to fight an “invisible enemy”. This would use the fight against the corona virus as a “prelude to the creation of a world government”, which is beyond any control. The letter goes back to an initiative by the former Pontifical Ambassador Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, former bishop of Regensburg, also signed the call.
In it, the bishops write that they have “reason to believe” that there are forces who want to cause panic in order to be able to permanently restrict freedoms. Relationships are criminalized and people are isolated “so that they can be better manipulated and controlled”. Humanity should be included in a virtual reality.
In the eyes of the authors, this is part of an unspecified “project”. The bishops recognize the “unclear intentions of supranational units” with “very strong” interests. Without further explanation, the signatories also warn against “getting vaccines that are manufactured using” aborted fetus material “.
“Right-wing populist fight rhetoric”
The letter was signed by numerous Catholic clergymen, doctors, journalists and lawyers. Cardinal Sarah, the Prefect of the Congregation for Services, appointed by Pope Francis appeared first on the list of signatories, but then had the authors asked according to his own statementnot to appear in this. But he shares some of the concerns expressed, according to Sarah. Archbishop Viganò replied that Sarah had clearly given her consent to appear with his name under the call.
The Vicar General of the Diocese of Essen, Klaus Pfeffer, said that he was “simply stunned by what is being spread in the name of Church and Christianity: crude conspiracy theories without facts and evidence, combined with right-wing populist rhetoric of fighting that sounds scary.” It was outrageous if efforts to contain a pandemic were discredited in this way, said Pfeffer. That must be contradicted.
The German Bishops’ Conference also clearly distanced itself from the letter. “The German Bishops’ Conference generally does not comment on calls from individual bishops outside Germany. However, I would add that the assessment of the corona pandemic by the German Bishops’ Conference differs fundamentally from the call published yesterday,” said the chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Georg Bätzing.
Viganò hit the headlines in August 2018 when he claimed that Vatican officials ignored warnings about the sexual abuse of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Since then, Vigano has published numerous letters expressing his views on church affairs, including harsh criticism of Pope Francis and other curial officials.
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