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Open letter to President Trump
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Nicholas
Bodhicitta
First two paragraphs of letter:
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.
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.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Needless to say, most of the other Catholic clergy are not impressed with his all too often off-the-wall statements.
Nicholas
Bodhicitta
Considering that most Catholic clergy are not impressive themselves - no surprise.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
2%, or there about that's known, is not "most". However, even 1 is 1 too much.
Nicholas
Bodhicitta
Archbishop Vigano wrote many letters & articles. This archive is the most complete, but it stopped in July of 2023:
The Archbishop Viganò Archive
The Archbishop Viganò Archive