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What Happened at the 2015 Synod? Part H WHAT HAPPENED AT THE 2015 SYNOD? PART H An Urgent and Disturbing Aside (Continued) We continue with the topic of the increasing opposition to our Holy Father and the rough year the Pope had in 2015 with things happening that could be used against him, his papacy, and his reform of the Church. If we read the preceding material in these reflections/comments carefully, we will be aware that Francis from time to time references “scandals,” e.g., in the last edition of these materials (PART G), I highlighted the word “scandals” three times in Francis’ discourse to the Curia near Christmas time. Francis does not specify what these scandals are and there were more than a few! One of the scandals Francis probably had in mind was the case of Jozef Wesolowski, the Archbishop who served in the Dominican Republic as part of the Vatican’s diplomatic corps. “This [Francis] is the first pope in modern times who is prepared to jail high-ranking prelates [like this Archbishop] who was laicised and about to go on trial for child abuse when he died in August [2015]” (Marco Politi, veteran Vatican observer and author of Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The inside story of a revolution, “Features: Vatileaks scandals – Sex enters the mix as corruption saga rumbles on”, The Tablet, December 5, 2015). Here Francis saw “his own press office forced to release details of the autopsy of this papal diplomat accused of sexual abuse, who died in August, because of persistent rumours he may have been killed to avoid the embarrassment of a trial” (“Analysis: Despite a rough year, Pope Francis vows it’s full steam ahead”). It is interesting that a veteran scholarly Vatican observer like John L. Allen, Junior, associate editor of Crux now (www.cruxnow.com), has this to say about what “scandals” Francis is referencing: “In Italy, however, no one is asking that question [“what scandals are these?”], because virtually everyone in Italy assumes they know exactly what Francis had in mind: ‘Vatileaks 2.0’” (“Analysis: Pope Francis faces a real dilemma in ‘Vatileaks 2.0,’” December 23, 2015 at http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/12/23/pope-francis-faces-a-real-dilemma-in-vatileaks...) We will look at this matter shortly but first we should briefly consider what Francis had to say to Vatican workers (not the Curia here). We will do so below. On the same day Francis spoke to the Curia (December 21, 2015), he also addressed Vatican employees at noon to show them and their families gratitude for all their works and efforts during the year (2015). It was a good address. “Francis thanked all present for their work and their efforts in doing all things well, even when there is no recognition. He addressed in particular those who have carried out the same type of work for many years, acknowledging that routine is not always easy to accept as ‘we are not machines … at times we need an incentive, or to change a little … Thank you! Let us continue to go ahead, in our various workplaces, collaborating with patience and endeavouring to help each other.’ “The Holy Father also apologised for the scandals [again note] that have taken place in the Vatican [in the words of John Allen in ‘Analysis: Despite a rough year, Pope vows it’s full steam ahead’ – ‘Pope Francis issued an unusually blunt mea culpa (“my fault” in Latin): “I want to apologize for the scandals that were in the Vatican,” referring to 2015.”] ‘But I would like my and your attitude, especially in these days, to be that of prayer: praying for those involved so that they may repent and return to a righteous path.’” (”The Pope receives Vatican employees: live the Jubilee in the domestic church [the family] too,” Vatican Information Service at [email protected], December 21, 2015) Notice the Pope’s tenderness and focus in the following comments. “There is another thing I wish to say to you, possibly the most important: I encourage you to take care of your marriage and your children. Look after them, do not neglect them. Marriage is like a plant. It is not like a cupboard 1 that you put in a room and perhaps dust every now and then. A plant is living and must be cared for every day. Marriage is a living reality … Let us remember that the most valuable gift for children … is their parents’ love. And I do not mean only the love of parents for their children, but also the love between parents themselves, that is, the conjugal bond. This is good for you and for your children … Focus on mercy in your daily relations … Take care of grandparents … The Lord loves those who practice mercy in ordinary situations. This is my wish for you: to experience the joy of mercy, starting with your family. Happy Christmas!” (“The Pope receives Vatican employees: live the Jubilee in the domestic church too”) Note Francis’ emphases on family and mercy – two of his most important ideas for his theology, ministry, and spirituality! And now we return to Vatileaks – the mess they came to be and the mess they continue to be! The Pope this past year (2015) has “watched a burgeoning Vatican leaks scandal that has led to three former insiders and two journalists facing criminal charges” (“Analysis: Despite a rough year, Pope Francis vows it’s full steam ahead”); Francis needs to make some hard difficult decisions about the latest scandal about Vatican leaks – leaks journalists call “Vatileaks 2.0.” “The term refers to the sensation that broke out in early November [2015] when two Italian journalists, Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, simultaneously published books [Merchants in the Temple and Avarice respectively] exposing various financial meltdowns, based in part on leaked documents from a study commission [the former Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic- Administrative Structure of the Holy See] set up by Pope Francis shortly after his election in 2013 to prepare the basis for reform. In short order, three former Vatican insiders were charged with crimes under Vatican law for leaking those documents and the two journalists were charged for pressuring them to do so. Presumably, most people who follow Church affairs know that much. If you have not been following the story in detail, however, you are missing out, because it is already had more twists than a daytime soap opera!” (“Analysis: Pope Francis faces a real dilemma in ‘Vatileaks 2.0’”) As we follow the twists and turns here, keep in mind the basic summation of the “soap opera” in the previous sentence, “In short order, three former Vatican…,” and you should not have any difficulty in coming to understand what happened here! Turn to this sentence as a recap whenever you need to do so! Unfortunately, “Autumn 2015 will not go down in the annals of history as a time when the Vatican was notable for encouraging a free press. During the Synod on the Family, Pope Francis discontinued the Vatican press office’s practice of publishing members’ speeches each day and thus prevented Catholics from knowing what their bishops were saying on the issue of allowing remarried divorcees to receive Communion. “And now we have the trial of two Italian journalists, Emiliano Fittipaldi and Gianluigi Nuzzi, whose alleged offence has been to publish classified documents about waste and mismanagement by Vatican institutions. This is exactly what journalists must do whether they are covering the Vatican, London or Washington. [I certainly believe that it is to this that their work/vocation calls them!] “Few believe the journalists will be sent to prison, though they may eventually be fined. The fact that the trial is happening at all casts the Vatican in a dim light. “Perhaps that is why suddenly the judicial authorities have slowed down the process. The trial began on November 24 [2015], then it was postponed during the papal trip to Africa (the Holy See evidently wanted to avoid unpleasant comments while Francis was preaching love and peace in Nairobi [Kenya], Kampala [Uganda], and Bangui [Central African Republic]. It resumed for 13 minutes [at the end of November] and was immediately postponed to December 7 [2015], the day before the launch of the Year of Mercy.” (Politi) None of the defendants seemed prepared to go quietly. “In this court hearing of December 7, a three-judge panel agreed to various defense requests that will have the effect of postponing the resumption of the trial for some time” (“Analysis: Pope 2 Francis faces a real dilemma in ‘Vatileaks 2.0”). Just before Christmas Day, Nuzzi said the next hearing will not happen until after February 20, 2016. “Perhaps Fittipaldi and Nuzzi, who are accused of exerting ‘pressure’ on their Vatican sources to leak documents and information, are not the real target. The result of the trial is to expose the manoeuvres of a strange duo: the Spanish Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda and Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui. Vallejo Balda is the once-respected ex-secretary of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs and a member of Opus Dei; Chaouqui is a vivacious PR [Public Relations person], who was appointed alongside Vallejo Balda to a commission created by Francis in July 2013 for the reform of the Vatican administration and finances knowns as COSEA. Given her lack of relevant experience, no one inside or outside the Vatican has been able to fathom how she came to be appointed. The plot thickened when the Italian daily, La Repubblica, published a statement allegedly by Vallejo Balda, in which he claims he was seduced by Chaouqui.” (Politi) This supposedly happened in a Florence [Italy] hotel room where Chaouqui supposedly said her husband works as a secret agent and their marriage is merely a cover.
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