A pretty fascinating story is developing.
It is being alleged that former Washington, D.C. Cardinal McCarrick, the CIA, Joe Biden and other Obama Administration figures were all instrumental in Pope Benedict being forced out of the papacy and Francis being installed. This entire series of events, we are to believe, occurred eleven years ago. Here are two videos from War Room on the topic:
I am always suspicious of people advocating a cause latching on to another scandal and shoehorning their cause into it. It goes without saying that McCarrick was an evil dude and has lots to be sorry for when he meets his maker. But the evidence for a political hatchet job is fanciful, in my opinion. Benedict, like Francis, was old and failing in health when he decided to step down. The fact that he managed to live several years after abdicating was almost miraculous. Now, someone comes along with an agenda and tries to grab attention by linking the evil McCarrick to a plot to overthrow Benedict.
I say. If any of this were true, you would have seen it years ago. Why? The College of Cardinals, that is, the group of cardinals that votes to select a pope, is heavily divided between liberals and conservatives, much the same as our country. The liberal cardinals are fans of Francis, while the conservatives are fans of Benedict. Had there really been a palace coup, the conservatives would have spilled the beans a long time ago. Now comes some children’s welfare group looking for publicity and, voila, it ties McCarrick to the overthrow of the pope. Why not say McCarrick was seen at the Wuhan wet market in 2019? That’s more credible. Ha!
You may be right, Fred.
There were problems at the Vatican Bank. Obama/Biden was showering the Catholic Church with loads of money ostensibly for refugees and migrants. The College of Cardinals at that time was stacked with conservatives. (That has changed since then). I wonder if the Vatican found itself vulnerable to international pressure and internal sabotage.