Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States and recently excommunicated by Pope Francis for questioning Francis’ legitimacy as Pope, has been a champion to conservative Catholics for his work uncovering and making public the questionable goings-on concerning Catholic leadership. Now, Viganò has written a full-throat endorsement of Donald Trump in an open letter encouraging American Catholics to vote for Trump on November 5 as a moral obligation.
But will Catholic “pro-lifers” go along? Evidently, millions have said no.
I believe the Archbishop’s letter is compelling, and should be found so even among Protestants.
Among Viganò’s many statements that resonate with me is, “declaring oneself neutral means allying oneself with the enemy.” That’s a point I reached for in my piece on voting as a Christian duty, though, admittedly, less directly.
An excerpt from Viganò’s letter reads,
“On one side we have candidate Donald J. Trump, who, despite serious problems in his positions – especially in the matter of abortion and assisted procreation – has as his objective the common good and the protection of the fundamental freedoms of citizens. In Donald Trump’s America, every Catholic can practice their faith and educate their children in it without interference from the state.
“On the other side we have a candidate and a party that promotes everything that directly opposes the faith and morals of the Catholic Church. In Kamala Harris’ America, Catholics – but also Protestants – are considered fundamentalists to be marginalized and eliminated, and their children are considered the property of the state, which arrogates to itself the right to lead them astray from an early age in both body and soul. Trump’s America can become great and prosperous again. Harris’ America is destined for invasion and for moral, social, and economic destruction: the most ferocious dictatorship.”
There has been a fair amount of discussion about pro-life Catholics not voting for Trump because he isn’t explicitly pro-life in the way he was during his first administration; however, there are those who believe voting for Trump as the “lesser of two evils” is of great importance this election year.
Personally, I agree with the latter.
I suggest any Christian, especially those sitting on the fence about Trump, whether Catholic of not, read Archbishop Viganò’s letter in full. Whether you agree completely with him or not, the crux of his argument holds.
And let me add a statement of my own: Harris, et al. hate you. And there may be the blood of your neighbors in the streets from riots perpetrated and funded by the likes of George Soros and his globalist friends in the event of a Trump victory, but to not vote for Trump and let Harris win will be to have the blood of your neighbors on your hands.