The shadow of Theodore McCarrick still darkens the halllways and offices of the Roman Curia. Last week, the Pope announced that he had appointed a McCarrick protege, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, to oversee the Vatican’s finances. It came along with the announcement that Rome is virtually bankrupt and will soon be unable to pay the pensions of its staff. Remember, we are not only talking about the pensions of clerics, but those of family men and women who deserve a decent retirement after their time of service to the Church.
Financial Woes
Last October, the Pope told his media empire to tighten its belts: those involved in the Vatican’s internet, radio, newspaper, and TV services were advised to “exercise a bit more discipline with money”. While the Vatican’s hasn’t released a full budget statement for years, its annual deficit is thought to be around 83 million euros (USD 86 million/AUD 133 million).
One can only wonder who much better the Church would have been financially ( and morally) had it not had to pay for the endless Synods and Holy Years, with their logos, marketing videos and gimmicky ‘apps’, and the other countless innovations of this train-wreck of a papacy with its Peronist leader.
The announcement is sure to inflame tension among staff from the Vatican museums, who made a class action complaint against their employer last May. At that time, 49 museum employees “cited the social teaching of the Catholic Church and Francis’ own appeals for employers to respect the dignity of workers in demanding better treatment. Among other things, they demanded better transparency about how employees are able to advance”, a restoration of seniority bonuses and insisted the Vatican follow Italian norms on sick days.” and other gripes.
McCarrick
Perhaps someone should tell them that in order to advance in the Vatican, the selection criteria includes sodomy and sex-offences, with preference given to those who engage in sexual mysticism. Which brings us to Cardinal Farrell. Farrell was, of course, a former member of McCarrick’s household who claimed he knew nothing about McCarrick’s escapades – despite ‘everyone’ who was anyone knowing about McCarrick for decades.
Here’s a video of Farrell being interviewed after McCarrick’s crimes were made public:
Farrell infamously wrote a blurb for Fr. James Martin’s pro-sodomy book, Building a Bridge:
A welcome and much-needed book that will help bishops, priests, pastoral associates, and all church leaders more compassionately minister to the LGBT community. It will also help LGBT Catholics feel more at home in what is, after all, their church.
As Phil Lawler points out, ‘personnel is policy,’ explaining that Farrell has a track record of either ignoring serious abuse or being too dense to notice it. As a member of the Legionaries of Christ, Fr. Farrell was apparently unaware that his spiritual guide was a narcissistic abuser and violator of his vows. That pattern was repeated when he subsequently failed to pick up on McCarrick’s serial abuse of seminarians and other young men.
A Successful Career
Farrell has been moving slowly but surely through the ranks: in 2019, the Pope made him camerlengo, meaning he will be making the arrangements after the pope’s death. He replaced Cardinal Parolin in 2020 as head of the Commission dealing with high-level investments and confidential international matters after the Sloane Avenue property scandal. In 2023, the Pope put Farrell in charge of the Vatican city Supreme Court – even though he has no legal qualifications.
All this smacks of Farrell enjoying the prestige of McCarrick’s mentorship, even down to his role overseeing international investments and other diplomatic matters. For it was McCarrick who once held that position, playing a large part in arranging the secretive Sino-Vatican deal.
The matter of McCarrick and his many crimes has never been dealt with appropriately by the Pope, and Farrell’s continued favour in his eyes point to McCarrick’s ongoing influence in Rome. Such is the power of sex-magick and the other diabolical practices which have smitten the once pristine Bride of Christ with a malignant disorder and created a synodal Ape of the Church.
Ecclesiastical Freemasonry 