CONSPIRAÇÃO PARA MATAR O PAPA

Foi hoje revelada uma alegada conspiração a ter lugar nos próximos 12 meses e que se destinaria a assassinar o Papa Bento XVI.

O cardeal colombiano Dario Castrillón Hoyos entregou ao papa Bento XVI um documento sobre uma alegada conspiração para o matar, noticiou esta sexta-feira o jornal italiano 'Il Fatto Quotidiano', jornal especializado em jornalismo político e de investigação e que o Correio da Manhã online hoje cita.

O mesmo media afirmou que Castrillón entregou na Secretaria de Estado do Vaticano um documento, escrito em alemão, para Bento XVI no qual o informava sobre o que lhe tinha dito o cardeal e arcebispo de Palermo, Paolo Romeo, durante algumas conversas na China em Novembro de 2011.

"Vaticano, intrigas e venenos. O papa morrerá dentro de 12 meses", destacou o jornal na primeira página. Nas páginas interiores apresenta-se a tradução de toda a mensagem.

Neste documento, que é considerado "estritamente confidencial", são citadas declarações "de uma pessoa bem informada" sobre as conversas mantidas durante uma viagem do cardeal à China.

"Seguro de si mesmo, como se o soubesse com precisão, o cardeal Romeo anunciou que só restam 12 meses de vida ao papa", de acordo com a tradução do documento.

O porta-voz da sala de imprensa do Vaticano, o padre jesuíta Federico Lombardi, questionado pelo diário afirmou que a informação estava "tão fora da realidade e tão pouco séria que não se podia tomar em consideração".

"Parece-me inacreditável e não quero comentar", adiantou Lombardi, referiu o jornal.

Confira aqui em Estado Sentido os três parágrafos fundamentais do documento-choque que já abala o mundo (em inglês):

"THE THREE PARAGRAPHS.

The anonymous writer describers Romeo as a braggart. The archbishop of Palermo bears out to be an old friend of cardinal Castrillon, expert of undergound churches in the Philippines and even as a member of a secret council that manages the Roman Catholic Church under the Ratzinger pontificate. “Cardinal Romeo surprised his interlocutors with the statement that he- Romeo- the Holy Father- Pope Benedict XVI- and cardinal Scola are a troika. On important matters, then, the Holy Father consults with him- Romeo- and with Scola.”

Then, in the second paragraph, Romeo seems to criticize the secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone. “Cardinal Romeo harshly criticized Pope Benedict XVI because he would take care only of the liturgy, neglectting ‘daily affairs’ entrusted from Pope Benedict to cardinal Tarcisio Bertone”.

Bertone and Ratzinger are described having continuous quarrels. “The relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and his secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone seems conflictual. In confidentiality, cardinal Romeo reckoned that Pope Benedict XVI hates Tarcisio Bertone so much he would replace him right away with another cardinal. Romeo added, although, that there is no other cardinal available to fit this position and that is why cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is still in charged of the secretariat.”

At this point, given that “also the relationship between the Secretary of State and cardinal Scola is troubled as well”, here comes the paragraph that deals with the Pope’s succession. And cardinal Scola is way ahead in the nomination, due to his links to Comunione and Liberazione. “The Holy Father is managing the succession and he picked cardinal Scola as a suitable candidate, because he appears close to his personality. Slowly though relentlessly he is preparing and training him up to be the next Pope. On Holy Father’s initiative – says Romeo – cardinal Scola was transferred from Venice to Milan to get ready for his Papacy. Cardinal Romero kept astonishing his interlocutors in China – reckons the document delivered from the Colombian cardinal to the Pope – with his ever increasing indiscretions”.

After picturing conflictual relationships inside the Vatican, Romeo now tosses the bomb. “Cardinal Romeo announced the Holy Father had only 12 months ahead to live. And he was so sure about himself, as he knew it with precision, that he prophesied Pope Benedict’s death within the next 12 months. Cardinal Romeo’s allegations were told by a well informed source. His statement of a death plot against the Pope made his Chinese interlocutors thought the Holy Father was about to be the victim of an attack”. But the note goes on: “Cardinal Romeo didn’t imagine that his statements during private hearings in China could be sent from third parties to the Vatican”.

SUCCESSION, DENIAL AND THE MESS WITH THE VATICAN.

The last paragraph is all about the succession. “Pope Benedict’s successor would be Italian. As cardinal Romeo said in China, after Pope Benedict’s death, cardinal Scola would be elected Pontiff. But Scola has important enemies inside the Vatican as well”.

Il Fatto called the spokesman of the Holy See, father Federico Lombardi, to ask the Vatican official position on the document. His response, yesterday night, was: “You can print anything you want but you’ll take the responsibility for that. It is so out of reality that I won’t even take it in consideration. It is so incredible I won’t even answer your question”.

The denial is questionable because the document raises many questions about the health and the security of the Pope, giving the picture of a troubled Catholic Church.

Besides the truthfulness of the document, the note must be taken to the attention of the public opinion and cannot be kept as a secret. Then again, the document must be explained to Christians worldwide. On Feb. 4^th, Il Fatto published the letter in which papal nuncio in the U.S.Carlo Maria Viganò underlined corruption cases, theft and false billing inside the Vatican and pointed at the director of the Vatican museums, Paolo Nicolini, as responsible for those crimes.

Then again, Il Fatto published an exclusive document that shown how the Vatican never gave its bank information to the anti-recycling authorities before April 2011. And now this note that unequivocally talks about the plot of death against the Pope. That is why we published the note: first of all because officials have to verify the truthfulness of the document and, second, because the Holy Roman Church has to explain the reason why hypothesis of murder circulate among cardinals and bishops.

Traduzione di Massimo Paradiso

publicado por Pedro Quartin Graça em Estado Sentido