Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò: Address at Civitas in Pontmain, France, on July 29, 2023

Do not believe that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. I have come separate the son from his father, the daughter from her mother, the daughter‐in‐…More
Do not believe that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. I have come separate the son from his father, the daughter from her mother, the daughter‐in‐law against her mother‐in‐law: and one’s enemies will be those of his own household. – Mt 10: 34‐36
Allow me, dear friends, to extend my greetings to all the organizers of this new edition of your Université d’Été, in particular to the president of Civitas, Alain Escada; to the speakers, whose talks are clarifying the various aspects of the current civil and ecclesial crisis; and to the participants, who by their presence confirm the determination of good Catholics to fight the bonum certamen under the banners of Christ the King.
These meetings of doctrinal, cultural, and social formation are the sign of an awakening of consciences and hearts: Quia hora est iam nos de somno surgere. Nunc enim propior est nostra salus, quam cum credidimus. It is now the hour to wake from sleep, for our salvation …
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