Bishop Vigano : between Benedict XVI and Leo – an interregnum of 12 very long years of devastation …
Beate Pastor Petre, clemens accipe
Voces precantum, criminumque vincula
Verbo resolve, cui potestas tradita,
Aperire terris cœlum, apertum claudere.
O Blessed Shepherd Peter,
mercifully receive the voices of thy supplicants
and loose the chains of sins with thy word,
to which is attributed the power to open heaven to the earth
and, if open, to close it.
Hymn. Decora lux, 3
Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus, de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus, ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum. These are the words with which the solemn formula of the Apostolic Blessing begins: May the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in whose power and authority we trust, intercede for us with the Lord. The power and authority of the Roman Pontiff derive in fact from the two Patrons of the Holy Church, whom today’s hymn greets as
Mundi Magister, atque cœli Janitor,
Romæ parentes, arbitrique Gentium, [1]
one the Master of the world, the other the Guardian of the celestial Gates, fathers of Rome and judges …More
Strange: Shortly before Leo was “elected,” Vigano had written (more than once) that the conclave would be invalid, since Francis had no authority to appoint the cardinals who comprised the overwhelming majority of electors. But now that concern has magically vanished, and Leo is a pope?
Exactly. I was following Vigano's comments closely prior to the conclave. It's obvious with his lawsuit against the Vatican Bank that if Parolin had been elected that he would have rejected him as another antipope. Yet, he seemingly has backtracked on his previous claims regarding the invalidity of the conclave and has anointed Leo as, in his view, a legitimate pope like Ratzinger. I'm bitterly disappointed and surprised - I was wondering what his response would be to the new putative pontiff but gave very low odds to him accepting him as legitimate.
It’s also not clear to me why the “defective consent” argument which Vigano stated allegedly invalidated Francis’s pontificate would not also invalidate Leo’s pontificate, especially since Leo declared his intent to adhere completely to the synodal path blazed by Francis.