MESSAGE
OF ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ
TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS
AND TO ALL AMERICANS OF GOOD WILL
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
As devout Christians and faithful citizens of the United States of
America, you have intense and heartfelt concern for the fate of your
beloved country while the final results of the Presidential election are
still uncertain.
News of electoral fraud is multiplying, despite the shameful attempts
of the mainstream media to censor the truth of the facts in order to give
their candidate the advantage. There are states in which the number of
votes is greater than the number of voters; others in which the mail-in
vote seems to be exclusively in favor of Joe Biden; others in which the
counting of ballots has been suspended for no reason or where
sensational tampering has been discovered: always and only against
President Donald J. Trump, always and only in favor of Biden.
In truth, for months now we have been witnessing a continuous trickle
of staggered news, of manipulated or censored information, of crimes
that have been silenced or covered up in the face of striking evidence
and irrefutable testimony. We have seen the deep state organize itself,
well in advance, to carry out the most colossal electoral fraud in
history, in order to ensure the defeat of the man who has strenuously
opposed the establishment of the New World Order that is wanted by
the children of darkness. In this battle, you have not failed, as is your
sacred duty, to make your own contribution by taking the side of the
Good. Others, enslaved by vices or blinded by infernal hatred against
Our Lord, have taken the side of Evil.
Do not think that the children of darkness act with honesty, and do not
be scandalized if they operate with deception. Do you perhaps believe
that Satan’s followers are honest, sincere, and loyal? The Lord has
warned us against the Devil: “He was a murderer from the beginning
and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of
lies” (Jn 8:44).
In these hours, while the gates of Hell seem to prevail, allow me to
address myself to you with an appeal, which I trust that you will
respond to promptly and with generosity. I ask you to make an act of
trust in God, an act of humility and filial devotion to The Lord of
Armies. I ask that all of you pray the Holy Rosary, if possible in your
families or with your dear ones, your friends, your brothers and sisters,
your colleagues, your fellow soldiers. Pray with the abandonment of
children who know how to have recourse to their Most Holy Mother to
ask her to intercede before the throne of the Divine Majesty. Pray with
a sincere soul, with a pure heart, in the certainty of being heard and
answered. Ask her – she who is the Help of Christians, Auxilium
Christianorum – to defeat the forces of the Enemy; ask her – she who
is terrible as an army set in battle array (Song 6:10) – to grant the
victory to the forces of Good and to inflict a humiliating defeat on the
forces of Evil.
Have your children pray, using the holy words that you have taught
them: those confident prayers will rise to God and will not remain
unheard. Have the elderly and sick pray, so that they may offer their
sufferings in union with the sufferings that Our Lord suffered on the
Cross when he shed His Precious Blood for Our Redemption. Have
young ladies and women pray, so that they turn to her who is the
model of purity and motherhood. And you, men, must also pray: your
courage, your honor and your boldness will be refreshed and
strengthened. All of you, take up this spiritual weapon, before which
Satan and his minions retreat furiously, because they fear the Most
Holy Virgin, she who is Almighty by Grace, even more than Almighty
God.
Do not allow yourselves to be discouraged by the deceptions of the
Enemy, even more so in this terrible hour in which the impudence of
lying and fraud dares to challenge Heaven. Our adversaries’ hours are
numbered if you will pray, if we will all pray with Faith and with the
true ardor of Charity. May the Lord grant that one single devout and
faithful voice rise from your homes, your churches, and your streets!
This voice will not remain unheard, because it will be the voice of a
people that cries out, in the moment when the storm rages most
fiercely, “Save us, Lord, we are perishing!” (Mt 8:25).
The days that await us are a precious occasion for all of you, and for
those who unite themselves spiritually to you from every part of the
world. You have the honor and privilege of being able to participate in
the victory of this spiritual battle, to wield the powerful weapon of the
Holy Rosary as our fathers did at Lepanto to repel the enemy armies.
Pray with the certainty of Our Lord’s promise: “Ask and it shall be
given unto you, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be
opened unto you” (Lk 11:9). The King of Kings, from whom you ask
the salvation of your Nation, will reward your Faith. Your testimony,
remember this, will touch the heart of Our Lord, multiplying the
heavenly Graces which are, more than ever, indispensable in order to
achieve victory.
May my appeal, which I address to you and to all people who
recognize the Lordship of God, find you to be generous apostles and
courageous witnesses of the spiritual rebirth of your beloved country,
and with it the entire world. Non praevalebunt.
God bless and protect the United States of America!
One Nation under God
+ Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop
Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America
November 4, 2020Saint Charles Borromeo
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