Pope Benedict to seek immunity and protection from Italian President
Giorgio Napolitano on February 23
Posted on February 14, 2013 by itccs
International Tribunal calls on Napolitano to "not collude in
criminality", and announces global campaign to occupy Vatican property
and launch human rights inquiry in Italy
Rome (9 am local time):
Pope Benedict, Joseph Ratzinger, has scheduled a meeting with Italian
President Giorgio Napolitano for Saturday, February 23 to discuss
securing protection and immunity from prosecution from the Italian
government, according to Italian media sources.
Ratzinger's meeting follows upon the apparent receipt by the Vatican
of a diplomatic note from an undisclosed European government on
February 4, stating its intention to issue an arrest warrant for
Ratzinger, who resigned from his pontificate less than a week later.
In response to the February 23 meeting, the International Tribunal
into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS), through its field Secretary,
Rev. Kevin Annett, has written to President Napolitano, asking him to
refrain from assisting Ratzinger in evading justice.
The ITCCS letter states, in part,
"I need not remind you, Mr. President, that under international law
and treaties that have been ratified by Italy, you and your government
are forbidden from granting such protection to those like Joseph
Ratzinger who have aided and abetted criminal actions, such as
ordering Bishops and Cardinals in America and elsewhere to protect
known child rapists among their clergy.
"Your obligation to the Vatican through the Lateran Treaty does not
negate or nullify the requirements of these higher moral and
international laws; nor does it require that you give any protection
or immunity to a single individual like Joseph Ratzinger, especially
after he has left his papal office."
A copy of the complete text of the ITCCS letter follows.
In response to the documented crimes of child torture, trafficking and
genocide linked to Pope Benedict and Vatican officials, the ITCCS will
be sponsoring a series of ongoing protests and occupations of Roman
Catholic churches and offices through its affiliates around the world
beginning in Easter week, March 24-31, 2013, and continuing
indefinitely.
These actions will accompany the legal efforts to bring Joseph
Ratzinger and other Vatican officials to trial for their proven
complicity in crimes against humanity and criminal conspiracy.
The Easter Reclamation Campaign will seize church property and assets
to prevent their use by child raping priests, who are protected under
Catholic canon law. Citizens have this right to defend their
communities and children when the authorities refuse to do so, under
international law.
Rev. Kevin Annett and an official delegation from the ITCCS Central
Office will also be convening a formal human rights inquiry in Rome
commencing the week of May 13, 2013, to consider further charges
against the Vatican and its new Pope for crimes against humanity and
obstruction of justice.
Rev. Annett and his delegation will be working with organizations
across Italy in this investigation. In 2009 and 2010, he held rallies
outside the Vatican and met with media and human rights groups across
Italy to charge the Vatican with the death of more than 50,000
aboriginal children in Canada.
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An Open Letter and Appeal to Giorgio Napolitano, President of the
Republic of Italy from Rev. Kevin D. Annett, Secretary of the
International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
14 February, 2013
Al Presdente della Repubblica Italiana Giorgio Napolitano
Presidenza della Repubblica
c/o Palazzo del Quirinale
00187 Roma
Italia
Dear President Napolitano,
On behalf of our Tribunal and people of conscience everywhere, and of
the millions of victims of church abuse, I am making an appeal to you
regarding your upcoming meeting with Joseph Ratzinger, who will retire
soon as Pope Benedict, the Pontiff of the Church of Rome.
Our understanding is that, in the wake of pressure to have him resign
his office because of his proven complicity in concealing child
trafficking in his church and other crimes against humanity, Joseph
Ratzinger is seeking the assistance of the Italian government in
securing protection and immunity from legal prosecution.
I need not remind you, Mr. President, that under international law and
treaties that have been ratified by Italy, you and your government are
forbidden from granting such protection to those like Jospeh Ratzinger
who have aided and abetted criminal actions, such as ordering Bishops
and Cardinals in America and elsewhere to protect known child rapists
among their clergy.
Your obligation to the Vatican through the Lateran Treaties does not
negate or nullify the requirements of these higher moral and
international laws; nor does it require that you give any protection
or immunity to a single individual like Joseph Ratzinger, especially
after he has left his papal office.
The need for you to abide by international law and not be seen to
collude with Joseph Ratzinger is even more true when one considers the
enormity of the crimes of which the Vatican and its highest officials
are clearly guilty, according to considerable evidence gathered and
documented by our Tribunal and other groups, and acknowledged by many
governments.
In Canada alone, the Roman Catholic Church and its Vatican agents have
been found guilty of responsibility for genocide and the deaths of at
least 50,000 aboriginal child children in the Jesuit-initiated Indian
residential school system, that operated until 1996.
In Ireland, more than 10,000 women suffered and were exploited in the
Catholic-run Magdalene Laundries, where many of them died. Similar
church-run institutions all over the world have caused enormous
mortality, disease and ruination for millions of children. And yet the
church has never been held accountable or prosecuted for these deaths
and the theft of enormous wealth from entire nations.
With the recent initiative of at least one European government and a
host of lawyers to bring Joseph Ratzinger and other church officials
to trial for these crimes, we feel it is incumbent on you neither to
assist nor to be seen to assist or condone the attempt by him to
evade, obstruct or delay justice, lest you open yourself to a charge
of being an accessory to a crime.
On behalf of our Tribunal and of many people who cannot speak, I call
on you to stand on the law of nations and humanity, and offer no
support or protection to Joseph Ratzinger or his accessories in their
efforts to evade responsibility for their proven crimes.
I look forward to your reply, and to discussing this with you more
when I visit your country in May with a human rights delegation to
investigate this matter more closely.
Sincerely,
Kevin D. Annett, M.A., M.Div.
Secretary, The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
Central Office, Brussels
cc: world media
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edo-nationality@yahoogroups.comJUI,
The matter concerning the Vicar of Christ is very important matter to
Catholics and is not just an argument to be won as you should know,
being a Catholic yourself.
What the gentleman wrote below is written in reckless ignorance.
Although it is true that St. Peter suffered matyrdom in Rome, he
wasn't arrested and taken to Rome by anybody.
Since you seem to be, unusually, preoccupied with this issue, inform
yourself with the following link. Scroll down to Activity and death in
Rome; burial place:
Cardinal calls for priests to be allowed to marry
AM
By Europe correspondent Philip Williams and wires
Britain's most senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has
spoken out on the issue of celibacy, saying priests should be allowed
to marry and have children.
Cardinal O'Brien says the next pope will be allowed to change the
current policy because the principle did not come directly from Jesus
Christ.
"There was a time when priests got married, and of course we know at
the present time in some branches of the church - in some branches of
the Catholic Church - priests can get married," he said.
"So that is obviously not of divine origin and it could get discussed
again," he said.
Cardinal O'Brien, who is the leader of the Catholic Church in
Scotland, says he has been too busy too even imagine getting married.
But he says many priests struggle to cope with celibacy.
"I realise that many priests have found it very difficult to cope with
celibacy as they lived out their priesthood and felt the need of a
companion, of a woman, to whom they could get married and raise a
family of their own," he said.
Cardinal O'Brian says the issue of women's place in the church could
also be revisited.
"Previous popes have said that matter of whether or not women could be
ordained priests just wasn't even to be discussed," he said.
"There were issues like this that I'm sure the next pope will consider
himself, first of all, before deciding whether or not to raise these
issues with the Church in general."
But he says other issues, such as abortion, euthanasia and same-sex
marriage are not negotiable, as they are basic dogmatic beliefs of the
Church.
The cardinal will be part of the conclave that will elect the next
pope after the surprise resignation of Benedict XVI this month.
In the next few days, he will pack his bags and jet off to the Vatican
where the cardinals will hold meetings and prayers ahead of the actual
vote.
He said he had not yet decided who should take over leadership of the
world's 1.2 billion Catholics, but suggested it could be time for a
younger pontiff, possibly from the developing world.
"I would be open to a pope from anywhere if I thought it was the right
man, whether it was Europe or Asia or Africa or wherever," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-23/senior-british-catholic-says-priests-should-be-allowed-to-marry/4535700-- Kingsley N'Mezi.
On 2/24/13, Chief Charles A.Taku <
charto_us@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Vatican lashes out at 'false' pre-conclave reporting as attempts to
> influence cardinal votesThe Canadian Press - Thu, 21 Feb, 2013
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> Article: Vatican denies sinister motives behind diplomat's transfer
> Reuters - Fri, 22 Feb, 2013
> Article: Vatican accuses Italian media of false reports ahead of conclave
> Reuters - 17 hours ago
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> VATICAN CITY - The Vatican lashed out Saturday at the media for what it said
> has been a run of defamatory and false reports before the conclave to elect
> Pope Benedict XVI's successor, saying they were an attempt to influence the
> election.
> Italian newspapers have been rife with unsourced reports in recent days
> about the contents of a secret dossier prepared for the pope by three
> cardinals who investigated the origins of the 2012 scandal over leaked
> Vatican documents.
> The reports have suggested the revelations in the dossier, given to Benedict
> in December, were a factor in his decision to resign. The pope himself has
> said merely that he doesn't have the "strength of mind and body" to carry
> on.
> On Saturday, the Vatican secretariat of state said the Catholic Church has
> for centuries insisted on the independence of its cardinals to elect their
> pope. Now, it said, the "pressures of public opinion" is in play in a bid to
> influence their vote.
> "It is deplorable that as we draw closer to the time of the beginning of the
> conclave ... that there be a widespread distribution of often unverified,
> unverifiable or completely false news stories that cause serious damage to
> persons and institutions."
> It was issued as Benedict met for the last time with the Vatican bureaucracy
> before stepping down Feb. 28. The occasion was the final session of the
> Vatican's Lenten spiritual retreat, a weeklong series of meditations
> composed by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, himself a papal contender.
> In one of his final meditations Friday, Ravasi denounced the "divisions,
> dissent, careerism, jealousies" that afflict the Vatican bureaucracy —
> divisions that were exposed by the leaks of documents taken from the pope's
> study. The documents revealed the petty wrangling, corruption and cronyism
> and even allegations of a gay plot at the highest levels of the Catholic
> Church.
> The three cardinals who investigated the theft of the documents had
> wide-ranging powers to interview even cardinals to get to the bottom of the
> dynamics within the Curia — the Vatican bureaucracy — that resulted in the
> gravest Vatican security breach in modern times.
> Benedict has referred obliquely to the Vatican's dysfunction in recent days,
> deploring how the church is often "defiled" by attacks and divisions and
> urging its members to overcome "pride and egoism."
> On Saturday, in his final comments to the Curia, he lamented the "evil,
> suffering and corruption" that has defaced God's creation. But he also
> thanked the Vatican bureaucrats for eight years of work, love and faith and
> promised them he would continue to be spiritually close to them in
> retirement
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