The key part of the transcript of Archbishop Viganò's keynote address at the REGINA Magazine Conference in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, January 17th.
'In the Christian social order, Church and State are both subject to the Supreme Authority of God, the author of both nature and grace, who has established that the Church should concern herself with the sanctification of her members for the sake of eternal salvation, and that the State should ensure its citizens an orderly, prosperous, and secure life. It is Christ himself, through his vicars on earth, who exercises his Kingship in civil society and his High Priesthood in ecclesiastical society.
'The Revolution has overturned these purposes. We now find ourselves with a Catholic hierarchy that propagates doctrinal and moral errors, endangering the eternal life of the faithful; and civil rulers who are demolishing the social fabric of nations and persecuting their own citizens, promoting immigration, crime, the perversion of morals with homosexuality and LGBTQ+ ideology, the impoverishment of families and businesses, and the control of the masses.
'This betrayal could only have happened for one reason, which unfortunately the contemporary mentality is unable to understand, having been indoctrinated by centuries of anti-human and anti-Christian ideologies. The reason is the abandonment of God in the name of a “universal brotherhood” that denies and rejects His divine Fatherhood, and the abandonment of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is King and High Priest, from whom earthly societies – State and Church – have snatched away His crown and scepter, in the illusion that there can be peace, harmony, and prosperity where Satan reigns.
'If you wish to act as Catholics and as Americans worthy of the name, you must be clearly aware of your responsibility before God: to fight your daily battle to gain Heaven. A battle in which the Lord assures you of the spiritual weapons you need to win: living your life in the state of Grace, persevering in fervent prayer, receiving the Sacraments frequently, assisting at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and being fruitful in good works.'
