UNITED STATES
Catholic News Service via The Tablet (UK)
June 13, 2020
By Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS
President Donald Trump said he was “honoured” by an open letter from a former Vatican official who claimed that restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 were part of a Masonic plot to establish a new world order.
In the letter released by LifesiteNews, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016, also claimed that “civil disturbances” in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody were provoked by “deep state” operatives because “the virus is inevitably fading” and “the social alarm of the pandemic is waning”.
So-called “deep state” is a conspiracy theory alleging the existence of a hidden cabal in countries and within government offices that are attempting to undermine or usurp the authority of the legitimately elected government.
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