Complete Documentation of Gagnon’s Investigative Commission and “Satan’s Smoke” in the Holy See

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND OF CHARLES MURR

II. THE VATICAN OF THE SEVENTIES: STAGE FOR INFILTRATION

III. POPE PAUL VI AND “SATAN’S SMOKE” – BEGINNING OF THE INVESTIGATION

IV. GAGNON’S SECRET MISSION (1975-1978)

V. KEY FIGURES: MASONS IN THE CURIA

VI. LITURGICAL REVOLUTION AND ANNIBALE BUGNINI

VII. CARDINAL SEBASTIANO BAGGIO – “CREATOR OF BISHOPS”

VIII. VATICAN BANK AND FINANCIAL SCANDALS

IX. THE YEAR OF THREE POPES (1978) – DEATHS AND MYSTERIES

X. FAILURE OF REFORM UNDER JOHN PAUL II

XI. CRITICAL ANALYSES AND CONTROVERSIES

XII. CONCLUSIONS AND CALLS FOR TRUTH

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I. BIOGRAPHY AND BACKGROUND OF CHARLES MURR

Early Life and Formation

Charles Theodore Murr was born on August 15, 1950, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the eldest of seven children in the family of Theodore Charles and Anita Jane (née Letourneau) Murr. Raised in a deeply Catholic family, Murr showed very early inclination toward intellectual and spiritual questions that would later shape his unique role in one of the most controversial chapters of modern church history.

Murr completed elementary and secondary school in Catholic institutions in the St. Paul area. He attended Brady High School, run by the Christian Brothers in West Saint Paul, where he graduated in 1969. His early academic excellence foreshadowed a future career that would bring him to the very heart of Vatican intrigues.

Education and Vocation

After high school, Murr went to St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, where he earned a bachelor’s degree (Magna cum Laude) in Romance languages in 1971. Simultaneously, he attended graduate courses at the University of Wisconsin in Madison during the summers of 1970 and 1971 in French, Spanish, and Latin.

A key moment in Murr’s life occurred in 1972 when, at the age of 22, he enrolled at the Pontifical Mexican University in Rome as a lay student. The rector of the Pontifical Mexican University in Rome accepted him as a lay student in 1972. He was in Rome to study classical philosophy, especially Aristotelian logic, and Latin and Italian language, and to absorb as much of European culture as he could grasp.

Call to Priesthood

Murr’s transformation from lay student to future priest occurred through an encounter with Don Mario Marini, a minutante (a type of secretary) of the Vatican Secretariat of State, who called him to become a priest. This great personal mentor and excellent example of a priest very clearly made it known, late one evening in 1975, that he was calling him to become a priest.

In the fall of 1971, he enrolled at Pontificia Università San Tommaso D’Aquino in Rome, where he earned a second bachelor’s degree, this time in philosophy in 1972. He began theological studies at the same university, earning another bachelor’s degree in 1975 in Thomistic theology. Continuing graduate theological studies, Murr attended Pontificia Università Gregoriana in Rome, where he earned a licentiate (doctoral level) in sacred theology in 1977, and then continued and earned a second licentiate in philosophical anthropology in 1979.

Ordination and Significant Date

On May 13, 1977, in the basilica of SS. Giovanni e Paolo (Monte Celio), Murr was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by Cardinal Pericle Felici. This date was not accidental – Mother Pascalina chose 1977 for my ordination, May 13, because it was also the 60th anniversary of Mary’s apparition at Fatima and the 60th anniversary of Eugenio Pacelli’s episcopal ordination. Can you believe that on the same day when Our Lady appeared at Fatima, Eugenio Pacelli became a bishop in the Sistine Chapel?

II. THE VATICAN OF THE SEVENTIES: STAGE FOR INFILTRATION

Post-Conciliar Atmosphere

The Vatican of the seventies was a place of dramatic changes and deep uncertainty. The broad liturgical reform that occurred in the Catholic Church predominantly between 1950 and 1975 was, indeed, like Hamlet, a complicated business that involved hundreds of bishops and experts, several popes, an ecumenical council, and countless publications.

There can be no doubt that the entire ethos of Catholicism within the Roman rite was deeply changed by the liturgical revolution that followed after the Second Vatican Council. As Father Kenneth Baker SJ noted in his introductory article in the February issue of Homiletic and Pastoral Review from 1979: “We have been overwhelmed by changes in the Church at all levels, but the liturgical revolution touches all of us intimately and immediately.”

Murr’s Arrival at the Vatican

Murr worked in L’Ufficio Informazioni (Piazza San Pietro, Vaticano) from 1974 and continued in that capacity until 1979. He had additional duties as special assistant to Cardinal Édouard Gagnon who conducted an apostolic visitation (1976 to 1979) of the Roman Curia.

This position placed young Murr in a unique position to witness some of the most dramatic events in contemporary Church history. His closeness with key figures, especially Cardinals Gagnon and Marini, enabled him access to information rarely available to external observers.

Atmosphere of Suspicion and Fear

This was an enormous and, as it turned out, dangerous undertaking for Gagnon who during the multi-year investigation was hit by personal death threats, break-ins to his office, searches of his rooms, and extreme concern about the nature of his discoveries and what they revealed about the utterly terrible status of the Church.

Murr describes the Vatican atmosphere of that time as a place where “rooms were broken into, files stolen, death threats, armed guards, assassination attempts… Vatican intrigues around Cardinals Baggio, Benelli, Villot, and Gagnon” became everyday occurrences.

III. POPE PAUL VI AND “SATAN’S SMOKE” – BEGINNING OF THE INVESTIGATION

The Famous Statement from 1972

On June 29, 1972, Pope Paul VI uttered one of the most enigmatic statements of his pontificate: “We have the impression that through some cracks in the wall the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” According to Murr’s testimony, this statement was not a poetic metaphor, but a concrete warning about a real danger that threatened the Church from within.

When Pope Paul VI gave his enigmatic statement that “Satan’s smoke” had entered the sanctuary of the Church, he announced to the whole world an alarming state that existed within the innermost circle of church hierarchy.

Initial Accusations (1974)

The most serious problems that led Pope Paul VI to order an investigation of the curia were those brought against the man responsible for creating and maintaining world Catholic bishops: Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio; the accusation against him: that he was an active member of Italian Freemasonry.

He describes in his book how in 1974 two cardinals – Dino Staffa and Silvio Oddi – presented Pope Paul VI with documentation about two Vatican cardinals. These two men, Sebastiano Baggio and Annibale Bugnini, were “accused” by Oddi and Staffa “with evidence in hand” of being “active Masons.”

These were the aforementioned Cardinals Staffa and Oddi. They carried with them files with damning confirmatory evidence to Pope Paul VI. Gagnon and Marini freely spoke about this story (that is, among us). Reflecting on that conversation, the most likely was Benelli who informed them about this story.

Paul’s Dilemma

Pope Paul VI found himself in an unenviable situation. On one hand, the accusations came from two very respected cardinals with seemingly solid evidence. On the other hand, the accused were high church officials in key positions. Gagnon also identified the greatest promoter and political ally of Cardinal Baggio. None other than Pope Paul VI’s Secretary of State Cardinal Jean Villot who promoted Baggio to be appointed prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops.

IV. GAGNON’S SECRET MISSION (1975-1978)

Appointment and Mandate

In 1975, then-Archbishop Édouard Gagnon personally received the task from Pope Paul VI to investigate the Vatican Roman Curia. This fundamental investigation was completed in 1978, “the year of three popes.”

After years of intensive work, investigation, research, interviews, organizing, and one-on-one meetings with hundreds of people, mostly men, mostly clerics – some, honorable saints and scholars; others, some of the most cunning demons walking the earth – Archbishop Édouard Gagnon now held concrete answers to Paul’s enigmatic and disturbing rhetorical questions.

Murr’s Share in the Investigation

Charles Murr was Gagnon’s personal secretary and closest collaborator throughout the entire investigation. As personal secretary to Cardinal Édouard Gagnon during the detailed investigation of the seventies – which Paul VI commanded – about Freemasonry in the Vatican. This position enabled him direct insight into the most sensitive aspects of the investigation.

He had additional duties as special assistant to Cardinal Édouard Gagnon who conducted an apostolic visitation (1976 to 1979) of the Roman Curia. This official status legitimized Murr’s access to confidential information and key witnesses.

Investigation Methodology

Gagnon’s final report required over three years of solitary and strenuous work to complete and resulted in a three-volume dossier. The investigation was comprehensive and systematic:

Interviews and testimonies: Gagnon conducted “years of intensive work, investigations, research, interviews, organizing, and one-on-one meetings with hundreds of people, mostly men, mostly clerics”

Documentary analysis: The team collected and analyzed “files with damning confirmatory evidence” against the accused prelates.

Evidence verification: Cardinal Staffa took a briefcase and contents to the Roman carabinieri – the Italian federal police whose job it was to investigate possible crimes committed by secret societies (like the infamous P2 lodge). He left them with them, asking them to study them and report to him as soon as possible whether they thought this was real evidence that Bugnini was a Mason. They soon returned to the cardinal, with a report saying that the material was indeed real and incriminating.

Dangers and Threats

Gagnon’s investigation quickly became very dangerous for everyone involved. This was an enormous and, as it turned out, dangerous undertaking for Gagnon who during the multi-year investigation was hit by personal death threats, break-ins to his office, searches of his rooms, and extreme concern about the nature of his discoveries and what they revealed about the utterly terrible status of the Church.

Murr describes how “rooms were broken into, files stolen, death threats, armed guards, assassination attempts” became routine for those involved in the investigation.

V. KEY FIGURES: MASONS IN THE CURIA

Hierarchy of Subversion

The content exposed a black hole of subversion committed by clerical Masons – each appears to have used their powers for traitorous purposes. Gagnon’s investigation identified a hierarchy of Masonic infiltration that reached the highest levels of Vatican administration.

Main Operators

According to Murr’s testimony, the investigation identified several key figures whose Masonic affiliations enabled systematic control of key Vatican positions:

1. Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio – Controller of bishop appointments

2. Archbishop Annibale Bugnini – Architect of liturgical reforms

3. Cardinal Jean Villot – Secretary of State and protector

4. Paul Casimir Marcinkus – Head of the Vatican Bank

Coordinated Activities

The battle for the future of the Church would be colossal and brutal. Either the Church would remain Catholic or – God forbid – it would be usurped by the likes of Sebastiano Baggio and Jean Villot, and their barbarous gang of Masonic sympathizers and Marxists!

VI. LITURGICAL REVOLUTION AND ANNIBALE BUGNINI

Architect of Changes

Annibale Bugnini CM (June 14, 1912 – July 3, 1982) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as secretary of the commission that worked on the reform of the Roman rite after the Second Vatican Council. Both critics and advocates of changes in the Mass, liturgy of the hours, and other liturgical practices consider him the dominant force in those efforts.

Masonic Accusations Against Bugnini

English writer Michael Davies claimed that Pope Paul VI’s sending of Bugnini to Iran as nuncio was because of this alleged revelation of Bugnini’s Masonic affiliation, although the task of his post-Vatican congregation had just been completed. Davies further claimed that an unnamed, conservative cardinal told him in 1975 that he had “seen (or placed) on the pope’s desk” a “dossier” containing evidence of Bugnini’s connection with Masons.

According to this story, in the mid-seventies, the archbishop allegedly unconsciously left behind a briefcase in a meeting room in one of the curial departments of the Vatican. This “briefcase” contained alleged documents confirming Bugnini’s membership in Freemasonry.

Bugnini’s Removal from Position

From an extremely close collaborator with Pope Paul VI for twelve years, his job was suddenly abolished (by merging two curial departments) and he was told he would be apostolic nuncio to Uruguay. Bugnini protested that he had no diplomatic education or experience, and did not speak Spanish, and was desperately trying to discover what had gone wrong. Pope Paul refused to answer his messages, however, and Bugnini was instead offered the role of nuncio to Iran.

The idea that Bugnini had been denounced to Pope Paul as a Mason became widespread enough that Bugnini, apparently with some reluctance, felt compelled to deny his membership, not only privately but also publicly.

Impact on Liturgy

Murr poses the key question: “I think it’s better to ask whether ‘Masonic blueprints’ had anything to do with the liturgical reforms that Bugnini decided the Second Vatican Council wanted. Were Bugnini’s reforms directed toward more perfect adoration and worship of God, or toward celebrating the Masonic concept of brotherhood of man?”

The accusation was renewed in 1978 by journalist Carmine Pecorelli in the magazine Osservatore Politico, claiming that Bugnini was initiated into Freemasonry on April 23, 1963, at number 1365/75.

VII. CARDINAL SEBASTIANO BAGGIO – “CREATOR OF BISHOPS”

Position of Key Power

Sebastiano Baggio (May 16, 1913 – March 21, 1993) was an Italian cardinal, often considered a likely candidate for election as pope. He served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and president of the governorate of Vatican City State from 1984 to 1990, and was prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops from 1973 to 1984.

Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops, from 1973 decided who would and who would not become bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. He chose these episcopal candidates from a group of half a million priests throughout the world.

Accusations of Freemasonry

Sitting alone with Gagnon in the Holy Father’s private study, the Holy Father quickly moved to the main issue: What among the many items listed in that did Gagnon consider the most urgent danger to the Church? Without hesitation, the archbishop immediately replied: “Page four of the summary. Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio… Mason. A Mason who appoints every new bishop in the world! And every new archbishop, gives him a metropolitan see, and many of them guarantees a cardinal’s hat and vote in the next papal elections. Your Holiness will forgive me for saying this, but a Mason orchestrates the next conclave. And for all intents and purposes, Cardinal Baggio appoints your successor.”

Systematic Infiltration

If, as Staffa and Oddi claimed, Sebastiano Baggio was “Mason ambassador to the Holy See,” the damage he was in a position to inflict on the universal Church could cause irreparable harm. Bishops who were nominated during his mandate reflected Baggio’s own liberal ideological views.

Murr said carelessly that Baggio deliberately and exclusively created liberal bishops, and that any orthodox bishop or archbishop who managed to be appointed during those years happened only because of dramatic efforts by orthodox members of the Roman Curia to convince Pope John Paul II to override Baggio. These exceptions enraged Baggio.

Connection with Liberal Bishops

Father Charles Murr drew a connection between Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, who was accused of being a Mason, and the formation of the Saint Gallen group. Speaking on the LifeSite show Faith & Reason on October 6, he claimed that “all those bishops and cardinals who formed the [Saint] Gallen group were appointed by Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio.”

VIII. VATICAN BANK AND FINANCIAL SCANDALS

Istituto per le Opere di Religione

Besides the problems accumulating in the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (known as the Vatican Bank) – problems that would later result in the nearly successful 1982 Masonic demolition of Vatican treasuries and finances – the financial aspect of Masonic infiltration was equally dramatic as the personal.

Banco Ambrosiano Scandal

The Vatican Institute for Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, was a major shareholder of Banco Ambrosiano. The Vatican Bank was accused of channeling covert American funds to the Polish union Solidarity and Nicaraguan Contras through Banco Ambrosiano.

David Yallop believes that Calvi, with the help of P2, may have been responsible for the death of Albino Luciani who, as Pope John Paul I, planned to reform Vatican finances. This is one of many conspiracy theories about Luciani, who died of a heart attack.

Masonic Lodge P2

Investigative journalist and member of the elite lodge Propaganda Due (P2), Carmine “Mino” Pecorelli, director of L’Osservatorio Politico, a press agency specialized in political scandals and crimes, was killed on March 20, 1979. Before his death, he published what became known as “Pecorelli’s list.”

It contained names (code names and card names also) of alleged Masons in high Vatican offices during the reign of Paul VI. Among prominent prelates identified as Masons were Cardinal Jean Villot, whose family is believed to have historical connections with a Rosicrucian lodge; Cardinal Agostino Casaroli; Cardinal Ugo Poletti; Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio; Cardinal Joseph Suenens; and Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, C.M.; and Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus, to name a few.

IX. THE YEAR OF THREE POPES (1978) – DEATHS AND MYSTERIES

Death of Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978, leaving Gagnon’s work in limbo. Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978, leaving Gagnon’s work in limbo until he could meet with the papal successor, John Paul I (Albino Luciani-Patriarch of Venice).

John Paul I and Gagnon’s Dossier

What he did, September 25, 1978. At that time, according to Father Murr, Gagnon’s dossier was assessed by the new pope as extremely important. But the world will never know how John Paul I might have acted on it had he lived.

Dramatic Encounter with Cardinal Baggio

The next pope would be John Paul I, who tried to discipline Sebastiano Baggio. How did that go? That night was not good. In one of the most dramatic parts of his book, Father Charles Murr writes this about John Paul I and Cardinal Baggio: “The last person who saw him [John Paul I] alive,” Gagnon told Murr, “was none other than Sebastiano Baggio. He [Baggio] entered the papal apartments after eight o’clock that night; the last person who spoke, shouted, at the pope.”

After Cardinal Benelli’s wise advice, Pope John Paul I had just removed Baggio from the congregation for bishops. The new pope died immediately afterward.

Murder Theories

All this raises the obvious question. Did John Paul I’s intention to launch a further investigation of Vatican Freemasonry, based on Archbishop Gagnon’s work, result in his murder? In Murr’s opinion, after Archbishop Gagnon’s meeting and absorbing the most important of his discoveries, John Paul I appeared ready to launch a complete exposure of the evil penetration of Freemasonry into the Church. And to begin its complete fumigation.

X. DELIVERY OF THE DOSSIER TO JOHN PAUL II AND DRAMATIC CHANGE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

New Papacy and Expectations

On October 16, 1978, John Paul I was succeeded by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła from Poland who became John Paul II. Gagnon and Murr were deeply disappointed that the new pope retained every current Vatican cardinal in place, despite what they had discovered about the Masonic connections of some of them. As a Polish pope coming from outside Italian curial politics, many expected he would have the courage for radical changes.

First Delivery of the Dossier – February 6, 1979

The key moment occurred on February 6, 1979, when Archbishop Gagnon finally got the opportunity to present his three-year dossier on Masonic infiltration to the new pope. Murr describes in detail this meeting which proved disappointing for Gagnon.

Pope John Paul II would receive Archbishop Gagnon in his private study, where Gagnon would present his extensive three-volume dossier. Gagnon was convinced that the Polish pope, as an outsider who was not part of the Italian curial structure, would have the courage to take decisive steps against the identified Masons.

The Pope’s Initial Reaction – “Naivety”

However, Pope John Paul II showed little interest in Gagnon’s dossier when it was first presented to him – a reaction that the archbishop considered deeply “naive.” This naivety was particularly frustrating for Gagnon, who had spent three years gathering irrefutable evidence of Masonic infiltration at the highest levels of the Church.

According to Murr’s testimony, the pope seemed too focused on his vision of the global Church and his apostolic program of travel to deal with what Gagnon saw as an existential threat to the Church from within. The new pope, coming from Poland where the main struggle was against communist repression, perhaps did not understand the subtlety of Masonic subversion within church structures.

Gagnon’s Advice About Baggio – Test of Papal Courage

When Pope John Paul II asked Gagnon for advice on what to do with Cardinal Baggio, Gagnon’s answer was unambiguous and direct:

“If Cardinal Benelli says, ‘Let’s send him to Venice!’ then I would send him to Venice. Furthermore, if Cardinal Benelli said that I would confront him personally and give him his dismissal, then I would tell him where to go – and the fastest route there. In other words, Most Holy Father: You, Pope John Paul, must confront evil personally; You… must deliver Rome from evil.”

Pope John Paul’s response was disappointing: “Exactly what we were afraid you would say.”

Year and a Half of Waiting (1979-1981)

After this meeting, Gagnon had to wait a year and a half to see if the pope would take any action. During this period, all identified Masons remained in their positions. Cardinal Baggio continued to appoint bishops throughout the world, Bugnini continued his work as nuncio to Iran, and Cardinal Villot remained Secretary of State.

This situation was particularly painful for Gagnon, who saw his three years of intensive and dangerous work seemingly becoming worthless. Murr describes how Gagnon during this period considered leaving Rome and going to the missions, which he would eventually do.

Dramatic Change – Assassination Attempt May 13, 1981

Everything changed on May 13, 1981, when an assassination attempt was made on Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. This event was a turning point not only in the pope’s life, but also in his approach to Gagnon’s dossier.

Murr explains that the pope “experienced firsthand the real dangers that surrounded him.” Faced with his own mortality and aware that there were forces determined to destroy him, the pope began to understand the seriousness of the warnings that Gagnon had raised two years earlier.

Gagnon’s Recall – Change of Course

After recovering from the assassination attempt, Pope John Paul II again called Archbishop Gagnon for a conversation. This time, the atmosphere was completely different. The pope recovering from the assassin’s bullets now understood that he lived in a world where certain forces were ready to do anything to stop his papacy.

In this second meeting, the pope finally showed real interest in the details of Gagnon’s dossier. He read the pages about Cardinal Baggio with new attention and finally understood what it meant to have a Mason who “appoints your successor” as Gagnon had said two years earlier.

Final Dismissal of Cardinal Baggio

After this second conversation with Gagnon, Pope John Paul II finally took decisive action against Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio. What had not happened in 1979 happened in 1981 after the pope understood the reality of the dangers surrounding him.

Cardinal Baggio was removed from the position of prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops in 1984, marking the end of an eleven-year era during which, according to Murr’s testimony, “a Mason appointed bishops throughout the world.”

Baggio was moved to a “promotion” – he became president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and president of the Governorate of Vatican City State, positions that were important but had no direct influence on the appointment of bishops. This was a classic Vatican way of “removing” a dangerous person without creating a great scandal.

Gagnon’s Final Frustration

Despite this victory, Gagnon remained frustrated by the fact that it took a full three years and an assassination attempt on the pope to achieve what should have been done immediately in 1979. By then, Baggio had managed to appoint hundreds of bishops throughout the world, many of whom shared his liberal convictions.

Murr quotes Gagnon’s words about this period: “Three years! Three years during which a Mason continued to appoint our bishops! How much damage was done during that time?”

Disgust with the Curia and Departure

Disappointed by the slow pace of reform and aware that new opposition forces were forming against him within the curia, Gagnon finally made the decision to leave Rome. Instead of continuing the fight against a system that seemed unchangeable, he decided to dedicate his remaining years to missionary work.

Gagnon went to Colombia where he worked with the poorest, leaving his three-volume dossier deeply buried in Vatican archives. His struggle for a cleaner Church ended, not due to lack of evidence or courage, but because of the complexity of curial structures and resistance to change that was more deeply rooted than anyone could have imagined.

XI. CRITICAL ANALYSES AND CONTROVERSIES

Academic Support

Renowned Italian historian Professor Roberto de Mattei wrote a foreword (see full text below) for the Italian edition of Father Charles Murr’s book about the 1978 Vatican investigation of church Freemasonry. Professor Roberto de Mattei, well-respected Italian historian and traditional Catholic.

“I know some of the facts and knew some of the main characters described in Don Murr’s book and can confirm the absolute historical accuracy of the events that the author himself witnessed,” wrote de Mattei in the foreword to Father Charles Murr’s book.

Independent Confirmation

In one of the many conversations I had with him, Monsignor Mario Marini told me that when Gagnon went to give John Paul II the results of his Vatican investigation [on church Freemasonry], he made one fatal mistake.

Marini explained to me, in detail, the existence of what he called a ‘mafia,’ around the Polish pope. When he used the word ‘mafia,’ he always made it clear that the Holy Church remained divine and infallible, even with churchmen who serve and betray it.”

XII. CONCLUSIONS AND CALLS FOR TRUTH

Murr’s Conclusion

In a recent interview, however, with John-Henry Westen of LifeSiteNews, Father Murr appeared convinced that half a century after Pope Paul’s famous statement that Freemasonry has now progressed so well into the structure and administrative heart of Holy Mother Church that no human being can expel the consequences of its cumulative crimes. In his opinion, the enormous damage can be healed only through a “Divine act!”

Call for Publication of Gagnon’s Dossier

The book provides us with by far the most detail we have ever had about what Cardinal Gagnon discovered and put into his official report – a report that has been read by at least three popes, yet is deposited deep in Vatican archives, never published, and (seemingly) nothing has ever been done about it.

Murr calls for the publication of Gagnon’s secret report, which lies hidden in some Vatican archive… I applaud Murr for his courage.

Historical Significance

As anyone who reads the book can see, here we are dealing with a calm, balanced, and careful author who tells us what he saw and heard, based on his extensive notes from that period; who does not extrapolate or magnify (or minimize), but reports with accuracy.

Legacy and Future

Since then, all the main players have died – except Charles Murr, the final witness to Archbishop Gagnon’s compilation of the damage that Freemasonry inflicted on Holy Mother Church since the Second Vatican Council.

Murr’s call for truth remains current: Vatican archives hide documents that could explain some of the most controversial events in modern church history. Gagnon’s three-volume dossier, along with other secret reports, could do justice to the victims of this alleged Masonic infiltration.

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EPILOGUE: CALL FOR TRUTH

Father Charles Murr’s testimony represents one of the most detailed and controversial accounts in modern church history. Regardless of whether we fully accept his claims, it is impossible to dispute the fact that he was in a unique position to witness critical events that shaped the contemporary Catholic Church.

His call for the publication of Gagnon’s dossier remains a current call for transparency and truth in an institution that has always promised to be the light of truth in a world of darkness. Only through complete openness and honesty can the Church face the past and build a better future.

When Cardinal Ratzinger/Benedict XVI left the papal throne in 2013, among his last acts was the compilation of a secret dossier on corruption in the Vatican, known as the “Red Dossier.” Just as Gagnon’s report remained sealed for decades, this new dossier also remains inaccessible to the public.

History repeats itself, and truth remains hidden.