The Pope has wisely suggested that all carefully read Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s denunciation for themselves and make up their own minds about it. However, it cannot be taken at face value, but must be read in context. This invective by the notorious homophobe Viganò is just the latest effort of a group of reactionary conspirators, among them Raymond Burke, to “make the Church great again,” i.e., to return it to the 1950s. Pope Francis is their target of choice, in small-circulation right-wing publications, in on-line reactionary web-sites, in lectures to embittered elders and naïve youth, and in whispered conversations in dark corners. I am astonished at the Pope’s patience with these insubordinate, disobedient clerics. Read Viganò’s undocumented, unsupported slurs and gripes carefully, and you will see the tell-tale signs of hatred and malice.