The day when the Novus Ordo celebrates Saint Peter Damian John Paul II named 'cardinals' the members of Saint Gallen mafia. The day when the Communists celebrate the publication of the The Communist Manifesto

This day in history—a windfall for the Saint Gallen Mafia

By Phil Lawler

On this date—February 21, the feast of St. Peter Damian—18 years ago, at a Vatican consistory, Pope John Paul II raised 38 prelates to the College of Cardinals. Among the men who received red hats that day are the following, who are very much in the news this week, amid the discussion of the sex-abuse scandal:

• Walter Kasper
• Cormac Murphy-O’Connor
• Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga
• Francisco Errazuriz Ossa
  and, lest we forget,
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Oh, and one other:

• Theodore McCarrick.

February 21, 1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

Freemasonry, Communism, Homosexuality, The Infiltration of the Church