Finding Viganò: In Search Of The Man Whose Testimony Shook The Church And The World by Robert Moynihan (in conversation with Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò)

Hardback: When you see the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, let him who reads understand. Man's mind is a holy place and a temple of God in which the demons have laid waste the soul through passionate thoughts and set up the idol of sin... Some say that these things will also happen when the Antichrist comes. - St Maximus the Confessor

In 2018, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò released an eleven-page testimony that rocked the world. In it, he called out the corruption of the Church, especially with regards to its handling of the sexual abuse crisis - addressing most specifically the case of disgraced Cardinal Theodore McCarrick - and stunningly called for the resignation of Pope Francis. 

And then he was gone...at least physically. 

In these pages, longtime Vatican journalist Robert Moynihan, publisher of Inside the Vatican magazine, brings to bear his vast experience in the corridors of power in Rome as well as his longstanding friendship with Viganò to produce a book that both provides an incisive look at the content of the "Testimony" itself and, through interviews conducted in-person with the archbishop at undisclosed locations, a personal look at the man whose conscience compelled him to speak out about the corruption in which the Church he loves, and to which he has given his life, has been mired for years.

Part thriller, as when Moynihan details his efforts to reach Viganò and makes his way to their meeting, and part personal memoir as both men reflect on their lives, families, and the state of the Church in the world, Finding Viganò (2020) has something for everyone. 

Readers familiar with the ongoing drama surrounding the archbishop will appreciate the insights into the man provided through the interviews, while those unfamiliar with the drama of the "Testimony" and all that has transpired since will, after reading, have a better understanding of the key issues and players involved.

About the author: Robert Moynihan (Harvard College, BA, 1977 and Yale University, PhD, 1988) founded Inside the Vatican magazine in 1993. He has covered the Vatican and Church affairs for more than thirty years and is the author of books on Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, as well as a book-length interview with Cardinal Péter Erdő of Hungary also by TAN Books.