![]() In 2018, he also spoke of the limits of papal power, underlined the importance of popes safeguarding and promoting Church unity, and warned that papal actions that fail to act in conformity with Divine Revelation, Sacred Scripture and Tradition “must be rejected by the faithful.” The cardinal was also vociferous in his criticism of Traditionis Custodes (The Guardians of Tradition), Pope Francis’ highly controversial restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass. In his steadfast criticism of the Pope’s approach to doctrine and especially the Church’s moral teaching, he helped issue two sets of dubia - questions to the Pope aimed at eliciting clear answers to moral and doctrinal questions - the first of which, issued in 2016, the Pope did not answer, and the second, published this summer, he responded to in a manner that he and the other four cardinal signatories deemed unsatisfactory.Ĭardinal Burke has also put his name to several other letters and initiatives calling on Pope Francis to correct his teaching and leadership of the Church, most recently regarding a book critical of the Synod on Synodality, and at one time he planned to issue a formal correction of the Pope but lacked the necessary backing. When Cardinal Burke, who resisted taking a COVID vaccine and contracted COVID in 2021 which nearly killed him, Francis told reporters that “even in the College of Cardinals there are some deniers,” adding “one of them, poor man, is hospitalised with the virus.” The cardinal formally retired from the position in June this year on turning 75, and was replaced by Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, 81.Ĭardinal Burke’s outspoken criticism of this pontificate, made firmly but always with courtesy, has nevertheless clearly rankled Pope Francis over the years who has made occasional barbed comments against him. Citing another anonymous source, the AP said Francis was removing Cardinal Burke’s privileges of a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary as a retired cardinal “because he was using the privileges against the Church.”Īfter a further clash with Francis over the running of the order and the cardinal’s determination to uphold the Church’s teaching in the face of a contraceptive scandal, Francis effectively deprived Cardinal Burke of that office in 2017, transferring his duties to a special delegate of the Pope. 20 meeting, told the AP that the Pope was taking the action because he viewed the cardinal as a source of “disunity” in the Church. ![]() Variations of the Pope’s remarks were reported by both Reuters and the Associated Press, the latter quoting “two people briefed on the measures.” One source, who was a participant at the Nov. 20, the Pope reportedly said that he was considering withdrawing such privileges from Cardinal Burke because he believed he was “working against the Church and against the unity of the Church.” ![]() Several sources told the Register that they had been informed that during a meeting with the heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia on Nov. 27, saying, "Francis told me he had decided to remove Cardinal Burke’s cardinal privileges - his apartment and salary - because he had been using those privileges against the Church." ![]() 29, Catholic journalist Austen Ivereigh reported that he himself had met with the Holy Father on Nov. The alleged comments were first reported Monday by the Daily Compass, an Italian Catholic online news site. VATICAN CITY - Multiple sources are reporting that Pope Francis is planning on withdrawing Cardinal Raymond Burke’s Rome residence and salary because he sees him as working against the unity of the Church, although the Vatican has yet to officially announce such a step.
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