Cardinal Raymond Burke

A YEAR OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR POPE FRANCIS

By Raymond J. de Souza, First Things, March 25, 2024 The Holy Father’s eleventh anniversary (March 19) fell at a difficult moment, with a global controversy over his Ukrainian “white flag” remarks, in which he said that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war with Russia. It is... read more

Cardinal Burke promotes 9-month novena to pray for the Church amid ‘forces of sin’

By Jonah McKeown, CNA Staff, February 27, 2024 Cardinal Raymond Burke this week invited Catholics to join in praying a nine-month novena seeking Mary’s intercession beginning on March 12 and culminating on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 12.  The American cardinal,... read more

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Burke amid salary, apartment controversy

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency Staff, December 29, 2023 Pope Francis on Friday had an audience with Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Vatican said, several weeks after a flurry of reported controversy involving the pontiff and the 75-year-old U.S.-born prelate. A release from the Holy See... read more

Pope Francis reportedly takes Vatican apartment, salary from Cardinal Burke

By Jonathon Liedl, Catholic News Agency, November 28, 2023 Pope Francis has stripped one of his top American critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, of his Vatican housing and salary privileges, the Associated Press is reporting. According to the AP report, which is based on conversations with... read more

The ‘Dubia’ Were Not Meant as an Attack on the Pope, Cardinal Burke Says

The cardinal spoke out at a conference organized in Rome on Oct. 3. By Solène Tadié, National Catholic Register, October 5, 2023ardinal Raymond Burke has spoken out on the reactions raised by the dubiahe and four other cardinals submitted to Pope Francis on the eve of the opening of the... read more

Pope responds to cardinals on blessings for homosexuals, female priests

Pope responds to cardinals on blessings for homosexuals, female priests By Justin McLellan, The Pilate,  October 2, 2023 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church, in pursuit of "pastoral prudence," should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that do not alter... read more

Exclusive: Archbishop Fernandez Warns Against Bishops Who Think They Can Judge ‘Doctrine of the Holy Father’

The Vatican’s new doctrinal chief also discusses his openness to same-sex Church blessings, shares his thoughts on the German Synodal Way, and explains his approach to safeguarding doctrine. Edward Pentin Interviews, National Catholic Register, September 11, 2023 VATICAN CITY — The... read more

Cardinal Burke sees ‘grave harm’ coming from synod process

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic Review / /Catholic News Service, August 24, 2023ROME (CNS) — The synod process underway around the world and at the Vatican is inflicting “evident and grave harm” on the Catholic Church, retired U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke wrote in a letter published as the... read more

Cardinal Burke: ‘Populist rhetoric’ associated with Pope Francis undermines Catholic doctrine

By Michael Hayes, LifeSite News, August 10,2023 VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Raymond Burke has issued a detailed critique of “populist rhetoric” often “attached to language used by Pope Francis,” which he said are “slogans of an ideology replacing what is irreplaceable... read more

‘Witness to So Many Graces’ — Cardinal Burke’s Shrine to Our Lady in Wisconsin Celebrates 15 Years

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse is set in the picturesque hills of western rural Wisconsin along the Mississippi River. As Founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cardinal Burke continues to serve as President of the Board of Directors of the Shrine of Our Lady of... read more

Pope Francis Names Cardinal Ghirlanda to Succeed Cardinal Burke as Order of Malta Patron

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is both a lay religious order of the Catholic Church and a sovereign state subject to international law. By Courtney Mares, CNA/ National Catholic Rdgister, June 19, 2023 Pope Francis on Monday appointed Jesuit Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda to succeed... read more