Pope Francis reportedly has confirmed that he plans to take away Cardinal Raymond Burke’s Vatican apartment and salary but denied that he referred to the American prelate as his “enemy,” according to a web post by papal biographer Austen Ivereigh.
The Pope reportedly announced at a meeting of Vatican heads on Nov. 20 that he intended to take action against Cardinal Burke, who has publicly criticized some papal initiatives, according to the Italian Catholic news blog La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana, which first reported the news on Nov. 27. …
“On Tuesday evening I had a note back from the Pope. ‘I never used the word “enemy” nor the pronoun “my.” I simply announced the fact at the meeting of the dicastery heads, without giving specific explanations,’” Ivereigh wrote.
[Well, actions speak louder than words. Ivereigh compares Burke to Lefebvre, who founded the schismatic SSPX, but Burke has not been schismatic. He has been critical of Francis’ policies but never challenged his authority or argued (publicly) that Francis was illegitimate, as SSPX schismatics have declared every pope since Pius X to be. This looks bitterly personal instead. UPDATE: One reader…
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