Cardinal Burke: church under Pope Francis is a “ship without a rudder”

November 2, 2014
Weston Matthews

For Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Roman Catholic Church under Pope Francis is like a “ship without a rudder:”

“I have all the respect for the Petrine ministry and I do not want to seem like I am speaking out against the pope,” he said in the interview. “I would like to be a master of the faith, with all my weaknesses, telling a truth that many currently perceive.”

“They are feeling a bit seasick because they feel the church’s ship has lost its way,” he added.

Burke has expressed an uncompromising stance on keeping the ban on Communion for Catholics who divorce and remarry without an annulment, and is one of five conservative cardinals who aired their views in a new book, “Remaining in the Truth of Christ,” released on the eve of the bishops’ blockbuster synod in early October.

When the synod signaled a more welcoming tone to gay and lesbian Catholics, Burke publicly accused the global gathering of bias and was among those who pushed for a less conciliatory approach in the final report.

Burke had previously said that Catholic families should not expose children to the “evil” of homosexuality by inviting a gay son home for Christmas with his partner.

For the full story, please visit the Huffington Post Religion page.

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Bill Moorhead

November 3, 2014 1:35 pm

Does it occur to anyone else that these folks are saying, “We believe in the infallibility and universal ordinary jurisdiction of the Pope, except when we disagree with him”? Cardinal Burke, you should come over to the Anglican Communion. We have raised whining about our Primatial leadership to an art form.

tgflux

November 2, 2014 10:36 pm

Burke really needed to add a “bless his heart” to make his intentions (Judas Kiss) completely clear.

Merciful and Liberating Lord Christ, Re-form Your Church(es)!

JC Fisher

Bill Carroll

November 2, 2014 9:12 pm

This is the guy Francis just removed from his post and made protector of the knights of malta, right? Sounds like the pope’s hand is firmly on the tiller to me.

Bob McCloskey

November 2, 2014 8:47 pm

I hope that Pope Francis has a food taster or at least a better one than Pope John Paul I had.

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