Pope Francis Strips Anti-LGBTQ American Cardinal Of His Vatican Apartment And Salary For Public “Disunity”

The Associated Press reports:

Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month.

Francis told a meeting of the heads of Vatican offices last week that he was moving against Burke because he was a source of “disunity” in the church, said one of the participants at the Nov. 20 meeting. The participant spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the contents of the encounter.

Burke, a 75-year-old canon lawyer whom Francis had fired as the Vatican’s high court justice in 2014, has become one of the most outspoken critics of the pope, his outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics and his reform project to make the church more responsive to the needs of ordinary faithful.

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Burke appeared here last month when he and four other cardinals published an open letter calling on Pope Francis to be more anti-LGBTQ.

In October 2021, he appeared here when he spearheaded the ultimately failed campaign to deny communion to President Biden over his support for abortion rights.

In August 2021, Burke, who is stridently anti-vax, was placed on a ventilator for COVID and now reportedly suffers long-haul symptoms.  

As you can see below, Fox News commentator Raymond Arroyo is ever so upset over today’s action by the Pope.

Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates https://t.co/U9ILkaLubs

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 28, 2023

I had resisted posting early reports of this story, because I thought they couldn’t possibly be true. We have reached a new level of Papal vindictiveness.
Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates https://t.co/ehdRq0v3mp

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 28, 2023

Keep Cardinal Burke in your prayers. He is a great man and will get passed this regrettable moment.

— Catholic League (@CatholicLeague) November 28, 2023

“As I am leaving, in the corridor, I find dozens of bottles of champagne. High-class champagne! But why on earth would a cardinal need so much alcohol? Isn’t frugality commanded by the Gospels?” A glimpse into Card. Burke’s apartment from Frederic Martel: https://t.co/1slFsXaChD pic.twitter.com/Vg0dWNt1PH

— Matthew Sitman (@MatthewSitman) November 28, 2023

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