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Cardinal Burke, continued 12/08/2023 |
Cardinal Burke, recently ejected from his 5000-square-foot rent-free luxury apartment in the Vatican by Pope Francis, is a friend of Steve Bannon and far-right wing American politicos. He was the keynote speaker in 2019 at the gathering of super right-wing Catholics at the Napa Institute.
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Senator Lindsey Graham, former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and recently removed Archbishop Strictland were prominent attendees. Burke is champion of the so-called “traditionalists” who oppose Vatican II and the current pope. In In the Closet of the Vatican, journalist Frédéric Martel describes photos in Burke’s apartment where he “always appears surrounded by obsequious
chaperones…kneeling in front of him or page boys carrying the long |
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train of his cappa magna as choirboys might for a bride. What a spectacle!” One priest in the Vatican, “hardly containing his mirth,” told Martel, that “with a pope who doesn’t wear red shoes or eccentric outfits, Burke goes literally mad.” Martel claims that “there are no adjectives to describe this cardinal draped in his female attire. And there you have your gender theory!” Burke condemns “gender theory” vociferously–“some men (in the US) insist on going into women’s rest rooms. It is inhuman,” he proclaims. Martel describes how Burke “is anti-gay and rages against homosexuality in broad daylight.” Being “the spokesman for the ‘traditionalists’ and the front-runner in terms of homophobia with the Roman Curia”—the Italian hierarchy actually run from him because “his homophobia is so intense that it even disturbs the most homophobic Italian cardinals.” Among Burke’s “teachings” are these: |
Frédéric Martel tells the media: a culture of secrecy hiding the double lives of clergy is “intrinsically mixed up” with the culture of cover-up about sexual abuse of minors. AP Archive | - Never invite gay couples to family gatherings when children
are present.
- Stable gay couples are like “the person who murders someone and yet is kind to other people.”
- Same-sex marriage is “an act of defiance against God” and “there is only one space these types of lies come from, namely
Satan.”*
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almost seems like he protesteth too much. Martel reports that gay bishops and cardinals are the most anti-gay; while heterosexual hierarchy are the most pro-gay. Go figure. |
*Frederic Martel, In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy, pp. 22-53.
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Banner Image: His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke enters the sanctuary wearing the Cappa Magna for Solemn Benediction at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory. He is accompanied by his Familiari, who represent the members of his household. Photo by Phil Roussin on Flickr. |
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