ROME - Cardinal Raymond Burke said he thinks often about his humble upbringing in rural Wisconsin and where his Catholic faith has taken him during his lifetime.continue at LeaderTelegram
"You just keep doing what you believe the Lord wants you to do, and who knows where it leads you eventually," Burke said during a recent interview in his Rome residence. "That's the only way I can describe it."
Burke, the former bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, was elevated to the position of Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in June 2008 - equivalent to chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Catholic church - and was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010. Burke is one of nine active U.S. cardinals and one of 179 cardinals in the world.
Burke, 62, was born in Richland Center and later moved with his family to Stratford. He was ordained a priest in 1975, was bishop of the La Crosse Diocese from 1994 to 2003 and later was archbishop of St. Louis from 2003 to 2008.
Burke was active in rural life issues during his time in Wisconsin and often became embroiled in controversy because of his conservative positions. But he stood firmly by his stances and said he was simply sticking up for the values of the Catholic church.
... nice to see the secularists note there's a Wisconsin Cardinal.... even if they don't totally get it.
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