continue at ChiesaAs the impeccable prefect of the supreme tribunal of the apostolic signatura, he is on the verge of being demoted to the purely honorary role of “patron” of an order of knighthood. At the behest of Pope Francis
by Sandro Magister
VATICAN CITY, September 17, 2014 – The “revolution” of Pope Francis in ecclesiastical governance is not losing its driving thrust. And so, as happens in every self-respecting revolution, the heads continue to roll for churchmen seen as deserving this metaphorical guillotine.
In his first months as bishop of Rome, pope Bergoglio immediately provided for the transfer to lower-ranking positions of three prominent curial figures: Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Archbishop Guido Pozzo, and Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, considered for their theological and liturgical sensibilities among the most “Ratzingerian” of the Roman curia.
Another whose fate appears to be sealed is the Spanish archbishop of Opus Dei Celso Morga Iruzubieta, secretary of the congregation for the clergy, destined to leave Rome for an Iberian diocese not of the first rank.
But now an even more eminent decapitation seems to be on the way.
The next victim would in fact be the United States cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who from being prefect of the supreme tribunal of the apostolic signatura would not be promoted - as some are fantasizing in the blogosphere - to the difficult but prestigious see of Chicago, but rather demoted to the pompous - but ecclesiastically very modest - title of “cardinal patron” of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, replacing the current head, Paolo Sardi, who recently turned 80.
If confirmed, Burke’s exile would be even more drastic than the one inflicted on Cardinal Piacenza, who, transferred from the important congregation for the clergy to the marginal apostolic penitentiary, nevertheless remained in the leadership of a curial dicastery.
With the shakeup on the way, Burke would instead be completely removed from the curia and employed in a purely honorary position without any influence on the governance of the universal Church.
This would be a move that seems to have no precedent.
There is nothing official yet, take it with a grain of salt.
Update: FatherZ: The possible demotion of Card. Burke. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Update2: Rorate: It would be the greatest humiliation of a Curial Cardinal in living memory, truly unprecedented in modern times
Update3: LifeSite sources confirm Cardinal Burke will be removed. But will he attend the Synod?
5 comments:
not sure if people are liking the fact hes out or that you reported it... if he does take over the Maltese forces (lol) maybe they will actually defend Jerusalem... just saying
Sadly, Burke posts have a tendency of getting passed around to liberals to click the Reaction buttons.
I, for one, pray I would be ready to join the Maltese.
Update 3: http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-sources-confirm-cardinal-burke-will-be-removed.-but-will-he-attend
I don't think Cardinal Burke's "theological" views would be, of themselves, the reasons for his reported "demotion", but rather his insufferable arrogance/insubordination in his manner of expressing them -- and this from the beginning of Francis' election. In contradistinction, I have noticed that Providence's Bishop Thomas Tobin read well the writing on the wall that Burke has evidently been blind to. Like Burke, Tobin wasted no time in calling into direct question some of the Pope's early proclamations on some moral questions. But, recently, specifically in regard to the question of reception of the Eucharist by practicing Catholics in non-canonical marriages, he has expressed himself with a Francis-like concern for them.
I don't think Cardinal Burke's "theological" views would be, of themselves, the reasons for his reported "demotion", but rather his insufferable arrogance/insubordination in his manner of expressing them -- and this from the beginning of Francis' election. In contradistinction, I have noticed that Providence's Bishop Thomas Tobin read well the writing on the wall that Burke has evidently been blind to. Like Burke, Tobin wasted no time in calling into direct question some of the Pope's early proclamations on some moral questions. But, recently, specifically in regard to the question of reception of the Eucharist by practicing Catholics in non-canonical marriages, he has expressed himself with a Francis-like concern for them.
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