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MADISON, Wis.
A high-ranking Catholic cardinal who has COVID-19 is alive but in serious condition and has been sedated, according to officials at a Wisconsin shrine that he founded. Cardinal Raymond Burke,
one of Pope Francis' loudest critics and
a vaccine skeptic, tweeted Aug. 10 that he had caught the coronavirus. His staff tweeted Saturday that he was hospitalized and on a ventilator. His condition and whereabouts since then have been unclear.
His staff has provided no official updates. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops referred questions to officials at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which Burke founded in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, the shrine issued a statement saying Burke is in serious but stable condition at an undisclosed location. He has been sedated and is still using a ventilator to breathe. He has received sacraments from priests nearby and several relics have been placed in his room. The statement did not elaborate.
Burke has warned people that governments were using fear of the pandemic to manipulate people.
He spoke out against mandatory vaccinations in May 2020,
saying some in society want to implant microchips in people.
He has said the best weapon for fighting the virus is Jesus Christ.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cardinal-condition-contracting-covid-19-79519002
Auggie
(31,156 posts)Should The Cardinal survive I hope he opines on behalf of science.
ananda
(28,856 posts)In fact, fuck him to hell.
cate94
(2,810 posts)Let Jesus take care of him, the sooner the better.
Dan
(3,543 posts)Now, rather than science, let Jesus heal him.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,333 posts)and a nice brooch would have set things off a little better.
zuul
(14,624 posts)PJMcK
(22,025 posts)Good luck with your infection.
By the way, you know that God created Science for humanity to discover, dont you?
Elessar Zappa
(13,952 posts)This wackadoodle is a few centuries behind the times.
XanaDUer2
(10,638 posts)RockRaven
(14,958 posts)Just kidding, guys like him don't care about hypocrisy.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)Regardless, I expect his hypocritical ass is willing to take anything that would prevent him from meeting his Lord and Savior face to face.
2naSalit
(86,515 posts)ornotna
(10,798 posts)There is also a Ministry of Silly Hats.
Who knew
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)FOAD
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)reminds me of Monty Python: "No one expects the Spanish inquisition!"
Put your faith in Dog, Card.
TlalocW
(15,379 posts)He blames the sex scandals in the Catholic Church not only "teh gayz" but anti-life culture so he didn't have to actually do anything about it.
TlalocW
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)I went to Catholic grade school, Catholic high school, Vathplic college. All three taught us about evolution, all the sciences, vaccines, etc. In fact, my Catholic college required several vaccines in order to get in to their program. I'm sure the same was true for grade school and high school, but my mom took care of that. There is no anti-vaccine basis for these idiots in Catholic teaching.
I'll say a prayer for him. I will also wonder how many mouths could have been fed with the price of that hat, that robe, and the lace.
Johonny
(20,829 posts)They are so often go against him these days. It feels like he's letting them bleed the church of American liberal Catholics so I don't see the upside.
bello
(96 posts)Hey LoC
I think someone swapped out your picture of the good cardinal and substituted a picture of Mrs Doubtfire.
Happy to be of help. -b