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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-demotes-outspoken-american-conservative-cardinal/ar-AA78KoQ?ocid=iehpAt a meeting of bishops from around the world last month, Burke was the flag-bearer for conservatives opposed to the Church adopting a more welcoming attitude towards homosexuals.
Burke has publicly clashed with the pope several times since the Argentine pontiff's election in 2013 and Vatican sources have said the pope saw Burke's outspokenness as part of the so-called "culture wars" among Catholics that he wants to avoid.
During the synod, Burke assailed German Cardinal Walter Kasper, who had argued that the Church should modify teachings that ban Catholics who have divorced and then remarried in civil services from receiving communion.
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arely staircase
Nov 2014
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May Pope Frank live long and continue dragging the church screaming into the 21st century.
CurtEastPoint
Nov 2014
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Good to see you back!
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)3. thanks justin
In a good place these days.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. Glad to here it.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)6. That's great to hear. Welcome back.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)8. thanks
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. Yes, he is nothing more than ceremonial at this point.
And there from a position of great power.
Good riddance.
CurtEastPoint
(18,641 posts)5. May Pope Frank live long and continue dragging the church screaming into the 21st century.
Seriously!
trotsky
(49,533 posts)13. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
The RCC hasn't even caught up to the 20th yet.
Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)7. They didn't sentence him to a life of prayer? nt
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)9. Yes they did. That is what he can do in Malta.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)10. That is about all he will be permitted to do.
okasha
(11,573 posts)11. He could go fishing.
Lots and lots and lots of water.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)12. And he could take up knitting, too.
At any rate, I'm sure that he won't be able to get the kind of media attention that he is used to.
rug
(82,333 posts)14. Maybe he'll take up falconry.
I hate to see hawks and falcons in captivity.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)15. This was announced 3 weeks ago
cbayer
(146,218 posts)16. He knew it three weeks ago and told the press he knew it, but
the vatican did not announce it until Saturday.