Posted on 08/22/2016 5:54:19 PM PDT by marshmallow
August 22, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – In a new interview, Cardinal Raymond Burke has revealed that he and other “serious-minded” Church leaders are calling on Pope Francis to release a document correcting the confusion emanating from his recent apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia. He also decried characterizations that he is an "enemy" of Pope Francis.
The cardinal says clarification of Amoris Laetitia is essential “for the sake of souls” because of the rampant confusion right now.
“I trust that something will have to happen also because some very formal calls for clarification are in process and they simply will demand a response,” Burke told Religion News Service’s David Gibson in an interview published today. “Not in any kind of hostile or aggressive way, but simply for the sake of souls because people are getting confused.”
“I do believe very strongly that we need to have a clearer direction, a clearer enunciation of the faith and its practice,” he added. “That way would also help to settle down this confusion and the division which follows from it.”
With the growing concern over Pope Francis’ remarks and initiatives, some have speculated that the Church could be approaching schism. But Cardinal Burke insists that he will “die a Roman Catholic” and be no part of dividing the Body of Christ.
Gibson writes:
But when asked directly, Burke is equally firm that whatever happens, he has no intention of leading a breakaway, schismatic movement, an option some on the Catholic right have contemplated.
“Absolutely not,” he said. “I will never leave the Catholic Church. No matter what happens I intend to die a Roman Catholic. I will never be part of a schism.
“I’ll just keep the faith as I know it and respond in the best way possible.
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BFL That said, having not yet read it, I’d say he can’t be a part of a schism because the good Cardinal follows the authentic Church
Father Malachi Martin told Art Bell in an interview in 1997 that part of the third secret of Fatima was that the last pope would be an anti-pope, under the direct control of Satan.
The schism will be when the faithful rise up and expel the heretics from the Church. Let the weaklings leave and found another non-Christian sect that will do nothing but song kumbaya.
I wish you hadn’t told me that.
Lets start with this vain careless Argentinian - God what were you thinking
Sounds like those that already promote the non-Catholic Vatican Kumbaya II.
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