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Who Is Trolling the Pope? (hit piece on Cdl. Burke)
BBC ^ | February 18, 2017 | Christopher Lamb

Posted on 02/19/2017 1:58:42 PM PST by BlessedBeGod

While Francis enjoys huge popularity among many ordinary Catholics he's facing resistance to his shake-up of the Vatican and he's infuriating believers from the Church's more traditional wing...The Pope has admitted that "cracks" are appearing between bishops and priests…Raymond Burke…appears to be on the other side of the argument…a stickler for the rules...believes this Pope is tinkering dangerously with Christianity's 2,000-year-old tradition and has even threatened to issue an "act of correction" against Francis...he runs his operation for promoting what he calls "doctrinal clarity"...in a large flat just off the grand thoroughfare built by Mussolini...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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Sorry for the cut and paste job -- BBC has to be excerpted. There's much more at the link.


As Tweeters have remarked, Lamb was able to work “Burke” and “Mussolini” together in the same sentence. Get it?

1 posted on 02/19/2017 1:58:42 PM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: BlessedBeGod

Yes, I heard that broadcast; another “hit piece on Cdl. Burke”.


2 posted on 02/19/2017 9:46:21 PM PST by Daffy
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