It’s official. We have a Bad Pope.
Since the Pope has nearly absolute power, it’s best for all of us who have none, to try to ignore what he does until he’s gone.
Excellent advice.
Really think about what you’re saying. We are to ignore the man that is supposed to be the Vicar of Christ? We’re not talking about ignoring his sins. We are talking about ignoring his heresy/apostasy. How does ignoring it help others to avoid it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Leo_Burke
If he replaces this Cardinal and sends him to the outer reaches of Mongolia there is no way anyone can spin it. And you are exactly right in your assessment. And the first sentence here says it all......
On December 16, 2013 Pope Francis removed Burke from the Congregation for Bishops, the church body that selects new bishops, and replaced Burke with Cardinal Donald Wuerl.[35][36]
Notable actions and statements
Politics, politicians, and abortion
During the 2004 presidential election, Burke stated that he would not give the Eucharist to John Kerry or other Catholic politicians who publicly support legalized abortion.[37] He also wrote a pastoral letter saying Catholics should not vote for politicians who support abortion or other “anti-life” practices.[37] Burke later clarified his position, stating that one could vote for a pro-choice politician and not commit a mortal sin, if one believed there was a more significant moral issue than abortion at hand, but he also stated that he could not think of any sort of issue that would qualify.[38][citation needed]
In March 2009, Burke called on American bishops to withhold Communion from Catholic politicians who support legalized abortion.[39] The bishops’ failure to do so, Burke said, “is weakening the faith of everyone. It’s giving the impression that it must be morally correct to support procured abortion.”[39] He also said that any president who promotes and implements “anti-life” legislation could be an “agent of death”.[39] Burke later said that he made his remarks not as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, head of the Vatican’s highest court, but simply as an American bishop.[40]
In February 2013 Burke commented on the Irish abortion debate, stating that, in accordance with canon law, priests should exclude politicians who support abortion from receiving communion.[41]
In a September 2008 interview, Burke said that “the Democratic Party risks transforming itself definitively into a ‘party of death,’ because of its choices on bioethical questions”, especially elective abortion.[42]
In May 2009, he stated, “Since President Obama clearly announced, during the election campaign, his anti-life and anti-family agenda, a Catholic who knew his agenda regarding, for example, procured abortion, embryonic-stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage, could not have voted for him with a clear conscience.”[43]
Sheryl Crow concert
When Sheryl Crow, an abortion rights supporter, was scheduled to perform at a benefit concert for the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, Burke stated that to have the hospital host Crow would give “the impression that the Church is somehow inconsistent in its teaching.”[44] He asked that her invitation be privately removed, and resigned from the board on April 25, 2007 when Crow’s performance was confirmed.[45]