[DarkSavant]

Never in my life have I seen a Cardinal so critical of a Pope. His words are always nuanced enough for plausible deniability, but you can always tell where they're directed.

Exiling him to Malta was a bad move. It gave Burke 'victim' status and allows him to speak him mind much more openly.

On the plus side, Francis seems to be backpedaling more and more from the Synod. His sermons on the family are much more Orthodox. I hope this means that even if he doesn't believe what he preaches, what he preaches will be Orthodoxy to stop a possible rift in the Church. We'll see next year.

[ConservingFreedom]

I hope this means that even if he doesn't believe what he preaches, what he preaches will be Orthodoxy to stop a possible rift in the Church.

God always finds a way to safeguard the Deposit of the Faith.

[nanetteclaret]

He has good reason to be critical of the “Bishop of Rome.” Francis doesn’t even take his job seriously. I have met Cardinal Burke and he is a very humble and saintly man. If he is speaking this way publicly, you can be sure there is a very, very good reason for him doing so. Pray for him! I do! I also pray for the Pope, that his eyes will be opened to the heresy of the Modernism he spouts. (See “Pascendi Dominici Gregis,” 1907. Pope St. Pius X called Modernism the “synthesis of all heresies.”)