Look at your own tagline. He, like all other Bishops, is to preach the gospel in and out of season. It is his mandate from Christ to teach, rule, and sanctify the faithful under his charge. All indications suggest that he is trying to bring about a peaceful and amicable solution to a problem involving a parish Church run by a disobedient board of directors. A board which is defying the Holy See as well as him.
Through the years, on these FR poster boards as well, we have discussed time and time again how many of the Bishops have been weak at fulfilling their sacred duties regarding a variety of issues. Here, we have a Bishop trying to bring to a close through proper Canon Law and mediation a situation which can only cause more problems down the road without proper intervention now - problems of breaking apart the mystical Body of Christ.
Among other things, he gains my respect and admiration and I hope that of others.
Peaceful? Amicable? Is imposing an interdict, and thus keeping Catholic people away from the sacraments, the Christ-like thing to do over a piece of property?
There's no violation of dogma or doctrine here. Nobody's threatening to ordain bishops or priests outside of Burke's jurisdiction.
It's just a piece of property, which Burke has now lost anyway and he's angered the majority of a community of Catholic people.
Burke's been in St. Louis a little over a year, and he's already broken the Catholic community. There'll be more of this stuff with this guy.