Posted on 02/19/2015 9:45:18 AM PST by BlatherNaut
Father Tom Rosica, frequent official voice of the Vatican and Pope Francis, has sent out a tweet that seems to suggest the Vatican considers American Cardinal Raymond Burke a dissenter from Church teaching.
Dissenter is a word loaded with negative meaning in the Catholic world. It implies the person disagrees with a fundamental teaching of the Church.
Rosicas tweet was a link to an interview Cardinal Donald Wuerl gave to the Italian newspaper La Stampa that some think was a criticism of his fellow American Cardinal, who was recently demoted by Pope Francis from head of the Vatican Supreme Court to the largely ceremonial role as chaplain to the Order of Malta. Wuerl is Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and one of the most powerful men in the Church in America.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
"This blogger being threatened with a lawsuit by a prominent Vatican official"
http://voxcantor.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-blogger-being-threatened-with.html
Ping
And Michael Voris has the gall to speak in his favor after throwing numerous traditionalist journalists under the bus just days ago. He’s a piece of work.
http://www.churchmilitant.tv/platform/?vidID=spec-2015-02-19
Careful, Mikey, you might find yourself doing exactly what you continuously wag your finger about. Or you’ll apologize (again).
An attempt at triangulation? Perhaps his recent gratuitous attacks on respected Catholic writers have negatively impacted his market share.
Burke is not a dissenter at all.
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