Posted on 08/12/2019 6:25:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke weighed in on the field of 2020 Democratic candidates and how some who describe themselves as Roman Catholics conflict with the religion.
"I've had non-Catholic leaders of government in this nation tell me that they were certain that the Catholic teaching on abortion and so-called same-sex marriage have changed because so many Catholics on Capitol Hill are regularly supporting this kind of legislation. And that's a scandal," Cardinal Burke said in an exclusive interview on Fox News'
Burke also offered a warning to presidential candidates who say they practice Catholicism but may not "present themselves" to receive a communion due to their politics, particularly former Vice President Joe Biden, who recently abandoned his support for the Hyde Amendment after saying for decades his faith was the reason why he couldn't back government-funded abortions.
"It's not a punishment. It's actually a favor to these people to tell them don't approach," Burke said, "because if they approach, they commit sacrilege."
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A lone, courageous voice crying out in a spiritual desert. Frankie’s probably going to have to reprimand him after those words. God bless Cardinal Burke!
Unless he is going to defrock or excommunicate him, what else can he do to Cdl Burke that he hasn’t already done?
**The cardinal also called for an apology from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who grilled federal Judge Brian Buescher over his affiliation with the men’s Catholic service group Knights of Columbus, asking him if he knew when he joined the group that it was an “all-male society” that “opposes a woman’s right to choose” and “marriage equality.”**
The Knights of Columbus supports birth for all babies. As for equality — there is a women’s wing of the group.
Cardinal Burke seems sincere and straightforward to me. He has not crafted a smooth veneer for the media. God bless him.
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