Posted on 01/27/2025 12:32:19 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, according to two senior Vatican officials, despite misgivings about his stance on many issues.
Brian Burch, who leads a right-wing advocacy group, has said the pope's pastoral agenda, such as being more welcoming of LGBTQ Catholics, was causing "massive confusion" for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
Trump nominated Burch for the Vatican role in December. At the time, Austen Ivereigh, a papal advisor who co-authored a book with Francis in 2020, said the Vatican had "every right" to refuse to accredit Burch as ambassador.
The two Vatican officials, speaking to Reuters on background on a matter still under discussion, said Francis, who may need to appoint a new Vatican ambassador to the U.S. during Trump's four-year term, wanted to avoid a diplomatic scuffle and was not planning to veto the appointment.
Burch has been part of CatholicVote since 2005. In 2023, he sharply criticized the pope's decision to allow priests to give blessings to same-sex couples, and said a future pope would need to "clarify" some of Francis' teachings.
Burch also accused the pope of governing the Church with a "pattern of vindictiveness," following Francis' 2023 decision to remove a Catholic bishop in Texas who had taken to posting right-wing material and conspiracy theories on social media.
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It’s awfully tolerant of Francis to allow someone Catholic and heterosexual within his ranks. It’s probably just temporary though.
Hysterical. Francis named a Trump critic to DC. Trump seems to have returned the favor.
Sounds like a regular catholic....not the pope! Lol
ANTI pope. NOT Pope.
What about The Palmarian Catholic Church? We should start recognizing that guy as Pope.
Nice of him
Trump is pro life and follows the constitution
Any clergy complaining about him is out of line
To hell with the Poope
Cant recall Reuters ever describing’a left-wing advocacy group’. Utterly fake news.
After his new found religious embrace of homosexuality I have even less respect for this Pope.,
How did they go from John Paul II and Benedict to this?
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