Posted on 03/26/2009 5:25:37 PM PDT by chase19
http://deacbench.blogspot.com/2009/03/burke-irked.html
“And now there is word that someone who is well known among Republicans, and who has served in previous Republican administrations, is reaching out on behalf of the Obama administration to get the Holy See to quiet Burke, or at least to make it clear he speaks not for the Church, but only for himself.”
I wonder who this individual might be...?
I was wondering that, too.
Kmiec
I am sure Pope Benedict supports Archbihop Burke 100%.
I read a suggestion on another site that it was either Kmiec or Paul O’Neill (Treasury Secy under Bush). I don’t know anything about O’Neill’s religious positions, but he’s certainly more important and more of a political figure than Kmiec, so maybe he’s the one.
Amen..
I believe it’s that little lap-dog Kmiec as well. He’s been very quiet over the ND scandal which is weird since he’s usually out swinging the bat loudly for - The Abortion President. Methinks he may be still swinging the bat by applying pressure but quietly this time.
I have no doubt in my mind that he will. They’re on the same page. Prayers up for both these great men.
Apparently the sitting President is totally ignorant, as I surmised, regarding The US Constitution. (Other than that he thinks it’s flawed and he’s not.)
Archbishop Burke has the full support of Pope Benedict XVI because this situation is exactly what the Pope spoke of when he was here in the States.
And if the sitting President thinks he is ‘bigger than the Pope’ because he thinks he’s some kind of messiah bringing his salvation to the world . . . he’s not just a fool (who has said in his heart ‘there is no god’), he’s a d@mn fool.
Didn’t the Nazis prior to WW2 manage to compromise the Church’s leadership?
Didn’t the Nazis prior to WW2 manage to compromise the Church’s leadership?
LOl! Burke will NOT be silenced.
They don’t know Burke very well.
**Didn’t the Nazis prior to WW2 manage to compromise the Church’s leadership?**
No
No, but there were Nazis in the priesthood, just as there were Communists. My guess is that at least some Irish clergy were pro-German.
You wrote:
“Didn’t the Nazis prior to WW2 manage to compromise the Church’s leadership?”
No. The leadership of the Church - before and during WWII - was decidedly against Hitler and the Nazis.
The Holy Father can resolve some of this by replacing the bishop of Washington DC.
I would also like B16 to call Fr Jenkins to Rome for little chat.
it’s gotta be.
The Holy See has a long history of dealing with hostile governments/politicians. Rome isn’t going to silence Archbishop Burke regardless of how much pressure the Administration tries to exert. Obama better watch himself here because if anyone goes down in this contest, it won’t be the Church.
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