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[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke notified of Vatican apartment changesCardinal Raymond Burke received notice Friday that he must soon begin paying market rate rent on his Vatican apartment, or vacate the residence in early 2024.The Pillar has confirmed that on Dec. 1, Burke received a letter from the Apostolic See dated Nov. 24, which explained that he is expected to begin paying market rate rents for his Vatican apartment, effective Dec. 1, or — if Burke is unable to do so — to surrender the apartment by Feb. 29, 2024. The letter did not indicate what the market rate rent on...

[Catholic Caucus] Nico Spuntoni: "Bergoglio's 'revenge' on Ratzinger: what's behind the appointment of 'Tucho' Fernández"Nico SpuntoniIl GiornaleJuly 9, 2023(source in Italian)Although the Roman Curia was not essential for him, Monsignor Víctor Manuel Fernández will lead its most important dicastery. Less than twenty years ago the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was in the hands of Joseph Ratzinger, until six years ago in those of the trusted Gerhard Ludwig Müller. Now the former Holy Office will pass from the hands of moderate Jesuit Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer to those of the 60-year-old Argentine of the man whom they call...

[Catholic Caucus] Argentinian Archbishop: Francis “Is A Vengeful Man”When Benedict XVI appointed John Paul II’s secretary as Krakow Archbishop he acted “according to ecclesiastical common sense", writes former La Plata Archbishop Héctor Rubén Aguer (Es.News, June 23).Francis lacked such common sense when he forced Gänswein to return to Germany without honour.Gänswein was punished because he wrote that Benedict felt "very humiliated” by some of Francis’ decisions. For Aguer Francis’ attitude towards Gänswein shows contempt for Benedict’s work “and perhaps an inferiority complex.”There is more, “Those who have known Jorge Bergoglio for a long time and have witnessed his actions as...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis’s Criteria for Appointing or Dismissing Bishops. A SamplingThat of the new archbishop of Paris is the latest of the important appointments made by Pope Francis. The newly appointed Laurent Ulrich, former bishop of Chambéry and then of Lille, is generally classified as a moderate progressive, close to Jorge Mario Bergoglio in his sensitivity to migrants and in the identification of “clericalism” as the true root of sexual abuse.But more than this appointment, it is the way in which the predecessor had to leave office that characterizes the pope’s management style. Michel Aupetit, archbishop of Paris since 2017,...