Pope Francis and Cardinal Raymond Burke have a number of things in common. Both are advocates of popular piety: the Pope went all the way to Mexico chiefly to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Cardinal Burke founded a Guadalupe shrine in his former diocese of La Crosse. Both have roots in Catholic immigrant communities: the Pope is the son of Italian immigrants to Buenos Aires, while Cardinal Burke grew up in a Wisconsin farming family “imbued with Irish spirituality”. And both believe that, as Cardinal Burke puts it, “the bishop should be in the midst of the faithful”.
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The ‘establishment’ cardinal sent into exile
pope francis and cardinal raymond burke have a number of things in common. both are advocates of popular piety: the pope went all the way to...
Dan Hitchens
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