It's Official - Pope Francis Demotes Highest-Ranking US Cardinal over LGBT issues.

[elleng]

It's been in the news. Now it has been confirmed. As of this past weekend, Raymond Leo Burke, America's highest-ranking cardinal at the Vatican, was officially removed from the Vatican's Supreme Court, and demoted to chaplain of the Knights of Malta, where he will reign with much less responsibility. The ultra-Conservative and anti-gay cardinal, continuously challenges the jurisdiction of Pope Francis, and the Catholic Church's new receptive stance on homosexuality.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/10/1343748/-It-s-Official-Pope-Francis-Demotes-Higest-Ranking-US-Cardinal-Over-LBGT-Issues?detail=email

[roguevalley]

1. He is picking up steam in rooting out ass hats. This man is astonishingly

courageous. May he be safe. There is a conservative backlash building in the church hierarchies over him but they will lose. They don't have the love of the people. Go, Frances. Safely.

[babylonsister]

2. From Mon Nov 10, 2014 at 09:23 AM PST, but still a good thing! nt

[blm]

3. The asshat who made a declaration that Kerry would be denied communion.

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And he received that OK from Ratzinger who did NOT clear it with Pope John Paul who actually disliked GWBush and saw him as evil.

[mylye2222]

20. Ratzemberg??? Who' s that... please?

[Mc Mike]

24. Ratzinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ratzinger_as_Prefect_of_the_Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith

[mylye2222]

26. Oh yes... I kind of figured out before but wasnt sure.

Thanks!

[Mc Mike]

32. 'No one expects the inquisition!'

[blm]

29. Thanks - I got the Rat part right. ; )

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[Mc Mike]

33. True. That's the operative part of the name.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Now let's see him denounce Bill Donohue of "The Catholic League"....

Remember him?

The guy who said marriage has nothing to do with love.

(Among other gems)

[uhnope]

6. Donahue has no official position whatsoever & there's no reason for the Pope to even recognize his

existence

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. I figured the Catholic League was a Right Wing front group.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. Not sure, but I can guess who he's in league with.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. The devil....

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

17. He's a reasonable facsimile thereof.

[MBS]

16. It is. Or rather

HE is, since the "Catholic League" is essential Donahue.

[MBS]

15. Yes, thank you. People don't realize that he does not speak for anyone except himself.

And Donahue does everything he can to mislead people into thinking he has some sort of official voice.

[TexasProgresive]

5. It would be better if Bruke had to come back to Boston

and face criminal charges for knowingly moving pedophile predatory priests around.

[MBS]

13. Burke is from St. Louis, not Boston.

You're thinking of Cardinal Law.

[TexasProgresive]

22. You got me

Yes I was thinking of Bernard F Law.

[nikto]

8. Taking out the garbage is just good housekeeping

Kudos to Pope Francis!

[MBS]

14. " " " n/t

[erronis]

31. I hear there is a warm seat in the US Congress for such garbage

Nothing wrong with a sinful prelate being the apostate-in-chief. Boner was also a "good" Catholic (gotta remember to use the cap-C since lower-case "c" are ok/OK.)

Since fake religiosity seems to be the Order Of The Day in most religions and congress, we have a made-in-heaven congruence.

[progree]

9. I wish he would move a little bit on the women's rights front too

Pope visits U.S. nuns involved in Obamacare contraception lawsuit, 9/24/15

http://news.yahoo.com/pope-visits-u-nuns-involved-obamacare-contraception-lawsuit-021905130.html

Pope Francis on Wednesday made an unscheduled stop to a convent of nuns to show his support for their lawsuit against U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare law.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the visit to the convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor for what he called a "brief but symbolic visit."

Last August, a federal appeals court in Denver put on hold its ruling that the order of Roman Catholic nuns must comply with a contraception mandate in the law, giving the group time to petition the U.S. Supreme Court.

.. The Sisters argued that the law forces them to provide insurance coverage for their employees to support contraception and sterilization services in violation of their religious beliefs, or face steep fines.

(the Sisters don't have to pay for the insurance, all they have to do is notify the federal government that they are opting out of the requirement, and then a 3rd party or their insurer pays for it. But the Sisters argue that even providing an opt-out notification makes them complicit in providing sterilization and contraceptive coverage)

[MBS]

12. Burke deserves to be demoted for many, many reasons

He is the nasty guy who tried to deny communion to John Kerry and all other Catholic pro-choice congressional Democrats in 2004. . and overtly campaigned for Bush and the Republican agenda in 2004, a transgression which marked him on my enemies list forever for that alone. It's not just anti-gay (bad enough)-- it's EVERYTHING. He is the worst of the worst-- the kind of person who gives religion a bad name.

I couldn't be more delighted by his declining fortunes..
FYI, this is good news, but also old news -- it happened almost a year ago. But I always like to read as many stories as possible about any problems befalling this total a __ hole.
Thanks for reminding me.

[Gore1FL]

18. That guy was a douche bag.

I'm not a Catholic, but I live in St. Louis. Everything that guy did that made news, was totally embedded in pure asshole intent. It's like Ted Cruz took from his play book.

Seriously, fuck this guy. Good on the least worst pope, ever!

[Gore1FL]

19. I did notice the date: MON NOV 10, 2014

Good news, still.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. I thought this sounded deja vu'ish

but figured he'd just demoted some other US type before.

[mhatrw]

21. PLEASE, JESUS, DEMOTE SCALIA NEXT! n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

23. I don't understand the fuss.

Besides being almost a year old, did he really demote the Cardinal "over LGBT issues?" All I can see is an anti-GLBT Cardinal was demoted...good, I guess. To be quite honest, I am only seeing shades of lipstick.

[LostOne4Ever]

25. Shhh don't kill their wishful thinking w/ logic nt

[a kennedy]

28. He was our Bishop here in La Crosse, WI.

Bishop of La Crosse[edit] (from Wikipedia)

On December 10, 1994, Pope John Paul II named Burke as Bishop of La Crosse, consecrating him to the episcopate on January 6, 1995, in St. Peter's Basilica.[11] Burke took possession of the See of La Crosse on February 22, 1995.[11]

In 2000 Burke convened the fifth diocesan synod for the Diocese of La Crosse, which resulted in the publication of Synod V, acts : celebrated June 11–14, 2000 in 2003.[12] He was also named a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in 1997 and received the Canon Law Society of America's Role of Law award in 2000.[4] In 2002, he was influential in founding the Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem, an order of Augustinian canons dedicated to the traditional form of the liturgy.[13]

During his tenure as Bishop of La Crosse, Burke constructed a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas.[14][15][16][17] He also installed a shrine to the Sacred Heart in the diocesan cathedral, reflecting his desire to encourage spiritual devotions.[18]

Some priests in the Diocese of La Crosse have claimed that Burke's leadership there was divisive. The construction of the shrine, the diocese's withdrawal from Church World Service's annual Crop Walk, and his welcoming of traditional religious orders allegedly alienated some.[19]

The shrine does bring in tons of people from around the world to La Crosse, and it is on one of the most beautiful bluffs in our area.....but people are still really ticked off about the way it got built.

[Gman]

30. November 2014

I thought this was old news.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. Can you offer any actual support for your assertion that he was demoted last year for being anti gay

No, of course you can't. Because that's not what happened, that's not what was said and you know it. This is an old story being brought up to serve an agenda but the problem with it is that like most of these 'Francis is pro gay' pieces it is fully concocted conjecture, free of citation, free of quotation, devoid of substance and existing only as a fabricated claim designed to serve a rhetorical objective. In short, it is the bearing of false witness, a bogus introduction of fantasy presented as fact.

Prove your assertion. You won't because you can't.