ROME
La Croix
Robert Mickens, Rome
February 3, 2017
What is Pope Francis going to do with Cardinal Ray Burke?
The 68-year-old American has become the most prominent figure in a small, but well-organized and well-funded campaign that has fomented opposition to the pope’s reforms.
And now Francis has recently, de facto, stripped the cardinal from duties as his personal representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
This was after Burke misrepresented the pope while colluding with the Order’s former Grand Master in a power shake-up within the organization.
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