Archbishop Burke Appointed to Congregation for Bishops
Posted by Edward Pentin
Monday, October 19, 2009 8:39 AM
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Pope Benedict XVI Oct. 17 appointed Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, and Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, members of the Congregation for Bishops.
The appointments are significant: Both will now be able to share their views and, to some extent, exert their influence on future... READ MORE
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Archbishop Burke Interview
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:33 AM
In this AirMaria.com interview, Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Vatican’s Apostolic Signatura, discusses the principles that should underlie any sound system of law.
The Apostolic Signatura is the Vatican’s highest court. Archbishop Burke, formerly the archbishop of St. Louis, has served as its prefect since being appointed to the post last year by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Archbishop Burke: I Was Misled
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, March 27, 2009 7:59 AM
Archbishop Raymond Burke (CNS)
Archbishop Raymond Burke says his recent comments about reception of Communion by pro-abortion Catholic politicians were misused.
Archbishop Burke said in a videotaped March 2 interview with Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry that Canon Law obliges pastors to deny Communion to such politicians.
Terry released the interview at a March 25 press conference in Washington.
“I was never informed... READ MORE
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Archbishop Burke: Deny Communion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:30 AM
Archbishop Raymond Burke (CNS)
Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Vatican’s highest court, says Canon Law requires that Communion be denied to pro-abortion politicians.
In a March 2 interview with Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry that was made public this morning, Archbishop Burke said Canon 915 specifies bishops, priests and extraordinary ministers of holy Communion must withhold Communion when a pro-abortion... READ MORE
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Archbishop Burke Interview
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, November 21, 2008 5:19 PM
Archishop Burke at a 2006 memorial liturgy for Father John Hardon. (Diane M. Korzeniewski)
Catholic World Report’s recent interview with Archbishop Raymond Burke has been posted here at the Ignatius.com website.
Archbishop Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis, was appointed in June as the prefect of the Vatican’s Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. In the interview he discusses his new appointment as well as his tenure in St. Louis, touching on the hot-button issue... READ MORE
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The ‘Pro-Death’ Party?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:48 AM
Pro-lifers in 2004. (CNS)
Archbishop Raymond Burke said in 2004 he would not give Communion to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
The reason: Kerry’s pro-abortion political record.
Now the head of the Vatican’s highest court, Archbishop Burke said in a Sept. 27 interview the entire Democratic Party is becoming a “party of death.”
In the interview with the Italian bishops’ newspaper Avvenire,... READ MORE
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