‘He’s Tearing the Church Apart’: Outrage After Pope Punishes Cardinal for Dissent Over New Woke Doctrines

Published on November 30, 2023

Catholic organizations around the world are reacting with outrage to reports that Pope Francis has stripped an American cardinal of his housing and salary for questioning his support of transexuals serving as godparents and other related ideology. On Nov. 27, The Italian Catholic news blog La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana reported that Pope Francis called Cardinal Raymond Burke, a native of Wisconsin, a “source of disunity” in the Church. “Cardinal Burke is my enemy, so I will take away his apartment and his salary,” La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana reported, quoting an anonymous source in the Vatican. Other major Catholic outlets including the Catholic News Agency, EWTN, and The Pilot, America’s oldest Catholic newspaper, are also reporting or commenting on the story....