Pope Francis has decided to take measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke, who is one of his highest-ranking critics. Two people briefed on the measures say Francis has decided to revoke Burke's right to a Vatican apartment and salary.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month, according to two people briefed on the measures.

Francis told a meeting of the heads of Vatican offices last week that he was moving against Burke because he was a source of “disunity” in the church, said one of the participants at the Nov. 20 meeting. The participant spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal the contents of the encounter.

    • @[email protected]English
      12•1 year ago

      Wrong attitude to have. You’re complaining about 2k years of institutionalism, and you’re disappointed because there’s finally someone taking a stand at the top. This progressive change is going to take time, well beyond our lifetimes. To quote, “it has to start somewhere. It has to start sometime. What better place than here? What better time than now?”

        • Alien Nathan EdwardEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          I mean, I got the shit beat out of me in catholic school every day until I was about 7, and even i can recognize that this is good. But you go on ahead punishing the behavior you want to see and supporting the behavior you don’t want to see and let’s both find out how that works out for you.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 year ago

      I like this pope but he can’t erase the past. Cardinals like the idiot here have been the problem all along.