Cardinal Burke confirms reports of transfer from position

October 20, 2014

In two interviews, Cardinal Raymond Burke has confirmed reports that he will soon be transferred from the position of Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, which he has held since 2008.

“Although the transfer has been communicated to me orally, I have not received the official decree of my transfer,” he told Catholic World Report. “I suspect that the decree will be issued before the beginning of November.”

Cardinal Burke told BuzzFeed that he will be appointed patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

In his remarks to Catholic World Report, Cardinal Burke criticized the Synod of Bishops’ October 13 interim report as well as controversial remarks made by Cardinal Walter Kasper about African bishops and homosexuality.

Cardinal Burke called the interim report “a gravely flawed document and does not express adequately the teaching and discipline of the Church and, in some aspects, propagates doctrinal error and a false pastoral approach,” and added that “it is profoundly sad and scandalous that such remarks were made by a cardinal of the Church. They are a further indication of the determination to manipulate the process of the Synod to advance Cardinal Kasper’s false positions, even by means of racist remarks about a significant and highly respected part of the Synod membership.”

 

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Further information:

• Interview With Cardinal Raymond Burke: The Full Transcript (BuzzFeed)
• Cardinal Burke to CWR: confirms transfer, praises pushback, addresses controversy over remarks by Cardinal Kasper (Catholic World Report)
• Cardinals Kasper, Müller deny making controversial remarks [updated] (CWN, 10/16)