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Cardinal Burke meets with Pope Francis

December 29, 2023

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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis received Cardinal Raymond Burke on December 29—the prelate’s first private audience with the Pontiff in seven years, according to the Reuters news agency.

Asked how the meeting went, Cardinal Burke replied, “Well, I’m still alive,” but declined further comment.

Cardinal Burke was recently notified that he must begin paying market-rate rent on his Vatican apartment, or vacate it by the end of February.

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  • Posted by: feedback - Dec. 29, 2023 4:18 PM ET USA

    Cardinal Burke would be the most likely first critic of FS. Maybe that is why he got the eviction note two weeks prior to December 18? To force his attention toward his own personal matters?

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