People need to be careful with the Buzzfeed report on Cardinal Burke. At the request of others, Buzzfeed added the actual text of the transcript at the bottom of their report. Transcript copied here, below. I think one of the reason +Burke suffers so much persecution is, in part, because of how others convey what he says. You hear a completely different man than the one portrayed in the media. **************************************************** At the request of several readers, BuzzFeed News has printed a transcript of the section of the interview wherein Cardinal Burke talks about leaving the Signatura. BuzzFeed News: I should ask you about the reports that you’re being removed from the Signatura. What message is that sending? Do you think you are being removed in part because of how outspoken you have been on these issues? Cardinal Burke: The difficulty — I know about all the reports, obviously. I’ve not received an official transfer yet. Obviously, these matters depend on official acts. I mean, I can be told that I’m going to be transferred to a new position but until I have a letter of transfer in my hand it’s difficult for me to speak about it. I’m not free to comment on why I think this may be going to happen. BFN: Have you been told that you will be transferred? CB: Yes. BFN: You’re obviously a very well-respected person. That must be disappointing. CB: Well, I have to say, the area in which I work is an area for which I’m prepared and I’ve tried to give very good service. I very much have enjoyed and have been happy to give this service, so it is a disappointment to leave it. On the other hand, in the church as priests, we always have to be ready to accept whatever assignment we’re given. And so I trust that by accepting this assignment, I trust that God will bless me, and that’s what’s in the end most important. And even though I would have liked to have continued to work in the Apostolic Signatura, I’ll give myself to whatever is the new work that I’m assigned to… BFN: And that is as the chancellor to the Order of Malta, is that right? CB: It’s called the patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, that’s right. Source: buzzfeed/lesterfeder/conservative-cardinal-who-clashed-with-pope-francis-confirms#2q2t2fy
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:30:09 +0000
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