Cardinal Burke: ‘Populist Rhetoric’ Associated With Pope Francis Undermines Catholic Doctrine, by Michael Haynes

Cardinal Burke criticized ideological ‘rhetoric’ that is becoming commonly used in the Catholic Church, warning that it seeks to replace the Church’s ‘irreplaceable’ teaching.

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews, Aug 10, 2023 – 12:31 pm EDT

VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) –– Cardinal Raymond Burke has issued a detailed critique of “populist rhetoric” often “attached to language used by Pope Francis,” which he said are “slogans of an ideology replacing what is irreplaceable for us: the constant doctrine and discipline of the Church.”

The former prefect of the Apostolic Signature delivered his analysis of the relation between canon law and current verbal arguments via a statement dated May 9 but published on his website on August 9. Entitled “Discipline and Doctrine: Law in the Service of Truth and Love,” Burke highlighted what he referred to as a process undermining the Church’s “canonical discipline.” …

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