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 |  Subject: Vatican Becoming Real-Life ‘House Of Cards’ As Factions Opposed To Petrus Romanus Grow  Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:17 pm | |
| Vatican Becoming Real-Life ‘House Of Cards’ As Factions Opposed To Petrus Romanus Grow
March 2, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 US cardinal Raymond Burke took on the guise of conspirator-in-chief, warning the 80-year-old pope in November that he could be sanctioned if he does not reply. Burke has since become a rallying point for conservatives, often giving interviews criticising Francis’s decisions. Religious watcher Sandro Magister told AFP that inside the Vatican there was “great resistance towards a pope who opens doors in every direction and is ambiguous”. Francis said he was “not losing sleep” over the challenge to his authority. But another run-in with Burke was in the offing. The pontiff had already demoted the American two years previously when he moved him from a top Vatican job in 2014 to be the “patron” of the Knights of Malta. In January, after a row between the Vatican and the ancient order, Francis appointed a “pontifical delegate” to help run the Knights — sidelining Burke again. As soon as he did, a series of anti-pope posters were plastered all over Rome by unidentified agitators. The following week, a satirical spoof of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano appeared, with a fake pontiff shown flip-flopping over the questions put to him by the four cardinals. (READ MORE) |
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