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Pope Francis Removes U.S. Cardinal Popular with Conservatives from Powerful Vatican Position (Click on this heading to read more)

December 17, 2013 By Allen Clifton Leave a Comment

Francis has removed U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, popular with many conservatives for his outspoken stance against abortion and same-sex marriage, from a powerful position within the Vatican.

Cardinal Burke was taken off the Congregation for Bishops, which is the group most responsible for deciding who becomes a bishop in the future.  He is being replaced by the far more moderate Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington.  With this move, it's a clear sign that Pope Francis wants a change in the ideological base with which the church chooses its Bishops.
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What might have done Cardinal Burke in was his recent comments where he questioned Pope Francis' speaking about the church lessening its focus on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage:

    "One gets the impression, or it's interpreted this way in the media, that he thinks we're talking too much about abortion, too much about the integrity of marriage as between one man and one woman.  But we can never talk enough about that."