Comments on: Archbishop Burke's appointment to the Congregation of Bishops http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/11/09/archbishop-burkes-appointment-to-the-congregation-of-bishops/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tito Edwards http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/11/09/archbishop-burkes-appointment-to-the-congregation-of-bishops/#comment-23048 Tito Edwards Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:45:20 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=14612#comment-23048 This is a major victory for orthodoxy! With Archbishop Burke as the head of the Congregation for Bishops, it should add another hurdle to poor appointments that are submitted by papal nuncios. Question: Does this means that His Excellency is no longer the Prefect for the Vatican 'Supreme Court'? This is a major victory for orthodoxy! With Archbishop Burke as the head of the Congregation for Bishops, it should add another hurdle to poor appointments that are submitted by papal nuncios.

Question: Does this means that His Excellency is no longer the Prefect for the Vatican ‘Supreme Court’?

]]> By: Rick Lugari http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/11/09/archbishop-burkes-appointment-to-the-congregation-of-bishops/#comment-23047 Rick Lugari Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:52 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=14612#comment-23047 Yeah, pretty funny the way ideology or personal hang-ups drives thought. Given that most of what made Absp. Burke a talked about bishop was his interpretation and enforcement of canon law. To most it would seem that his being made Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is a huge vote of approval. After all, in the secular world we don't look to the worst lawyer in the land to make a Chief Justice, do we? Well, let me rephrase that - other than pro-abort Democrats, we don't look for the worst lawyer... On the other hand, you have a the situation with Cardinal Law. It's hard for me to see his move to Rome as a vote of confidence or appreciation, yet there are those who consider a reward. Yeah, pretty funny the way ideology or personal hang-ups drives thought. Given that most of what made Absp. Burke a talked about bishop was his interpretation and enforcement of canon law. To most it would seem that his being made Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is a huge vote of approval. After all, in the secular world we don’t look to the worst lawyer in the land to make a Chief Justice, do we? Well, let me rephrase that – other than pro-abort Democrats, we don’t look for the worst lawyer…

On the other hand, you have a the situation with Cardinal Law. It’s hard for me to see his move to Rome as a vote of confidence or appreciation, yet there are those who consider a reward.

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