RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPE AND CARDINAL A ‘CARICATURE’ SAYS BURKE, BUT CATHOLICS WANT CLEARER PRESENTATION OF DOCTRINE
‘I find universally that there’s a great deal of confusion, also people feeling that the Church is not a secure point of reference’ Cardinal Raymond Burke has told an Australian newspaper that media portrayals of his relationship with Pope Francis are “a caricature” but that many Catholics feel confusion, “even a certain bewilderment”, about the Church’s teaching and were seeking a much stronger presentation of Catholic doctrine. In an interview with Jordan Grantham of Parramatta diocese’s ‘Catholic Outlook’ online news service on 21 September, the American Cardinal said the media misunderstood Pope Francis as the agent of some revolution in the Church. “… But the successor of