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U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, patron of the Knights and Dames of Malta, center left, and a group of priests pose with Pope Francis during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Cardinal Burke: It is ‘licit’ to call for the resignation of Pope Francis
Gerard O’Connell August 29, 2018
Cardinal Burke was among the first of a small number of bishops to come out in support of Viganò’s denunciation of the pope.
FaithDispatches
Father James Martin to speak on welcoming L.G.B.T. Catholics at World Meeting of Families
Michael J. O’Loughlin June 11, 2018
“I hope to share ‘best practices’ from parishes that have successfully reached out to the L.G.B.T. Catholic community,” Father Martin told America.
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Communion cannot be shared with friends like beer or cake, cardinal says
Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service May 25, 2018
Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.
FaithJesuitical
Ross Douthat is worried about Pope Francis’ leadership. Should we be, too?
Ashley McKinless May 18, 2018
Ross Douthat on the future of the Catholic Church
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., center, talks with Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, N.J., left, and U.S. Archbishop James P. Green, in Rome in June 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
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Cardinal Tobin warns against temptation to shrink Catholic community to pure members
Michael J. O’Loughlin April 13, 2018
At Villanova, the Newark archbishop spoke of “paradigm shifts” in the church and said “only the Lord" can judge who belongs among the faithful.
German Cardinal Walter Kasper, retired president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, arrives for the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in October 2014. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithNews
Cardinal Kasper: Quit throwing around the word ‘heretic’
Michael J. O’Loughlin March 05, 2018
Cardinal Kasper rejected claims from some Catholics who accuse Pope Francis of undermining church teaching on marriage.
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