fox wrote on Mar 15, 2008 6:45 PM:
" Does anyone know for sure if that Burke Shrine
is fully paid for or are we still secretly paying for it?? Where does all this money go people pledged for the Bishop's fund?? I can't believe the other Bishop's set back and don't
say something to Burke, are you guys afraid of him, what does he have on you??? "
oil wrote on Mar 15, 2008 5:16 PM:
" The rules were created to maintain control over a lucrative, locked in market that was/remains profitable beyond belief...and women were trouble...a threat, if you will, to their ability to hold tightly onto that power...staggering amounts of money, real estate and inheritances went into this money machine...their clients willing donating it to them in hopes of buying enternal salvation....they were/remain all to happy to accept it. They have held enormous, unmeasurable power over people (most illiterate and poor)for centuries, but that power, THANKFULLY, is now waning, slipping through thier tightly clenched fists...and through their actions fading away. They held their wide eyed, intimidated flocks accountable to governances they created...problem was, accountability and moral direct didn't apply to them. Shame on them all. "
conscience? wrote on Mar 15, 2008 4:58 PM:
" I agree with tnfatman. They broke the rules. There are consequences for their actions. If you don't like the rule try to change it. "
doyoudovoodoo wrote on Mar 15, 2008 4:41 PM:
" God, what a FASCIST. I can't believe men in the Catholic church are still behaving like this. Oh wait, I can! "
what?!?!? wrote on Mar 15, 2008 4:25 PM:
" WHY does this person keep popping up in our news. FYI tribune he has left we don't care. Why should we care what he does. Does anyone realize we have an archbishop for our area anyone know who he is. Probably less than should as we ALWAYS have to get Burke's opinion on everything Catholic. Ignore the man he isn't the final word on anything. A perfect example of someone who exudes self important status. "
bb wrote on Mar 15, 2008 4:23 PM:
" 1. He can't excommunicate Big Bird, he is not the Pope.
2. The decline of Priests in the Catholic Church is directly related to the acceptance by society of gay men, so they don't have to hide under the guise of the priest hood.
"
Jaxx wrote on Mar 15, 2008 3:21 PM:
" I was raised Lutheran but have fallen out of going to church. My church has not had a full time pastor for nearly a year because the call has not been answered and it is my understanding that Catholic priests are also in short demand. Maybe allowing women to be preists would give smaller parishes the opportunity to stay open and for people in small communities to worship in their hometown. This Bishop Burke seems to LOVE controversy... "
tnfatman wrote on Mar 15, 2008 2:30 PM:
" I'm not Roman Catholic, but I beleive Catholic Doctrine and/or Law decrees that Men shall be ordained and that women shall not. These women are not following Catholic Laws when they "pretend" to be ordained Catholic Priests. I firmly beleive the Most Rev. Burke absolutely did the correct thing in this case - excommunication is the just result for their actions. "
PHIL OSIFER wrote on Mar 15, 2008 1:57 PM:
" Funny thing about these Bishops they are so quick to condem women, but what about their "little boy loving" priests. It took them years to root out these problems but only day to fire up this condemnation. May they all rest in pieces. "
Michael Welch wrote on Mar 15, 2008 1:24 PM:
" As I wrote in another comment the cruelty of many 'Christians' is all too predictable. Ray Burke empowered to pass judgment over me -- no way!... "
D. Ray wrote on Mar 15, 2008 12:10 PM:
" The iron fist is back. To heck with grace and mercy! "
Oil wrote on Mar 15, 2008 11:50 AM:
" The very reverand Bishop Burke encompasses everything that is wrong with the Catholic Chruch today....will the good Bishop perhaps have a rider to the excommunication declaration that exposes his role in shifting pedophiles from parish to parish and thereby exposing more innocents to their criminal ways? Or perhaps the very reverand Bishop Burke will explain in the excommunication rider the outcome of the Vaticans request from President Bush for amisty in a lawsuit filed in a Houston court for Pope Benidict...the issue? His role, while the arch bishop of Houston, in covering up the abuse of children by two seminarian students under his authority. Bishop Burke, would you care to comment...Bishop? Hello? Didn't think so... Oil "
Darwin wrote on Mar 15, 2008 10:26 AM:
" ... color me too angry about that man to proofread my posts :) "
Darwin wrote on Mar 15, 2008 10:25 AM:
" He may live elsewhere now, but Burke is working hard to maintain he presence in La Crosse. He palace in honor of himself... er, I mean God, will be opening soon. Why feed the poor when you can build a multi-million dollar Shrine. What an obscene waste of money. "
Seriously Now wrote on Mar 15, 2008 9:56 AM:
" DJ: It's fine to debate the merits of this man's beliefs, but to make a crude, hurtful and unfounded shot at him (as you did) is just plain ignorant. "
elocs wrote on Mar 15, 2008 9:49 AM:
" I wonder if Burke had the Excommunication cosigned by God? Fortunately, God is bigger than some self important, feckless and petty priest who attempts to shackle the Creator of the Universe to a series of manmade rules. It reminds me of the quote: "If you believe that Jesus was crucified for your sins, why do you act like He died and made you God?" I think God is sorely ashamed of many people who call themselves "Christians". "
tax justice wrote on Mar 15, 2008 9:39 AM:
" Perhaps Bishop Burke should follow the sage advice of a earlier mentor in the Catholic Church. A man known to hang out with women, women who were not Jewish (and therefore placed this man is a precarious state of defilement). Jesus actually talked to this woman and offered her healing. Regardless of what he was taught about the "sinful" nature of her existence, he was compelled to act from the very nature of his existence. His compassion and love for someone who was politically so far from the community of faith he participated in was not an issue. He didn't ask her to stop being a Samaritan, he embraced her. When Burke begins to understand that love and compassion are the first commandments, he will then begin to understand the nature of his faith. "
fox wrote on Mar 15, 2008 9:22 AM:
" Good old Burke wasted all the money he could in LaCrosse, he wants world control, he thinks he's God and treats people like dirt. HE should be kicked out of the Catholic Church. "
Wheezer wrote on Mar 15, 2008 8:54 AM:
" What were these women thinking? The Catholic Church certainly cannot have a woman priest...what an outrage! How absolutely horrible! Women are menial, lower-class citizens...how dare they! Just read what the bible says about women....read how women were treated. Ahh religion, man's greatest form of control. For those of you who cannot "read" the sarcasm in what I am saying here, I was not serious about the women comments. But I am serious about the bible and how it treated women. Why any woman would want to belong to such an organization such as the Catholic Church, or any organized religion, is beyond me. I say they are better off being excommunicated! "
jpb wrote on Mar 15, 2008 8:29 AM:
" I don't understand how the Catholic faith can still hold women in such disregard. A woman is good enough to worship but not to be a colleague. "
DJ: wrote on Mar 15, 2008 8:27 AM:
" ... gay Ray strikes again! "
jjp wrote on Mar 15, 2008 8:25 AM:
" This guy is a pompous ass and a prime example of the hipocracy of the catholic church. At best he should be ignored. "
The Real Paladin wrote on Mar 15, 2008 7:09 AM:
" I wouldn't worry about being excommunicated until the message was delivered via angelic choir or burning bush. Letter delivered by messenger just doesn't have that biblical feel to it. "
rick wrote on Mar 15, 2008 7:02 AM:
" I agree with that comment. This guy is a rgular Howard Stern. Maybe he should have his own talk show. "
Richard Cranium wrote on Mar 14, 2008 11:38 PM:
" This guy just can't stay away from controversy I guess. I for one am glad he's gone. Too bad he still has to make the news. "
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