Burke, who was Archbishop of St. Louis, was called to Rome by the then Pope, Benedict XVI, himself a hardliner. The American ...

A bishop removed from his diocese by Pope Francis is "grateful" for everyone who has prayed for the pope amid his ongoing ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is diametrically opposed to the pope's views on nearly all the contested issues facing the Catholic Church. De-facto leader of the church's conservatives ...

The Catholic world was thrown into uncertainty earlier this month when Pope Francis was taken to hospital with a respiratory tract infection. Over the following days, the 88-year-old pontiff’s ...

Why Kamala Harris for Governor Would Bring Joy to Republicans American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke is sick with COVID-19. Ventilator sick. With pneumonia. Some seem to be relishing this ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

He was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. Raymond Burke is considered the leading arch-conservative in the church — a proponent of the Latin Mass and a public critic of Pope Francis ...

The oldest pope on election was Pope Clement X in 1670 at the age of 79. The other American on Pentin's list is Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who was previously archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri.

Regarded by critics as an outspoken traditionalist, Cardinal Burke, born in Wisconsin, was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He has publicly clashed with Pope Francis’s more liberal ...

On Tuesday, Strickland took to social media to praise Cardinal Raymond Burke, who also publicly clashed with Francis after Burke prayed for the pope in St. Peter's Square. "I'm grateful to ...

As Pope Francis continues to recover from a respiratory infection, some have questioned whether he would consider stepping down from his role due to health concerns like his predecessor, Pope ...