Kaban ni D_BystandeR: CARDINAL GIHUKASAN NI PAPA FRANCISCO

Seasoned Vatican critic, Sandro Magister - is calling Pope Francis decision as a revolution and a "metaphorical guillotine." Conservative Cardinal Raymon Burke is head of the Vatican Supreme Court before the demotion. He denied communion to US politicians who are pro-abortion, including Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston and Donald Wiceri of Washington. He was also vocal of his objection against ideas  of Cardinal Walter Kasper, which include giving communion to the divorced and remarried. Magister said that Kasper is "well known to be in good graces of Pope Francis." But what could have triggered the Pope's demotion of Burke is how in several instances, the latter had contradicted some of Pope's pronouncement. Pope Francis at one point implied that abortion is not a significant issue anymore and that Church's teaching on divorce, gay marriage Catholics may change and may be more open. Burke refuted this and upheld that changing the Church's teaching is impossible.

I consider it within the prerogatives of the vast powers of Pope Francis to demote a "hard-headed" conservative cardinal Raymon Burke, who could have unknowingly "abused" his  power as head of the Vatican Supreme Court, believing he is more powerful than the Pope. It is strictly within the power of the Pope to demote somebody whom he believes as an obstacle to the wide ranging development of positive change Pope Francis wants to be the deciding factor in bringing Catholicism closer to the people of what he expected it to be, in line with the teachings of Christ and to do away with what he believes as antiquated and irrelevant dogma.