Madison: High-ranked Catholic Cardinal who has Covid-19 is still alive but in serious condition and has been sedated, according to officials at the Wisconsin Temple which he bidar.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the hardest critics of Pope Francis and skeptical vaccine, tweeted August 10 that he had caught Coronavirus.
His staff was tweeted on Saturday that he was hospitalized and in the ventilator.
Its conditions and existence have not been clear.
The staff has provided official updates.
The US Catholic bishop conference referred to the authorities at the Mother Maria Guadalupe Temple, which Burke was established in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, the temple issued a statement that said Burke was serious but stable in a location that was not disclosed.
He has been sedated and still uses a ventilator to breathe.
He has received the sacrament from the imam nearby and some relics have been placed in his room.
The statement is not complicated.
The statement said no one had to try to call the Burke family, the temple staff or Burke’s residence in Rome to discuss his condition, by saying that communication could be “burden.” The statement said the temple itself would release updates and then only if Burke’s status changed significantly.
“In humility, we understand that there is no need for us to know every detail of cardinal care,” said the statement.
“Even though his family realized that the Cardinal belonging to the Church, they also requested that we respect His privacy.
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“Burke, 73, held a doctorate in Canon’s law.
He served as bishop in La Crosse’s diocese before becoming Archbishop on St.
Louis.
He left St.
Louis in 2008 to oversee the Vatican Supreme Court, became the first American to hold the position.
He has built a reputation as an extraordinary conservative.
He attracted attention in 2004 when he said he would not give the holy command to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry because Kerry supports abortion rights.
In 2009 he punished Notre Dame University for plans to give President Barack Obama’s honor because Obama also supports abortion rights.
Francis moved Burke from the Vatican court in 2014 after Burke said the church was like a steering ship.
He has carried out an attack on Francis since then.
He joined three other conservative cardinals formally asking Francis in 2016 to explain why he decided to tell the Catholics to remarry receiving Holy Communion.
He has also joined the choir of conservative and traditional criticism of the harsh acts of Francis on the celebration of the old Latin mass, said the decision was severe and said he shared the sadness of the Catholics who felt Francis attack them unfairly.
Burke has also warned people that the government used fear of a pandemic to manipulate people.
He spoke against mandatory vaccination in May 2020, said some in the community wanted to instill microchip in people.
He said the best weapon to fight the virus was Jesus Christ.