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Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur.

His new position, in Rome, as I understand it, will oversee such issues as parishes who strive for some type of autonomy from the Holy See.

Bye Bye, Archbishop Burke! Instead of taking a post at the Vatican, I wish you would become a monk and take an oath of silence!

OMG Burke gone, my mother is going to be dancing in the streets. Shepherdlady if you see her tell her not to over do it. Don't need any broken bones.

I am glad to see him go because I do not think he is a good person.We all know the only reason he wanted that church was the money..

He is a greedy person and not very nice and he is a Archbishop???

I hope that the pope see the true Archbishop Burke,MEAN GREEDY AND NOT NICE PERSON...

I am a seminarian for the archdiocese... Anyone who actually spoke with the man knows this to be true: He was humble, loving, true, fervent, faithful, and fatherly. He has memorized almost every name he has ever heard. He takes frequent walks through the park with his seminarians.

One good example of his loving nature... for a children's vocation camp, he left a meeting with all the bishops of the U.S. just to hand off a cup of candy to the winning team of an activity

Almost anyone who has anything negative to say about him has never met this great man.

Your Excellency, you will be missed, and you are loved!

mr wild is right.

This is a sad day for St. Louis. Archbishop Burke has been a holy and fatherly leader to the faithful of the Archdiocese. He certainly is the best pick for his new position. He will be missed dearly by many. By the tree you will know the fruits. Just look around and see what he has achieved in the roughly four and a half years is St. Louis. A seminary that needs expanding and so many other aspects.
God Bless You Archbishop Burke!

he wouldnt have gotten the promotion if he wasent doing his job, he was recognized, for sticking to the teachings of the church, he didnt make new laws just inforced the same laws the church had since the begining, and he never backed down

I am very thankful for what the Archbishop has done for me and ALL the faithful of Saint Louis. I am deeply sad that he is leaving as sad as when he is maligned. Freud once said that people often project their own bad qualites on another when they feel inferior to him. Not surprising that so many accuse the Archbishop (offering no evidence, of course), since so many are inferior to him in intelligence, in selflessness, in authority, and, oh, in goodness.