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	Archbishop Raymond Burke to Become Cardinal KSDK October 21, 2010 http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=222637&catid=3 Pope Benedict XVI has named 24 new cardinals, including former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke, along with another American, a large number of Italians, and prelates for key posts in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. The other American new cardinal includes Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. Archbishop Burke leads a Vatican court and has been sharply critical of the Democratic Party in the United States for its support of abortion rights. The Pope made the announcement Wednesday, putting his mark on the body that will elect his successor. Other key posts were Warsaw, Munich, Kinshasa, Quito, Lusaka, Zambia, and Sri Lanka. Archbishop Burke served St. Louis from 2004 to 2008. Being a cardinal, Archbishop Burke's primary responsibility is to elect a new pope. He will serve as special advisor to the Holy Father. At 62-years-old, Raymond Burke will be one of the world's youngest cardinals. He can serve until he turns 80. The organization, SNAP, which stands for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is disappointed with the Pope's decision. Current St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carleson said the St. Louis Archdiocese is proud about the announcement. He released the following statement: "The Archdiocese of St. Louis is very proud Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, presently Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and Archbishop Emeritus of St. Louis, will be elevated by Pope Benedict XVI to the College of Cardinals at a Consistory in Rome on November 20th. "Cardinal-designate Burke will be the fifth person who served as Archbishop of Saint Louis to be elevated to the College of Cardinals, after John Joseph Cardinal Glennon (1946), Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter (1961), John Joseph Cardinal Carberry (1969) and Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali (2003). "In the Catholic Church, Cardinals constitute a special body (College of Cardinals) whose primary responsibility is to elect a new pope. The Cardinals also serve as special advisors to the Holy Father -either individually or when they are called together to deal with issues of major importance. "Cardinal-designate Burke's faithfulness and service to the Church have served the people of St. Louis well, and we proudly extend to him our congratulations, best wishes, and promise of prayerful support." The consistory where Archbishop Burke will be elevated to Cardinal will be November 20 in Rome. Archbishop Burke released a statement about his appointment: " I am deeply humbled and honored by the announcement that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI intends to name me to the College of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church at the Consistory which he has convoked for this coming November 20th. Having received the news of the Holy Father's intention, I express my deepest gratitude to His Holiness for the great confidence which he has placed in me, and I renew my commitment to serve Him, as Shepherd of the universal Church, in total fidelity and with all my being. "Considering the weighty responsibilities of the members of the College of Cardinals in assisting the Holy Father as his closest co-workers, even "to the shedding of blood," I am more than ever conscious of my own weakness and of my total dependence upon the help of divine grace, in order that I may fulfill worthily and generously the responsibilities which will be mine, God willing, as a Cardinal of the Church. "I count upon the continued intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Communion of Saints, and the prayers of the many faithful whom I have been blessed to serve as priest and Bishop, especially in my home diocese, the Diocese of La Crosse, and in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, and of those with whom I have been, in the past, and am now privileged to serve in the Roman Curia, especially my co-workers at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Only the knowledge of God's immeasurable and unceasing outpouring of mercy and love from the glorious pierced Heart of Jesus gives me the confidence to accept the great honor and burden which His Holiness intends to confer upon me. "Today's announcement turns my thoughts with deepest affection and gratitude to my late parents and all my family, living and deceased; and to the priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful who have assisted me to know my vocation to the Holy Priesthood and to respond to it with an undivided heart over the more than thirty-five years of my priestly life and ministry. Today, with all my heart, I humbly thank God for the gifts of life, of the Catholic faith, and of my vocation. "At the same time, my thoughts naturally turn to the many challenges which the Church faces in our day in carrying out her divine mission for the salvation of the world. In particular, I am deeply conscious of the critical importance of the loving witness of the Church to the truth, revealed to us by God through both faith and reason, which alone is our salvation. It is a witness which Our Holy Father tirelessly gives with remarkable wisdom and courage. I pledge myself anew to assist Pope Benedict XVI in this critical witness and in the many works of his pastoral charity on behalf of all our brothers and sisters in the Church and in the world. "I ask for prayers that I may be able to assist our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the best of my ability and with every ounce of my strength. I, once again, place my whole heart, together with the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, into the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the glorious pierced Heart of Jesus, I am confident that I will find the purification, courage and strength which I will need to carry out the new responsibilities to be confided into my hands. I thank, in advance, all who will pray for me, and ask God to bless them abundantly." Curriculum Vitae Archbishop Raymond Burke Personal Born: June 30, 1948, Richland Center, WI. Parish of Origin: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Richland Center, WI (1948-1958), Saint Joseph Church, Stratford, WI (1958- ). Priesthood Ordination: June 29, 1975, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, by Pope Paul VI. Episcopal Ordination: January 6, 1995, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, by the Venerable Pope John Paul II. Installed as eighth bishop of La Crosse at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse, WI, by Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, February 22, 1995. Installed as eighth archbishop of St. Louis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, by the Rev. Msgr. Leopoldo Girelli, consigliere of the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States, January 26, 2004. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Burke Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome, June 27, 2008. Education Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD) with specialization in jurisprudence, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1984. Diploma in Latin Letters, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1983. Licentiate in Canon Law (JCL), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1982 Master of Arts in Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1975. Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1974. Master of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1971. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1970. High School Diploma, Holy Cross Seminary, La Crosse, WI, 1966. Administrative Experience Member of the Congregation for Causes of Saints-July 2010-present Member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments-July 2010-present Member of the Advisory Council of Magdalen College-May 2010-present Ecclesiastical Advisor for Center for the Advancement of Catholic Higher Education, a division of The Cardinal Newman Society in Support of Ex Corde Ecclesiae-February 2010-present Member of the Congregation for Bishops-October 2009-present Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, 2008-present Ecclesiastical Advisor for Wee Believers, Inc.-May, 2009-present Member of the Congregation for the Clergy and Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, 2008-present. Apostolic visitor for Seminaries in the United States, 2005-2006. Archbishop of Saint Louis, 2003-2008. Spiritual director of the Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association, 2002-2008. Spiritual advisor of Eternal Life, Bardstown, KY, 2002-present. International director of the Marian Catechist Apostolate, 2000-present. Episcopal moderator of the United States Association of Consecrated Virgins, 1998-2008. Member of the Commission on Religious Life and Mission, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2001-2003. President of the Board of Directors, National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 1996-2001 Member of the Subcommittee for the Application of Ex Corde Ecclesiae in the United States, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1998-1999. Member of the Canonical Affairs Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997-1999. Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1995-2003 Board of Directors, National Catholic Rural Life Conference, 1995-2001. Prelate of Honor of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, 1993. Defender of the Bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (Roman Curia) by the Venerable Pope John Paul II, 1989; nomination published 1989. Adjunct Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of La Crosse, 1985. Moderator of the Curia and Vice-Chancellor of the Diocese of La Crosse, 1984. Consultant to the Congregation of the Clergy, 2003-2008. Member of the Board of Trustees for Catholic University of America, 2006-2008. Member of the USCCB Pro-Life Committee, 2006-2008. Judge of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, 2006-present. President, Board of Directors, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI, 2001-present. Pastoral Experience Associate Rector, Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, La Crosse, WI, 1975-1980. Teaching Experience Instructor of Religion, Aquinas High School, La Crosse, WI, 1977-1980. Visiting professor of canonical jurisprudence, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1985-1994. Professional Associations Canon Law Society of America, 1984-present. Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1984-present. Canadian Canon Law Society, 1984-present. Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand, 1984-present. Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1984-present. Honors Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, March 12, 1997. Role of Law Award of the Canon Law Society of America, October 4, 2000. Doctorate Honoris Causa, Ave Maria University, May 7, 2005. Doctorate Honoris Causa, Christendom College, September 2007. Research and Published Writings Publications: "The Discipline regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin," Periodica, Vol. 96 (2007), 3-58. "The Natural Moral Law: Foundation of Legal Realism," Die fragile Demokratie - The Fragility of Democracy, Berlin: Dunker and Humboldt, 2007, 29-45. "Prophecy for Justice, " America, June 21, 2004; Vol. 190, No. 20. Commentary on the General Directory for Catechesis. Bardstown: Eternal Life, 2002. Rechristianize America: Become a Marian Catechist. Bardstown: Eternal Life, 2002. "Response: Role of Law Award," Proceedings of the Sixty-second Annual Convention, Canon Law Society of America, October 2-5, 2000, pp. 495-500. "The Bishop as Shepherd," Lay Witness, 20 (1999), No. 8, 54-55. (Reprinted as "Tending God's Flock: The Bishop as Shepherd," in Servants of the Gospel: Essays by American Bishops on Their Role as Shepherds of the Church, ed. Leon J. Surprenant, Jr. Steubenville: Emmaus Road Publishing, 2000, pp. 65-71.) "'Thou Hast Given Him Dominion:' God's Plan for Man Within Creation," Be (July-August, 2001), 8-10. "The Church and the Current Crisis in Rural America: A Time to Act," Catholic Rural Life, 41 (1999), No. 2, 4-7. "A Crisis in Rural America," America, 181 (1999), No. 13, 8-11. "Agricultural Ethic from the Perspective of the Christian Faith," Earth Ethics, 9 (1998), Nos. 3 & 4, 10-13. "The Farm Crisis: What Does the Church Propose?" Origins, 27 (1997), 309-311. "La confessio iudicialis e le dichiarazioni giudiziali delle parti." In I mezzi di prova nelle cause matrimoniali secondo la giurisprudenza rotale. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995, pp. 15-30. "Abogados, uniones matrimoniales irregulares y causas de nulidad matrimonial: Texto y comentario de una respuesta del Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostolica." Revista Espanola de Derecho Canonico, 51 (1994), 639-645. "The application of Canon 1095 and sacramental-pastoral activity concerning marriage." In Ius in vita et missione Ecclesiae: Acta Symposii Internationalis Iuris Canonici occurrente X Anniversario promulgationis Codicis Iuris Canonici diebus 19-24 aprilis 1993 in Civitate Vaticana celebrata. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994, pp. 1095-1102. "Doubt Concerning the Admission of Advocates Living in an Irregular Union to Patronise Marriage Cases in Diocesan Tribunals: Commentary." Forum 5 (1994), 49-55. "The Distinction of Personnel in Hierarchically-Related Tribunals." Studia canonica 28 (1994), 85-98. "Acta Tribunalium S. Sedis: Commentarium de responso in casu particulari de inidoneitate advocatorum qui in unione irregulari vivunt ad patrocinium in causis nullitatis matrimonii exercendum." Periodica de re canonica 82 (1993), 699-708. "I divorziati risposati in un recente documento della Chiesa in Francia." Quaderni di diritto ecclesiale, 6 (1993), 261-279. "Presentation." In The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches: A Study and Interpretation (Essays in Honour of Joseph Cardinal Parecattil), eds. Jose Chiramel and Kuriakose Bharanikulangara. Alwaye, India: St. Thomas Academy for Research, 1992, pp. 1-10. "Il processo di dispensa dal matrimonio rato e non consumato: la grazia pontificia e la sua natura." In I procedimenti speciali nel diritto canonico. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992, pp. 135-144. "La procedura amministrativa per la dichiarazione di nullita del matrimonio." In I procedimenti speciali nel diritto canonico. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992, pp. 93-105. "Grave difetto di discrezione di giudizio: fonte di nullita del consenso matrimoniale." Ius Canonicum, 31 (1991), 139-154. Also in: Incapacidad consensual para las obligaciones matrimoniales, ed. Jose A. Fuentes. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A., 1991, pp. 135-154. "The Psychology of the Christian Vocation: Interpretative Key of Canon 1095." In Iustus Iudex: Festgabe fur Paul Wesemann zum 75 Geburtstag von Seinen Freunden und Schulern, eds. Klaus Ludicke, Heinrich Mussinghoff and Hugo Schwendenwein. Essen: Ludgerus-Verlag, 1990, pp. 199-213. "Vatican Council II and Matrimonial Law: The Perspective of Canon 1095." In Vatican II: Assessment and Perspectives Twenty-Five Years After (1962-1987), Vol. 2. New York: Paulist Press, 1989, pp. 217-230. "Canon 1095: Canonical Doctrine and Jurisprudence, Part I, Canon 1095, 1° and 2°." In Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth Annual Convention, 13-16 Oct. 1986, Washington, D.C.: Canon Law Society of America, 1987, pp. 94-107. "Canon 1095, 1° and 2°." In Incapacity for Marriage: Jurisprudence and Interpretation, Acts of the Third Gregorian Colloquium. Rome: Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, Gregorian Colloquium, 1987, pp. 79-155. "Lack of Discretion of Judgment: Canonical Doctrine and Legislation." The Jurist, 45 (1985), 171-209. "Defectus discretionis iudicii propter schizophreniam: doctrina et recens iurisprudentia rotalis." Periodica de re morali, canonica, liturgica, 73 (1984), 555-570. Lack of Discretion of Judgment Because of Schizophrenia, Analecta Gregoriana, No. 238. Roma: Editrice Pontificia University, Gregoriana, 1986. Principal Pastoral Letters: On the Memorial of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, June 21, 2005 On the Reorganization of the Archdiocesan Curia, June 4, 2005 On the Pastoral Reorganization of the South City Deanery, Feb. 25, 2005 On the Pastoral Reorganization of the Northeast County Deanery, Feb. 11, 2005 On Our Civic Responsibility for the Common Good, Oct. 1, 2004 On the Dignity of Human Life and Civic Responsibility, Nov. 23, 2003 On the Christian Burial of the Dead, Nov. 2, 2000 On the Celebration of Mass for Special Occasions or Special Gatherings or Associations of the Faithful, Especially on Saturdays and Sundays, June 7, 1997 On the Preparation of the Jubilee Year 2000, Dec. 1, 1996 The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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