The Catholic Register

Risky business

Catholic Register Staff

December 21, 2023

    Pope Benedict XVI resigned the papacy in a state of nervous exhaustion. Cardinal Pell died during routine surgery after imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. Cardinal Zen is languishing in a prison in Communist China. Bishop Strickland was stripped of his governance of Tyler, Texas.

    Now, Cardinal Burke has been deprived of his pension and Vatican apartment. It seems to be a risky business to be a dutiful prelate in the Catholic Church these days.

    Lise Anglin

    Toronto

    (The martyred bishop, Denis of Paris, preached a sermon holding onto his own decapitated head circa 250 AD - the Editor.)