A significant appointment to—what is in effect—the supreme court of the Church, was made yesterday by Pope Benedict XVI in making Archbishop Burke, the archbishop of St, Louis, prefect of the supreme tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.
Archbishop Burke has been one of the most steadfast of the American Bishops in calling his flock to account when the doctrine of the Church is challenged, most notably in refusing to allow communion to politicians who support abortion, and excommunicating women who claimed to have been ordained as priests.
His elevation is a great boon for the canonical strength of the Church.
Here is his autobiography from the website of the St. Louis Archdiocese.
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"The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint." Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
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- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.