An ultra-Orthodox cardinal who avoided using masks and said COVID vaccines would make ‘microchips’ in people’s bodies, is on a ventilator Wisconsin hospital after capture coronavirus.
73-year-old Raymond L. Burke was visiting his native state from Rome when he got the virus, he said Twitter Followers said he was ‘resting comfortably and receiving excellent medical care’ on 10 August.
Things got worse over the weekend, and he was admitted to a hospital and connected to a ventilator.
‘He sincerely prayed for the rosary for those suffering from the virus. On this alertness of Dharana, let us now pray the rosary for him,’ said a tweet posted on his account on Saturday night.
Raymond L. Burke, 73, is on a ventilator at a Wisconsin hospital after catching COVID-19
He has expressed skepticism about the vaccine, and is known for his ultra-Orthodox views, which believe homosexual couples are living in ‘grave sin’ and equal ‘murderers’.
Burke has not said whether he has been vaccinated, but in a Clue In May, he denounced ‘totalitarian’ vaccine mandates and said the states that implement them are ‘not the ultimate providers of health. God is.’
He fueled conspiracy theories about the vaccine being used to implant the chips to control people. They also denounced the use of abortion-derived cells in vaccine development, according to a transcript published by Anti-Abortion. lifesightnews.
Pfizer and Moderna used cell lines from fetal tissue of elective abortions in the 1970s and 1980s to test whether vaccines worked. Washington Post.
He said, ‘The idea of introducing such a vaccine into one’s body is rightly disgusting.
Burke announced he had caught the virus last week, but things have gotten worse since then
‘Also, there is a definite movement to insist that now everyone should be vaccinated against the coronavirus COVID-19 and that even a kind of microchip needs to be placed under every person’s skin, so that it can happen at any time. Regarding health and other matters controlled by the state, which we can only imagine,’ he said.
According to the Post, the cardinal is often seen walking in Rome without a mask and garland with beads.
Twitter users reacting to his illness pointed to his thoughts, with some comparing the vaccine to an act of God.
One person said, ‘He has given you the gift of medical experts and medicines.
‘They have also given us a vaccine to prevent serious consequences from COVID. God loves his children.
Another user said: “It’s a sign from God. Don’t be like pagans.”
Burke was Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse in Wisconsin from 1995 to 2004. religion news service.
He later became Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri.
In 2008, then-Pope Benedict XVI appointed Burke as prefect of the Apostolic Signature of the Vatican, the highest court of the Vatican, making Burke the highest-ranking American in the church.
But Burke clashed with the more liberal Pope Francis, who demoted Burke to a formal title in 2014.
Reactions to Burke’s position have focused on the cardinal’s views on vaccines.
When Francis came out in support of civil unions for gays last year, Burke criticized the pope for sowing ‘delusions’.
Burke wrote, ‘Such declarations cause great confusion among Catholic believers and create confusion and error, because they are contrary to the teaching of Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
‘They cause wonder and error about the teaching of the Church among good people, who sincerely want to know what the Catholic Church teaches.’
In 2015, he said that committed homosexual couples are living in ‘grave sin’ and that it is not enough if they are compassionate.
The cardinal has often clashed with the more liberal Pope Francis, who demoted him to a ceremonial role in 2014. Above, Burke attends the March for Life in Rome in 2015.
‘Of course it is not so. It is like a person who kills someone and still is kind to other people.’
Burke’s pro-life positions have put him in conflict with politicians and celebrities.
In 2004, he refused to host the then Sen. John F. Kerry because the Democrat was an abortion rights advocate.
In 2007, he resigned from the board of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center at Catholic Hospital St. Louis after he had invited singer Sheryl Crow to play in a benefit concert.
‘M / s. Crow is known as an abortion activist,’ Burke said at the time. Catholic News Agency.
‘His presence at a fundraising event for Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center is an insult to the medical center’s identity and mission, which is dedicated to the service of life and the healing mission of Christ.’
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