Praise Jesus! It’s about time they got the old kook out of here.

Thank God. Clearly the Pope cares about Billikens basketball. Maybe the new archbishop will not try to scare off Majerus.

Now I can consider donating to Catholic Charities gain. Burke represents 2% of Catholic views yet receives 99% of the attention with his political agenda. Please stay in Rome a long long time. You have done enough damage in STL to last a lifetime.

Although I did not agree with Arch Bishop Burke in all areas (especially St. Stan), I appreciated his leadership tremendously. As a former Lutheran (47 years), you cradle Catholics should be on your knees thanking God for some sort of leadership for us “trench workers” (those of us who have the privilige to serve the poor and encounter the Body of Christ on a daily basis). My theory is that if you don’t love and appreciate The Catholic church and all its diversity, then leave. Or don’t you have the guts to do it???

Sincerely,
Mary
O’Fallon

I have to say good riddance. AB Burke has done nothing but alienate people since his arrival here. He may be a good lawyer but he sucks as a leader for St. Louis Catholics. As for his position in the Vatican, it figures that he would move up. I pray for anyone that has to go to Burke for anything. I hope the next AB will be a man that is more kind and loving to the people of St. Louis and that he will help to start the healing process that we need here in the area due to the actions of Burke.

Good luck Arch-Bishop Burke……… The farther away you are the better. You have done nothing but alienate many of us Catholics from our own true church.

I hope God sends us a shepherd who will bring the peace, love and reconciliation that Jesus showed as an example when he was here on earth, to our Archdiocese.

God Bless Pope Benedict for taking you to Rome. Hopefully, you will do some soul-searching on your diplomacy skills and not bring heartache and shame to the supreme tribunal.

MSM

I disassociated myself from the Catholic Church long ago, but I will gladly rejoice along with most of the other posters on here that this control-freak, ego-maniac is skipping town. The St. Louis Archdiocese couldn’t do much worse than Burke. Unfortunately I work for an organization under the umbrella of the STL Archdiocese and I can tell you that the general public is only half aware of the extent of this man’s controlling behavior. I can tell you what I really will NOT miss: Letters sent from Rev. Burke TO MY HOME telling me how to vote. I can only speak for my agency, but it is far from “Catholic”. Unless you consider lying to obtain grant money, misuse of that grant money, and giving donations to employees instead of the needy “Catholic-like”. The hypocrisy of it all sickens me. And yes, I am looking for a new job. But thanks to the people Burke wanted me to vote for, there are few good jobs out there to choose from. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, “Rev.” Burke.

Add me to the chorus singing hallelujah. Burke was a tyrant and an embarrassment to St. Louis. His heavy handed attempts at thought control drove me from the Catholic church tradition that I was raised it. I’m grateful that after I left I found a church that more closely followed Jesus’s teachings, but I feel for those who were driven away from the church under Burke’s rule and weren’t able to find a new spiritual home. Good riddance Raymond, and lets all pray the next St. Louis Arch Bishop will be more loving and closer to what we were blessed with Arch Bishops May and Rigali.

Good riddance!! At a time where the Catholic church needed to provide unity in wake of the many scandals (primarily priests molesting children), this person was the last one that should have been in charge. Hopefully the Catholic church gets it right this time to stop the bleeding as attendance continues to dwindle.

Burke was a man who finally took the Church’s Pro-Life position from the pulpit to actually putting it into action. Catholic hospitals and universities shouldn’t have spokesmen preaching that abortion is somehow acceptable. So let all the queers at shamefest burn Burke’s effigy this weekend. Those freaks can have their day. The sane one’s will recognize that Burke gave the St. Louis community the courage to stand up for injustices and we are grateful to God for him.