I am happy for our blessed, wonderful Archbishop on his appointment. However, it is a great loss for our Archdiocese.

His critics may be happy, because much information about him from the St. Louis media has been derogatory. Sensationalistic issues sell papers and keep people tuned in. Those who truly know Archbishop Burke, and the many wonderful things he’s done throughout the archdiocese are deeply grateful to him and sad to lose him. He is a kind, generous, thoughtful and just man, who did not deserve the harshness he received from his critics.

May God bless him in his new assignment, and may God bless our archdiocese with another wonderful shepard.

Col. Jeff O’Leary (Ret.) stated: “Virtue angers and threatens those whose own lives have been lived in the shadows of expediency and vice.” All you detractors of Abp. Burke should be embarrassed at your ignorance of Catholic teaching, especially the role of a bishop, whose priority is the eternal salvation of his flock. St. John Fisher was the ONLY Catholic bishop in the U.K. who refused to compromise the teachings of Holy Mother Church–and King Henry VIII beheaded him for his fidelity! Abp. Burke has won the crown of white martyrdom for his courage and fortitude in the face of his enemies: the secular media, and all of you here posting your ignorant, self-serving, hateful comments. Long live Christ the King! Long live Raymond Burke!

Well this certainly is the end of an era. This narrow-minded man was plopped into our city and immediately began making enemies. His tyrannical antics may have worked in his tiny hometown of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, but not in a larger, more diverse constituency like St. Louis. I am so happy to see him go. It is people like Burke who drive Catholics away from the church. Adios, Mr. Burke. You will not be missed by the majority of St. Louisans.

My favorite t-shirt says: “Everybody Loathes Raymond”

Good luck stirring the pot in Rome!

Be careful of what you wish for. There are more where Burke came from.

It is not an ignorance of Catholic teaching, but a comprehension of it that causes lifelong Catholics to reel at the selective outrage of Archbishop Raymond Burke and his one-issue orchestra. Hopefully now Pope Benedict XVI will select an actual pastor for the Archdiocese rather than a divisive, ladder-climbing Church politician who graduated with honors from the Dick Cheney School of Charm.

i am not surprised that burke was promoted. the catholic church loves to reward those who alienate people who have different opinions. i am, however, surprised that there seem to be so many people who liked him. he has to have been the most oppressive archbishop in american history. good news for me because now i can walk by the beautiful cathedral on lindell without wanting to vomit.

LindyR…did not realize that the road to martyrdom was a contest to be won. It could show the true nature of the AB and what he was really after.

It seems from the comments I’m reading that what the Church of St. Louis needs is a pastoral healer to succeed AB. The archdiocese is so polarized that it will be quite the challenge to his successor to gather us all into one flock. AB is a canon lawyer, “defensor fidei” primarily. How I hoped he could have addressed effectively issues of an unjust war, growing crime in STL, economic issues of the poor and marginalized, morale of priests,ecumenism and the social gospel issues that permeate our town and society. AB lived in a canon law world because he is a lawyer. I would have enjoyed having him share his priesthood with us a whole lot more. “Promoveat ad moveatur”, promote him to move him. Even Rome knew it was his time to go.

I called my priest when I found out this morning. He said that he’s been getting congratulatory emails and phone calls all morning. His favorite “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead!” (My priest used to teach at the Seminary and was friends with previous Archbishops)

A sad day for true catholics of St. Louis. The don’t get any better than Archbishop Burke. Let’s hope and pray we get another bishop who is the face of Christ as this bishop was.