Pope Prediction: 10 Reasons Cardinal Burke Will Be the Next Pope

Canterbury Tales ^ | March 4, 2013 | DR. TAYLOR MARSHALL

[NYer]

H/T to freeper Heart-Rest for the link. Please keep ALL of the cardinals in your prayers. Live coverage on EWTN at 11 am ET today as we pray along with the cardinals. May the Holy Spirit guide them.

[ken5050]

Good morning. The betting line on Burke is about 35/1, so if anyone has the chance to wage a few bob, er, Euros, er..lira..

By most counts, he is a long shot..he didn't even make the "Sweet Sistine"

I will pray for him...

[fatima]

Yes.

[fatima]

The Sweet Sistine-:)

[fwdude]

I’m not at all Roman Catholic, but it’s funny how liberals are seeking to have one of their own installed.

[NYer]

The betting line on Burke is about 35/1, so if anyone has the chance to wage a few bob, er, Euros, er..lira..

As Dr. Marshall points out ... "The problem is that the Burke naysayers are thinking like journalists and voters."

He also makes an astute observation - we need to think like one of those cardinals. From all the interviews and telecasts I have watched, these men recognize the gravity of this decision. Cardinal Dolan, whose natural disposition is jovial and affability, had a "deer in the headlights" look about him when discussing its personal impact on him. I am watching video from the Sistine Chapel of the workers laying the plywood foundation on which will be constructed the tables, installation of the stove and other fascinating aspects of the conclave. They just had the camera follow the path the cardinals will take on their way into the Sistine Chapel, walls covered with religious frescoes and, as you probably know, the back wall of the chapel is covered with Michelangelo's Last Judgement.

That is a very imposing fresco!

[ken5050]

It’s going to be a double dose of March Madness...

[married21]

I vote “No” on the guy who wears a paisley dress and feathered hat. My 11 year-old son looked over my shoulder and immediately said “Who’s she?”

I could just see that picture plastered on news shows all over the planet as they try to explain how the Church is getting past the pedophile scandal.

Yikes.

[ken5050]

I've been following the story fairly closely, and just realized one interesting thing:

There has been almost no commentary to the effect that the heads of BOTH the Catholic Church AND the Anglican Communion resigned/retired...

Indeed, the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is scheduled for the 21st of this month..

Interesting confluence..I very much like Welby..his theology is within the evangelical tradition of the Anglican Communion, and he appears to be the antithesis of Rowan Williams, of whom the less said, the better.

Who says that God doesn't work his mysteries in ways t hat we mere mortals can't fathom....

[Linda Frances]

He sounds like a man that will take on the left and I pray he is ordained. The question is not "who is Cardinal Burke" but rather tell us about the people who will be voting? It is THEIR values and principals that will tell us who the next pope will be.

This comment from an x-catholic who left the church because too many of the priest around here NEVER gave sermons in church or speak out in public about abortion, homosexuality..... If it's not made clear how to live and what is right and wrong, what good are they? They do not take action against the Catholic politicians/leaders who lead people into believing sin is not sin by their inaction. Ex-communicate the pelosi's....and watch the people who maybe haven't left the church, but don't attend anymore come home as the church has been asking. Al Gore's rally at a Catholic Church helped me decide that I was following the blind. The church I was baptized in would let a democrat speak at their festival, but would not allow a republican to speak. I pray that the church puts in a man who will stand against evil. We also see this in too many of the Protestant churches. It's as if many religious leaders don't really fear or believe in God anymore. God help us all!

[fatima]

Heheheheheh,once the smoke goes up we have no idea who will walk through the door.

[fatima]

((((Hugs))))

[onyx]

Burke called the US Democratic party "the party of death" and accused Barack Obama of being "anti-life and anti-family." He's not afraid. The cardinals need a Pope standing behind them who speaks like this.

Praise God and Cardinal Burke!

Thank you so much, dearest NYer and Heart-Rest.

[Jim Noble]

Two thoughts, one pro-, one con-:

The Church in America is the epicenter and chief promoter of the feminist and homosexualist heresies. The Church in the world will not be free of these until the Church in America is purged. Presuming the Holy Spirit concurs, only an American can get to the bottom of the mess the American bishops have created.

OR

The Church is a worldwide Church, and is strong in most places (Europe and America excepted). A Pope from the developing world could condemn, and then basically ignore, the American heresy and build the future of the Church elsewhere.

[Lou Budvis]

In 1978 the cardinals slapped communism in the face by selecting a cardinal from Poland. In 2013, I would love to see history repeat and secularism/relativism be slapped in the face by the election of cardinal Burke.

[Buckeye McFrog]

They’ve gotta change the vestments. He looks like an old lady in a Communist gardening club in that photo.

[Biggirl]

....But you never know, this upcoming conclave could very well produce a “surprise” Pope.

[sneakers]

"May the Holy Spirit guide them." Amen. Thank you. Great post.

[NYer]

The Church in America is the epicenter and chief promoter of the feminist and homosexualist heresies.

Take a look around the world ... North America, South America, Europe, Australia ... this problem is global, not local.