Vatican City, 29 December, 2023 / 5:20 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis on Friday had an audience with Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Vatican said, several weeks after a flurry of reported controversy involving the pontiff and the 75-year-old U.S.-born prelate.
A release from the Holy See Press Office briefly mentioned that the pope had met with Burke in an audience on Friday morning. No reason was given for the meeting, nor were details of the audience shared by the press office.
The cardinal on Friday declined to comment on the meeting.
The meeting comes weeks after reports that Pope Francis had stripped Burke of his Vatican housing and salary privileges, with the Holy Father allegedly claiming that Burke was a source of “disunity” in the Church and that he was using the privileges afforded to retired cardinals against the Church.
Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Raymond Burke on Dec. 29, 2023, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media