Unvaxxed Cardinal Burke Denied Entry to Vatican Offices
Traditionalist Cardinal Raymond Burke was reportedly refused entry to Vatican offices recently because he has refused to take the abortion-tainted, dangerous Covid-19 vaccine. Even as Italy has begun to loosen some of its draconian Covid restrictions, the Vatican has overall stubbornly held to its stringent masking and vaccination requirements. Despite the fact that freedom of conscience is a key and central Catholic doctrine, and despite large amounts of data showing how dangerous the Covid vaccines are, the Vatican has continued to insist on vaccine passports.
Catechism of the Catholic Church no. 1782 states (emphasis added): “Man has the right to act in conscience and in freedom so as personally to make moral decisions. ‘He must not be forced to act contrary to his conscience. Nor must he be prevented from acting according to his conscience, especially in religious matters.’” So Pope Francis’s Vatican is violating a Catholic doctrine by forcing employees and visitors to Vatican offices to be vaccinated against their conscience.
The Vatican has come under fire for its vaccine passport before, notably when it was revealed that Pope Francis had had secret meetings with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in 2020. The Pfizer vaccine then became the only vaccine administered by the Vatican. Pfizer has been exposed for extensive corruption many times before.
From Church Militant:
“Pope Francis’ second-in-command, Cdl. [Cardinal] Pietro Parolin, personally intervened to bar Cdl. Raymond Burke from entering Vatican offices over Burke's conscientious objection to the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccine.
Sources at the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints told Church Militant that Burke, a member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, was recently stopped at the entrance to the building because he did not possess a Green Pass.
The Green Pass, issued by Italy and the Vatican, shows that the holder has been vaccinated against the China virus or recovered from it in the last six months. Burke suffered from COVID-19 in September of 2021, so his pass expired in March 2022.
The Vatican Green Pass requirements exceed the demands of the Italian government. A decree, issued by Parolin, compels all personnel and visitors to get a booster as a condition of entry to Vatican offices from Jan. 31. . .While Burke was kept waiting at the door, security contacted the authorities heading the dicastery that oversees the complex process for the canonization of saints.
The prefect of the congregation is Cdl. Marcello Semeraro, one of Francis’ most-trusted advisers. In October, the pope conferred a red hat on the former bishop of Albano — a week after appointing him prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, where he replaced the disgraced Cdl. Angelo Becciu.
Semeraro, former secretary of the pope’s Council of Cardinals, is on record supporting civil unions for homosexual couples. . .Sources confirmed there was a phone call from the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints to Cdl. Parolin's office and that Parolin had personally ordered that Burke be refused entry into the building.
Burke has also been refused entry into other offices of the Holy See — even though the cardinal resides in an apartment within the sovereign territory of Vatican City State.
Hypocrisy and Mockery
Though a Green Pass is a must for entry into Vatican offices, over 3,000 people were allowed to congregate in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary — with no social distancing and no vaccine passport requirement.
Moreover, while the Vatican enforces strict mask regulations (even requiring the use of FFP2 masks and outdoor masking), Pope Francis is frequently seen violating his own rules, greeting world leaders and crowds of people without using a face covering.
Speaking at an in-flight press conference while returning from Slovakia in September, Francis railed against Cdl. Burke, a traditionalist, demonizing him as a ‘denier.’ [Francis did not use Burke’s name in his statements]. . .Semeraro was criticized after imposing Green Pass restrictions for worshippers wishing to attend Holy Mass at his priestly golden jubilee celebration in August.”
Is the rule about health or just another way for Vatican officials to persecute individuals who are not compliant to their every whim?
Many Catholics I know have submitted religious exemptions from the covid shots. During employer review boards (religious trials) they have been told that the Pope says they should be vaccinated.
Their employers believe that if the employee is Catholic they should get the Vax without questioning it. BUT this is the same Pope that has told Biden that he's a good Catholic and can take Communion even though he openly supports late-term abortion.