Your feelings about the goings on in the Knights of Malta, or Cardinal Burke\u2019s assignments, or the famous footnote in Amoris Laetitia and the Dubia, or the pope\u2019s addresses, or the American bishops\u2019 declarations on immigration, or Fr. James Martin, or whose feet are washed on Holy Thursday, or the extraordinary form, or church music, don\u2019t matter. They don\u2019t affect anything, especially not the decisions of the people who decide these things. Francis does not eagerly scan your Facebook page for instructions. Neither does Cardinal Burke.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I concur.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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