Archbishop Burke on Voting Responsibly and his Relationship with the USCCB

Says bishops not subordinate to Conference of Bishops and have right to act independently

Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis has given an exclusive interview to Inside the Vatican reporter Tom Szyszkiewicz concerning his latest pastoral letter on voting and abortion. His letter, (covered on LifeSiteNews.com at http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/oct/041
00405.html) is a clear articulation of Church teaching on voting, which notes that voting for unequivocally pro-abortion candidates is a sin.

The Archbishop says that while he was able to have his opinion heard at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), that "it's clear that Cardinal [Theodore] McCarrick and his (USCCB) committee did not accept at all what I had done."

See the full interview from Inside the Vatican:
http://archives.insidethevatican.com/new
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