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Pray for His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke and sign this petition!

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(Image above is courtesy of the Cardinal Newman Society)

All of you must have heard of the recent news that the faithful Cardinal Burke has been transferred from the position of the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura to the largely honorary position of the Cardinal Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

First, while the position of Cardinal Patron is largely honorary, but the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is one of the largest charity arm of the Church, and a multinational organisation with tens of thousands of members vigorously and faithfully serving the people of God around the globe. And secondly, the position of Cardinal Patron will definitely free up more of Cardinal Burke’s time to continue defending the true Faith, just as he had done so at the Extraordinary Synod on the Family which recently ended.

Cardinal Burke is still young at 66, and many bishops and Cardinals all around the world, having known who are the ones that stood up for the Faith and for the Lord, will remember what he had done, and I am certain, that he will soon be elected the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle, and be the Defender of the Faith as the future Vicar of Christ. Pray for this, and pray for the Church of God!

https://www.lifesitenews.com/petitions/thank-you-cardinal-burke-for-your-vatican-service

Please sign the above petition as well, to show our gratitude to Cardinal Burke’s often thankless and yet courageous service to God, His Church and His beloved people.

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Cardinals Update : Cardinal Paolo Sardi, Patron of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Italy), turned 80, ceases to be a Cardinal-elector

On Monday, 1 September 2014, Cardinal Paolo Sardi, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana, Cardinal-Patron of  the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Italy), turned 80, and therefore, according to the rules written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, he lost his right to vote in any future conclave.

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Cardinal Paolo Sardi was made Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana by Pope Benedict XVI in the 2010 Consistory of Cardinals on 20 November 2010, the third Consistory of his pontificate. Cardinal Sardi was made a Cardinal in honour of his position as the Patron of  the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, one of the most prominent and important charity and public action arm of the Church, the direct and current successor of the Knights Hospitallers established during the era of the Crusades, a position which he held from 2009 to the present day.

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http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardB16-3.htm#1368

May God bless His Eminence Cardinal Sardi with a blessed old age and health. May he remain strong in the faith and hopefully can perhaps still continue to work great graces and good works of love and peace as he continues to minister to the people of God through his patronage of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. We also pray for the success of the actions and the charities of this faithful order of the Church.

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The College of Cardinals now stands at 210 members in total, with 115 Cardinal-electors and 95 Cardinal non-electors. There are now a vacancy of 5 Cardinal-elector as compared to the maximum number of electors allowed in the Conclave of 120.

Next Cardinal-elector to age out (80) will be Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes (Germany), the President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council ‘Cor Unum’ on 5 September 2014.