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2026

  1. Cardinal Burke closes 2026 Chartres pilgrimage of about 20,000

    Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated the closing Mass of the 44th Paris–Chartres pilgrimage; organisers had stressed unity with Leo XIV amid the SSPX crisis, and reports put attendance at a record of nearly or just over 20,000.

    SourcesChartres pilgrimage for Latin Mass devotees grows as organizers warn against… (America (OSV News))France's traditionalist Catholics rally behind Pope Leo XIV after SSPX schism (Detroit Catholic (OSV News))Twenty thousand pilgrims in Chartres: the unstoppable missionary force of the… (InfoVaticana)Young Catholics drive record crowds for Chartres Pilgrimage in France (Catholic World Report)

2025

  1. Leo XIV lets Cardinal Burke celebrate the traditional Mass in St. Peter's

    Leo XIV personally granted Cardinal Raymond Burke permission to celebrate Mass in the older form in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Altar of the Chair, for the annual Ad Petri Sedem (Summorum Pontificum) pilgrimage on 25 October 2025.

    SourcesNuncio in Britain says pope won't overturn restrictions on old Latin Mass (Catholic News Service (USCCB))Pope Leo XIV Authorizes Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Square (The Tablet (Diocese of Brooklyn))US Cardinal Burke celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change (National Catholic Reporter (AP))

  2. Leo XIV receives Cardinal Raymond Burke in private audience

    The Holy See confirmed the audience without describing its content. Christian Marquant of Paix Liturgique later said Burke used it to deliver a letter from some 70 traditionalist groups asking for a traditional Mass in St. Peter's; Leo gave permission, and Burke celebrated it there on 25 October.

    SourcesCardinal Burke received in audience by Pope Leo XIV (Catholic Herald)Cardinal Burke has a private audience with Leo XIV (The Catholic Thing)US Cardinal Burke celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change (National Catholic Reporter (AP))

2019

  1. Cardinal Burke distances himself from the Bannon-linked Dignitatis Humanae Institute

    In a letter dated 25 June 2019, Cardinal Raymond Burke ended his association with the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, writing that he did not think Frédéric Martel's book In the Closet of the Vatican should be made into a film. Steve Bannon had been promoting such a film. The episode was revisited in 2026 after Epstein-file messages about the film were released.

    SourcesEpstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign (Religion News Service)Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to 'take down' Pope Francis (CNN)

2016

  1. Four cardinals publish their dubia on Amoris laetitia

    Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond Burke, Carlo Caffarra and Joachim Meisner made public five yes-or-no questions (dubia) on Amoris laetitia that they had sent to Pope Francis and to Cardinal Gerhard Müller on 19 September 2016. The questions never received a public reply.

    SourcesFour Cardinals Formally Ask Pope for Clarity on 'Amoris Laetitia' (National Catholic Register)Dubia cardinals seek papal audience (National Catholic Register)