Cardinal Raymond Burke Rues “Feminization” of the Church, Saying That Altar Girls Lack “Manly Discipline”

Cardinal Raymond Burke: ‘Feminized’ church and altar girls caused priest shortage

In an unusual move, Francis effectively demoted Burke in November, shifting him from his job in the Roman Curia to a largely ceremonial post as patron of the Order of Malta, a global Catholic charitable organization based in Rome.

Vatican observers suspected the switch would actually give Burke more freedom to speak his mind, and in this latest interview the cardinal doubled down on themes he has often struck: that liberalizing changes in both society and the church, especially “radical feminism,” have gravely undermined the Catholic faith since the 1970s.