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Karin	Tuesday, 8. July 2008, 14:04
Karin Posts: 825 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: September 26, 2006	From the Web Site of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. This is definitely a change for the Vatican Department of the Apostolic Signatura. Archbishop Burke was our bishop here in La Crosse and will be with us on 16 July to dedicate his "baby" - the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe's Basillica (which is really beautiful). Then AB Burke will leave for Rome at the end of the summer. His remarks follow the announcement. Sorry, the video isn't included here. Archbishop Burke To Head Apostolic Signatura, Church's Highest Court The following is the text of Archbishop Raymond L. Burke's statment regarding his appointment as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. To view a video statement from Archbishop Burke, click on the play button (►) in the video window below. The appointment was announced at the Vatican on Friday, June 27, 2008. Today, at noon in Rome (5 a.m. CDT), it was announced that His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has named me prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, effective immediately. With the announcement, I ceased to be the Archbishop of St. Louis. I am deeply humbled by the trust which His Holiness has placed in me, and, in priestly obedience, I have pledged to serve our Holy Father to the best of my abilities. Although you will no longer pray for me as your archbishop, especially during the celebration of the Holy Mass, I ask your prayers for me, that I may faithfully and generously cooperate with God's grace in fulfilling my new responsibilities. Leaving the service of the Church in the Archdiocese of St. Louis is most sad for me. It has been an honor and gift for me to serve the archdiocese over the past four years and five months. It had been my hope to serve here for a long time, but, as the bishop who called me to priestly ordination often remarked, "Man proposes, but God disposes." I trust that doing what our Holy Father has asked me to do will bring blessings to the Archdiocese of St. Louis and to me. St. Louis is a great archdiocese which will always have a treasured place in my heart. In a particular way, I am saddened to leave my fellow priests, whom I have so much grown to esteem and love. Often, I have spoken about the remarkable unity and loyalty of our presbyterate. For me, it has been a special grace to work with them in the service of God's flock in the archdiocese. I thank them for the priestly fraternity which they have always shown me, and for the generous obedience with which they have responded to my pastoral care and governance of our beloved archdiocese. With regard to the governance of the archdiocese, the College of Consultors will meet to elect an archdiocesan administrator who, with the help of the consultors, will govern the archdiocese, until the new archbishop is appointed and installed. Please pray for the College of Consultors and for the archdiocesan administrator whom they will elect. Again, I ask your prayers. You can count upon my daily prayers for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, always.
	Karin Hvaljen Isus i Marija. Kraljica Mira, moli za nas. "Praised be Jesus and Mary. Queen of Peace, Pray for Us."

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