Viewpoint: Who's showing whose true colours?

Phyllis Zagano

Confused about the recent discussions over Cardinal Burke, Amoris Laetitia and the Knights of Malta? In her latest column for the National Catholic Reporter, Phyllis Sagano offers a very helpful summary.

Sagano writes: Every seagoing ship flies its colours - its flag - so other vessels can identify friend or foe. Pirates often displayed false flags, only showing their true colours - black and white skull and bones - when they were close enough to attack.

Remind you of the gang of four cardinals stirring a hornet's nest about Amoris Laetitia? The four - Walter Brandmüller, 88, Carlo Caffarra, 78, Joachim Meisner, 83 - seem to be following the scarlet flag of American Raymond Burke, 68, ex-head of the Apostolic Signatura lately attacking again, this time over at the Knights of Malta.

Burke's now showing his true colours: everything is black and white. His concurrent attacks on the pope reduce to two statements: "I'm smarter than you," and "I deny your authority."

To read on see: www.ncronline.org/blogs/just-catholic/whos-showing-whose-true-colors