U.S. Cardinal Burke says he has tested positive for COVID-19 August 11, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said he has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. In an Aug. 10 tweet, he wrote: “Praised be Jesus Christ! I wish to inform you that I have recently tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Thanks be to God, I am resting comfortably and receiving excellent medical care. Please pray for me as I begin my recovery. Let us trust in Divine Providence. God bless you.” The 73-year-old cardinal, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as bishop of that diocese from 1995 to 2004, as archbishop of St. Louis from 2004 to 2008, and as prefect of the Vatican’s Apostolic Signature from 2008 to his resignation in 2014. While the cardinal often resides in Italy, he travels extensively and was believed to be in Wisconsin at the time of the tweet. Read more vatican news Pope opens Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, launching ‘Jubilee of Hope’ Caritas, Jubilee USA present Holy Year debt-relief project Pope condemns ‘hypocrisy’ of exalting peace while waging war Pope, suffering a cold, focuses on mothers and children before Christmas Bishop J. Gregory Kelly named to Texas diocese after Bishop Strickland’s removal Trump names CatholicVote’s Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador Copyright © 2021 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Print
