text: Burke sees himself as another St Nicholas hurling metaphorical slaps at the face of the heretical Pope Francis.  I think it is getting close to time for Franky to slap him back with a not so metaphorical suspension, which will probably lead to a reduction to the lay state if Burke isn't careful.   But to be honest, I think Burke would love that as it would give him a chance to set himself up as martyr and start a schismatic group with himself as arbitrator of all that is "orthodox".  If he did that, I would hope that most of his sycophants would follow him into schism.  Then maybe the church could finally start to clean up some of the messes left by JPII the Great Enabler and Benedict.   In fact, that very scenario might be the salvation of Catholicism in the western world.   As for Burke himself, I think this line from the movie Priest suits him perfectly:  Te es pustula in corpore Christi. Pustula vivens spirans monstruosa. lam iamque in pus et cruorem...et foetorem eruptura.