Francis on the Burke Kerfuffle
Dec 8, 2014 at 1:57 am
After that the issue of the Order of Malta cropped up and we needed a smart American who would know how to get around and I thought of him for that position. I suggested this to him long before the synod. I said to him, “This will take place after the synod because I want you to participate in the synod as dicastery head.” As the chaplain of Malta he wouldn’t have been able to be present. – Pope Francis on Cardinal Burke
Seems reasonable to me.
Canonical link: Francis on the Burke Kerfuffle