Cardinal Burke on Pope Francis: ‘we can never talk enough’ about abortion (Video)

ALABAMA, December 13, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Vatican Cardinal Raymond Burke has spoken publicly about remarks by Pope Francis that have been interpreted in the media to mean that the Church should focus on "essentials" rather than abortion or homosexual "marriage."

“We can never talk enough about that as long as in our society innocent and defenceless human life is being attacked in the most savage way,” the cardinal told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo. “I mean it’s literally a massacre of the unborn.”

Note: The relevant section of the interview with Cardinal Burke begins at 14:54 in the video.

Arroyo told Cardinal Burke that he has received emails from priests over the last few months who relate that people are demanding they “stop talking about this abortion and the gay marriage thing” because, “the Pope explicitly said stick to essentials, that’s what we need to do.’”

Asked how he’d interpret that, Cardinal Burke, the head of the Vatican’s highest court, the Apostolic Signatura, responded that that the Pope "doesn't state that," admitting however that the Pope’s statements are “not altogether easy to interpret.”