Cardinal Raymond Burke told the National Catholic Register that it was “not proper” for Sister Nathalie Becquart, the undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, to give a keynote address to a video conference hosted by New Ways Ministry.

Noting that New Ways Ministry has been sanctioned by the Vatican for its misrepresentation of Catholic teachings on homosexuality, Cardinal Burke said that the Vatican official’s participation in the conference could convey the message “that somehow the Church can be reconciled with these positions which are contrary to her teaching.”