If you will google “burke cappa magna” and click on Images, you can see lots of pictures of Raymond Burke wearing his cappa magna and even his ermine. The lad from Richmond Center WI is wearing the garb of a Prince of the Church — the Vatican City is certainly the Land of Opportunity! 

Cardinal Burke is, of course, the banner-bearer for retrogressive elements both in the Catholic Church and, to an increasing extent, in the political world. He was a keynote speaker at the recent meeting of the reactionary Napa Institute for which the registration fee for Clergy and Religious was $1,300 (discounted to $1000 for early registration) and the fee for all others was $2600 (discounted to $2300 for early registration). The meeting was held at the austere Meritage Resort and Spa (https://meritagecollection.com/meritage-resort?nck=8664946895). I wonder what honorarium was paid to the Cardinal. (Was he paid more than George Weigel, encomiast of JP II, another keynote speaker). Did he get the discounted price by registering early, or did he have to fork over $1300? Did he have time for a hot-air baloon ride?

Apropos of the cappa magna I refer readers to the article at http://www.eyeofthetiber.com/2015/06/25/missing-burke-found-alive-after-getting-lost-inside-cappa-magna-for-five-days/. As to the meeting of the Napa Institute, it was just another semi-secret reactionary rally, distinguished from the many other similar rallies by the presence of a much-aggrieved Prince of the Church.