The move is at the same time, an insult to the former Prefect, though in his humility he would never say that, and a strategic move to attempt to silence him and prevent him from acting further on the "Dubia," of which Cardinal Burke was a signatory.
As New Catholic at Rorate writes, "Molto bene, Santità!... Magnifico!"
Really, do they think we are that stupid not to see through this charade?
Well, as the saying goes, ...