Conferring confirmations is usually the preserve of a local bishop or auxiliary but in a controversial move, the Latin Mass Society (LMS) is bringing over the US-born Cardinal Raymond Burke from Rome to carry out confirmations in the old rite. Cardinal Burke, a leading light of the traditionalists, will be at St James’s Church in Spanish Place, London on 14 November to confirm a group of children and adults. When we asked why the cardinal was presiding, rather than an English pr