Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

November 06, 2019

Inculturation: A two-way street

During last month’s Synod for the Amazon held in Rome, an incident occurred that outraged many people. Early one morning, two people removed from the Church of St. Mary in Traspontina statues that were used in the opening ceremonies of the synod — and threw them into the Tiber River.

October 23, 2019

New guidelines for celebrating the Rites of Christian Burial

Over this past year, the Presbyteral Council helped me develop guidelines designed to assist parishioners and parish staff in the preparation of Masses of Christian Burial. I am intentionally issuing these guidelines on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2, the day we set aside exclusively to pray for the dead. As such, it serves as a point of reference for all of our rites of Christian burial.

October 09, 2019

Amazon Synod: Toward an integral ecology

This month, bishops from the Amazon region are gathering in Rome with representatives from the worldwide church for a special synod called by Pope Francis. From Oct. 6 to 27, participants will focus on two areas as noted in the theme chosen for the synod: “Amazonia: new paths for the church and for integral ecology.”

September 18, 2019

Recovering our sense of solidarity

More than a quarter-century ago, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin spoke about the futility of treating important issues like abortion, capital punishment, nuclear proliferation, the use of military force and others as discrete topics. He argued for a consistent ethic of life, thereby connecting these issues in a comprehensive way.

September 04, 2019

Archdiocesan Women’s Committee responds to the issue of clericalism

We are blessed to have a number of lay commissions and councils, which I rely on to provide advice and support. I view their collaboration as key to the kind of shared governance needed today in the church. One of the groups I depend on is the Archdiocesan Women’s Committee. This advisory body represents women from all six vicariates, and meets with me throughout the year.

August 21, 2019

A state that serves the nation

Last January, you may recall, the bishops of the United States gathered at our seminary in Mundelein for a retreat at the invitation of Pope Francis. He sent Italian Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa as the retreat director. Father Cantalamessa has served as preacher to the papal household since he was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1980.

August 07, 2019

Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the tragedies in El Paso, Dayton

Cardinal Cupich released the following statement on Aug. 4, 2019: Today the Archdiocese of Chicago mourns and prays for the victims of yesterday’s gun massacres in El Paso and Dayton. We stand with their loved ones demanding an end to this deadly status quo.

July 24, 2019

Words matter

Earlier this month, I visited Auschwitz with Fritzie Fritzshall, president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie — and a survivor of the Nazi death camp.

July 10, 2019

Clericalism: an infection that can be cured

Last year, I asked the Archdiocesan Women’s Committee, which is part of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, to offer their insights, after consulting with women in their parishes, about how they experience clericalism.

June 19, 2019

Real progress and a commitment to reform

At the conclusion of February’s Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church, Pope Francis promised concrete results, and they came with a swiftness rarely seen in society, let alone in the church. Within 90 days he issued four legislative documents designed, as he stated, to “reinforce the protection of minors by strengthening the normative framework.”
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