Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

January 9, 2019

The bishops’ retreat and a new ecclesial season

I am writing this as the retreat held for the Catholic bishops of the United States at our seminary in Mundelein concludes. The weeklong retreat was the idea of Pope Francis.

December 5, 2018

Advent: The season to encounter Christ, the Coming One

One of the most ancient titles of Jesus in the liturgical tradition of the church is He Who Is to Come. It captures the essence of the Resurrection, rightly portraying Jesus not only as someone raised from the dead 2,000 years ago, but as someone who is in our midst, active and bringing about something new in the world.

November 20, 2018

The bishops in Baltimore

The big news at the annual fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was the Holy See’s decision that we delay adopting new policies for the discipling of bishops accused of misconduct and the mishandling of cases involving abuse of minors by clergy. The president of our conference informed the body of bishops of this on the morning of Nov. 12; I was given advance notice just before the meeting by Cardinal DiNardo, president of the USCCB.

November 7, 2018

A pilgrim church

Last month’s Synod on Youth, in which I participated, gave the church an opportunity to reflect on what it means for us to be a pilgrim people, marching through time to proclaim the kingdom of God. After all, the word “synod” derives from the Greek words “syn” and “hodos,” which mean “traveling on the way with others.” At one point in our discussions, it was suggested that we actually make a pilgrimage as a group in the city of Rome.

October 24, 2018

The November meeting of U.S. bishops

When the U.S. bishops gather for our annual meeting in Baltimore, we must address forthrightly two important issues related to clergy sexual misconduct which have come to light over the summer months.

October 11, 2018

Letter from Cardinal Cupich asking faithful to pray rosary in October for the universal church

Pope Francis is inviting Catholics throughout the world to pray the rosary every day during the Marian month of October. The Holy Father encourages us to join him in this act of solidarity and penance, asking the Mother of God and St. Michael Archangel to protect the church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us from God and from each other.

September 19, 2018

‘We can never again abandon victim-survivors’

The following homily was delivered at the Sept. 15 Mass closing the Novena for the Healing of the Church at Holy Name Cathedral.

September 6, 2018

Our three new auxiliary bishops

Pope Francis has given the Archdiocese of Chicago a great gift in naming three new auxiliary bishops to serve the Catholic community in Lake and Cook counties. They will be ordained on Sept. 17, the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine.

August 22, 2018

Letter from Cardinal Cupich in response to the Pennsylvania grand jury report

Anger, shock, grief, shame. What other words can we summon to describe the experience of learning about the devastating revelations of sexual abuse — and the failures of bishops to safeguard the children entrusted to their care — published in the Pennsylvania grand jury report, released Tuesday?

August 8, 2018

The right to life is not conditional

On Aug. 2, Pope Francis made news by revising the Catechism of the Catholic Church to say that capital punishment is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” This dignity persists, the revision continues, “even after the commission of very serious crimes.”
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