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Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich is defending his decision to honor pro-abortion Illinois Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin with an award at the archdiocese’s upcoming Keep Hope Alive immigration ministry fundraiser.
“Recently some have criticized the decision of the Archdiocese of Chicago to recognize Sen. Dick Durbin at our annual fundraiser for our immigration ministry,” Cupich wrote in a Sept. 22 statement, which came after several bishops spoke out against the move.
“Sen. Durbin informed me some years ago that he has taken up residence in Chicago, registered in a parish of the archdiocese, and considers me to be his bishop,” Cupich stated. “Accordingly, I have remained faithful to the May 2021 instructions of the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, advising bishops to ‘reach out to and engage in dialogue with Catholic politicians within their jurisdictions ... as a means of understanding the nature of their positions and their comprehension of Catholic teaching.’”
Durbin has been prohibited from receiving the Eucharist in what has been previously reported as his home diocese of Springfield — the state capital — since 2004. In a Sept. 23 article in First Things magazine titled “Sen. Durbin Is Unfit to Receive Any Catholic Honor,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, wrote that he was “shocked” to hear of the Chicago Archdiocese’s plan to honor Durbin with a lifetime achievement award.
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“Recently some have criticized the decision of the Archdiocese of Chicago to recognize Sen. Dick Durbin at our annual fundraiser for our immigration ministry,” Cupich wrote in a Sept. 22 statement, which came after several bishops spoke out against the move.
“Sen. Durbin informed me some years ago that he has taken up residence in Chicago, registered in a parish of the archdiocese, and considers me to be his bishop,” Cupich stated. “Accordingly, I have remained faithful to the May 2021 instructions of the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, advising bishops to ‘reach out to and engage in dialogue with Catholic politicians within their jurisdictions ... as a means of understanding the nature of their positions and their comprehension of Catholic teaching.’”
Durbin has been prohibited from receiving the Eucharist in what has been previously reported as his home diocese of Springfield — the state capital — since 2004. In a Sept. 23 article in First Things magazine titled “Sen. Durbin Is Unfit to Receive Any Catholic Honor,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, wrote that he was “shocked” to hear of the Chicago Archdiocese’s plan to honor Durbin with a lifetime achievement award.
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Cardinal Cupich defends decision to honor pro-abortion senator
Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich is defending his decision to honor pro-abortion Illinois Democrat Sen. Richard Durbin at an upcoming fundraiser.
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