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In his prayer of invocation at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Chicago archbishop Cardinal Blase Cupich lamented the “ongoing injustices in our national life” while calling for national unity.
Speaking before a packed house at the United Center in Chicago on Monday night, Cupich said Americans are regularly called to “reweave the fabric of America,” arguing that the country is “a nation composed of every people and culture, united not by ties of blood but by profound aspirations of life, freedom, justice, and unbound hope.”
“In every generation, we are called to renew these aspirations,” the prelate said. “We do so when we live out the virtues that dwell in our hearts, but also when we confront our failures to root out ongoing injustices in our national life, especially those created by moral blindness and fear of the other.”
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Speaking before a packed house at the United Center in Chicago on Monday night, Cupich said Americans are regularly called to “reweave the fabric of America,” arguing that the country is “a nation composed of every people and culture, united not by ties of blood but by profound aspirations of life, freedom, justice, and unbound hope.”
“In every generation, we are called to renew these aspirations,” the prelate said. “We do so when we live out the virtues that dwell in our hearts, but also when we confront our failures to root out ongoing injustices in our national life, especially those created by moral blindness and fear of the other.”
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Speaking before a packed house at the United Center in Chicago on Monday night, Cupich said Americans are regularly called to “reweave the fabric of America.”