Blase J. Cupich Quotes
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I was really grateful to have a chance to have some really in-depth study about the power of language using a philosopher who taught at the University of Chicago by the name of Paul Ricoeur. I'm really happy to be in Chicago because a lot of what I do is rooted in his approach to language.
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This business of demonizing or pre-defining people by the way they look, the religion that they practice, or where they came from is not only un-American but it's going to hurt America.
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I did my doctoral dissertation on the lectionary readings that we use at mass and how you have biblical texts that have been taken out of their original Bible context and put together for mass, and now they form a new text. Out of that new text, there is an interplay of new meaning.
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Our schools must be places where all are respected and the values of tolerance and peacemaking are taught and nurtured.
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Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.
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We are a people who have learned repeatedly throughout our history that economic distress can help us to appreciate that there are other ways to be rich that are not financial or even material.
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I grew up in a family of nine children, and I know there has to be a back and forth and a listening.
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We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it.
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We should be with people who are in need.
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We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life.
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We don't need more divisive language or programs and policies that are going to tear the fabric of the nation apart.
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We are an immigrant nation.
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Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank or something.
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Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly cannot escape this dilemma by denying that it is fundamentally a moral issue, no matter what position one chooses.
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I always tell myself... that the faith I have is a gift, so I shouldn't take that for granted. And so when people are struggling and feel they have no faith at all, I shouldn't say, 'Well, it's their fault.'
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I believe the assertion that every human life has an inherent and inalienable value will only be strengthened if we apply this principle to the morality of defending both convicted criminals and the lives of the unborn.
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When the state imposes the death penalty, it proclaims that taking one human life counterbalances the taking of another life. This assumption is profoundly mistaken.
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Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Those who do not think religious organizations should have an opinion on climate change misunderstand the former and the moral dimension of the latter.
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I try to be sensitive to the power of language, to the power of language that God uses to reveal something about what Christ is doing in our time. That is why I'm always excited about preaching, because there is always something new.
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The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence.
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Our people's faith is strong and sustains them even in times of challenge.
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Science can and should inform debate about abortion and the law. But science does not resolve questions of moral value and moral choice.
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Ultimately, it is only the witness who convinces people, not the teacher.