Blase J. Cupich Quotes
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I don't want the abnormal or something special. I want to have a normal life.
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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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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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There is a synergy between the way Croatians approach life and the way Jesuits do. Croatians are very real about situations. We don't gloss over things. If there are issues to deal with, you deal with them.
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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 should be with people who are in need.
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Every school that I have ever attended, except for kindergarten, I went to a Catholic institution.
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We are an immigrant nation.
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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 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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Our people's faith is strong and sustains them even in times of challenge.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Ultimately, it is only the witness who convinces people, not the teacher.