Abp. Blase Joseph Cupich (left) was installed as head of the Archdiocese of Chicago on Nov. 18, 2014 (CNS); Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (right) was Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996 (Wikipedia).
Abp. Blase Joseph Cupich (left) was installed as head of the Archdiocese of Chicago on Nov. 18, 2014 (CNS); Joseph Cardinal Bernardin (right) was Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996 (Wikipedia).
Shortly before the U.S. presidential election of 2008, he [Cupich] published an essay in America on the question of race that said:[7]
As we draw near an election day on which one of the major party candidates for president is for the first time a person of African-American ancestry, we should be able to do so with a sense that whatever the outcome, America has crossed another threshold in healing the wounds that racism has inflicted on our nation’s body politic for our entire history. However, in view of recent media reports regarding race-based voting, this potentially healing moment could turn into the infliction of one more wound if racism appears to determine the outcome. Because of that menacing possibility, it is worth recalling for Catholics and all Americans.... [R]acism is a sin.