My spiritual guide...until further notice.
Posted on 07/08/2016 9:04:22 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
Pope Francis has named Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich to serve as a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the Vatican office that recommends to the Pope candidates to be appointed bishops. The move has alarmed traditional-minded Catholics since Cupich has shown himself to be an extremely liberal bishop.
In this role, Cupich will now exercise one of the most prominent roles in deciding who to appoint as new bishops in the United States. Cupich is said to have been hand-picked by Pope Francis for his prominent position as Archbishop of Chicago.
Cupich will join Washington, D.C.'s Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who Pope Francis named to the congregation in December 2013 while at the same time removing Cardinal Raymond Burke. Burke had been credited with influencing several strong appointments to U.S. sees in the latter years of Pope Benedict XVI's pontificate.
The news of Cupich's appointment has been met with consternation by many U.S. Catholics because Cupich is a prominent "progressive" who has earned frequent criticism for his actions on issues such as life and family.
When he was the bishop of Spokane, Washington, Cupich requested that priests and seminarians of his diocese not participate in 40 Days for Life prayer vigils outside abortion facilities.
In August 2015, in the wake of the Center for Medical Progress videos exposing Planned Parenthood's baby body parts trafficking scandal, Cupich wrote that unemployment and hunger are just as appalling as killing children in the womb.
Cupich has openly contradicted Catholic canon law on giving Holy Communion to those in a state of mortal sin. Shortly after his appointment as Archbishop of Chicago, Cupich said that giving Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians can be a good thing. Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law instructs those "conscious of grave sin" on their soul to refrain from receiving Holy Communion.
At the 2015 Synod on the Family, Cupich said that it is permissible for same-sex couples and the divorced and remarried to receive Holy Communion in accordance with their consciences.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, proper consciences are formed according to the teachings of the Church. "Conscience can remain in ignorance or make erroneous judgements. Such ignorance and errors are not always free of guilt," the Catechism teaches (CCC 1801).
Cupich's comments on the matter caused such a stir that another Illinois bishop, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, issued a public statement clarifying the Church's teaching.
Cupich praised Pope Francis's exhortation Amoris Laetitia as a "game-changer" that could normalize his unorthodox approach to those living in situations the Church labels objectively sinful.
In 2002, when he was the Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, Cupich locked the doors of a Catholic parish during the Easter Triduum, one of the holiest points of the Catholic liturgical year, in order to prevent Traditional Latin Masses from taking place. The church was forced to hold its Good Friday liturgies on the sidewalk.
Of course he did.
Not trying to destroy the Catholic Church so much as he’s trying to advance his Marxist agenda.
So he appoints a “Leftist” - Surprise, surprise...
My spiritual guide...until further notice.
Another one of Bernardin’s Boys and Jadots Jots — that’s my name for Cupich.
Same here
Because left wing bishops worked so well for the Episcopal Church USA/sarcasm.
Ping!
I am Catholic but consider me an enemy combatant when it comes to this pope.
you took the words right out of my mouth!!!
no surprise about the pope picking the likes of his own..
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