Posted on 07/16/2016 6:36:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
That influence is why Pope Francis’ July 7 appointment of Archbishop Blase Cupich — archbishop of Chicago since November 2014 — should not be underestimated. While not without his critics, he remains the most prominent episcopal pick for the Church in the United States made so far by Pope Francis.
Archbishop Cupich joins Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington as one of only two Americans currently with the congregation. The Chicago archbishop essentially is replacing Cardinal William Levada, who recently turned 80 and resigned all cardinalatial duties.
At 67, Archbishop Cupich will presumably be a member for at least the next decade, and will thus have a hand in shaping the demeanor of the Church hierarchy in the United States for many years to come. He will remain in Chicago as archbishop, but his trips to Rome will now be more frequent, and it is generally believed that he will be among the new members of the College of Cardinals when Francis convokes his next consistory.
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"Interestingly, Pope Francis reportedly set aside the terna presented to him for Chicago and chose Archbishop Cupich personally."
So much for synodality, collegiately, and all that.
Yep, so much for all that. His governance style is very much that of the classic Latin American ‘strongman’ (e.g., Peron, Somoza, Castro, Chavez et al.).
How clueless are readers of the Registrar? Does anyone really need to be told not to underestimate The Blaze?
Liberals don’t need collegiality. They are smarter than everyone else and know better. About everything.
We should just put them in charge of everything.
Cupich = another one of Bernardin’s Boys or Jadot’s Jots. Liberal do no gooders for the Church.
One of those Chicago threads has just been snipped in your diocese, Salvation. I hear Mary Jo is finally leaving after 27 years as Chancellor? Congratulations!
This article is pablum. On one hand this, on the other hand that.
Cupich is a bitter, vindictive, cruel, lying hater of the Catholic Church. He will do his best to saddle the Church in America with more like him.
Cupich is a disgrace to the Catholic Church. He shouldn’t even call himself a Catholic. He’s nothing more than a democrat operative, working to get Clinton elected.
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