Ping!
He is totally committed to the culture of encounter, does not engage in confrontation...
When asked by the New York Times after the plenary meeting of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference last November, what the papal nuncio had told them about the kind of bishop the Pope wants, Bishop Cupich said, “Pope Francis doesn’t want culture warriors, he doesn’t want ideologues, that is the new paradigm for us, and it’s making many of us think”.
In other words, none of that silly proselytism. The New Religion strikes again.
This shows that Francis is thoroughly in the grip of evil.
Cupich ordered the removal of all kneelers in the Diocese of Rapid City. He viciously persecuted “conservative” priests.
Pray for the early retirement or death of this Pope.
“Pope Francis doesn’t want culture warriors”
The HHS mandate attempt. Businesses already being punished for refusing to participate in same-sex “marriage”. Will we be back in the catacombs before some in the Church wake up? We have no choice but to be peaceful culture warriors if we want to preserve the freedom we have left.
I don’t totally agree with “Pope Francis doesn’t want culture warriors”. He came out to meet the Pro-Life Italy March and I think he has more starch in the spine than the new archbishop of Chicago. I’d like to see a bit more of Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina in Francis. He was a culture warrior there saying gay marriage is a deceit of the devil and that the country has the death penalty for the innocent unborn child.
Spokane loses a rather lackluster prelate who appeared to worry only about cleaning up the financial mess left behind by one of Bernardin’s Boys. He was widely expected to be transferred soon, and here it is. The real question is who we get now?
Yes, it is worrisome. But none of the details suggest that he is weak on any of the basic orthodox matters. Not that that proves he isn’t. But I think we need to wait and see.
Chicago is a very tough diocese to run. Cardinal George was a good man, but he certainly had his work cut out for him. you are dealing with Mafia City, and with a lot of bad stuff inherited from earlier times. A lot of questionable priests, and if you fired them all, you wouldn’t have enough left to man the parishes. Same problem as Boston.
Got to remember that in the Chicago area, there is a Croatian-Americans community.