Posted on 01/21/2021 3:09:13 PM PST by ebb tide
Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, used Twitter to issue a scathing criticism of the USCCB’s official statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
In his four-part Twitter thread on Wednesday, Cardinal Cupich said that “the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an ill-considered statement on the day of President Biden’s inauguration. Aside from the fact that there is seemingly no precedent for doing so, the statement, critical of President Biden, came as a surprise to many bishops, who received it just hours before it was released.”
“The statement was crafted without the involvement of the Administrative Committee, a collegial consultation that is a normal course for statements that represent and enjoy the considered endorsement of the American bishops,” he said.
“The internal institutional failures involved must be addressed, and I look forward to contributing to all efforts to that end, so that, inspired by the Gospel, we can build up the unity of the Church, and together take up the work of healing our nation in this moment of crisis,” the cardinal said.
The overt criticism of the USCCB came after Cardinal Cupich published a separate statement on his website that did not include these critiques. It follows a flurry of public reactions from his fellow U.S. bishops, who have supported the USCCB statement.
Three different bishops speaking on background to CNA said they were aware that Cardinal Cupich wanted a more supportive, clearly pro-Biden statement, and that he spent most of Wednesday trying to get the support of other bishops to come up with an alternative statement.
The USCCB statement to which Cupich was responding was originally expected to be released at 9 a.m. Eastern time. However, it was delayed and published only after Biden was sworn in to office and around the time Pope Francis published a message to the new president.
The statement was from Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the bishops’ conference.
Gomez stressed that the bishops’ job is not to be political, but to preach the truth. He said that while there are numerous issues of concern to the bishops’ conference, abortion is the preeminent issue that cannot be ignored.
Gomez said that “abortion is a direct attack on life that also wounds the woman and undermines the family. It is not only a private matter, it raises troubling and fundamental questions of fraternity, solidarity, and inclusion in the human community. It is also a matter of social justice. We cannot ignore the reality that abortion rates are much higher among the poor and minorities, and that the procedure is regularly used to eliminate children who would be born with disabilities.”
"Rather than impose further expansions of abortion and contraception, as he has promised, I am hopeful that the new President and his administration will work with the Church and others of good will. My hope is that we can begin a dialogue to address the complicated cultural and economic factors that are driving abortion and discouraging families,” he continued.
“My hope, too, is that we can work together to finally put in place a coherent family policy in this country, one that acknowledges the crucial importance of strong marriages and parenting to the well-being of children and the stability of communities,” Gomez said. “If the President, with full respect for the Church’s religious freedom, were to engage in this conversation, it would go a long way toward restoring the civil balance and healing our country’s needs.”
Ping
So disgusted by the Catholic Church in recent times. And I’m a cradle Catholic who would never leave my religion. I expected them to remain true to God through this entire pandemic by staying open and having masses and letting the faithful decide what to do for themselves. Instead they kowtowed to the govt. so they didn’t jeopardize their tax breaks. 🤬
There is no question why Cardinal Cupich was elevated to Cardinal. He is cut in the same mold as Jesuit Pope Francis. Biden, right now is trying to undo all the prohibitions Trump put on people in other countries who are trying to advance abortion and Cardinal Cupich is fine with that. Cardinal Cupich is as phoney as Pope Francis when it comes to heretic Joe Biden. Joe Biden is not really a Catholic in God’s eyes. He makes a pretense of going to Church and then favors baby-killing. How many young children were deprived of life by people like Biden, Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, etc.? And Cardinal Cupich speaks well of him? Come on!!!
Money is the key. Don’t contribute to liberal bishops and liberal churches. Send the money elsewhere and let them know you are doing it.
Check out the local Spanish Catholic parishes; here in Puerto Rico there are parishes that would put a smile on Tomás de Torquemada’s face.
I’m a cradle Catholic too.
Of the four sins that cry out for vengeance, Biden has publicly committed three of them.
1. Murder: Biden is complicit with all abortions that took place between 1973 and the present. He had the power and prestige to fight for life. Instead, he took Planned Parenthood’s money and fought for it.
2. The Sin of Sodom. Biden supports gay and lesbian rights, as well as the sick and perverted transgender mob; see Levine, Rachel.
3. Oppression of the working man. Biden’s misguided policies on oil and gas drilling and pipelines have or will cause thousands of working men in the great plains and Alaska to lose their jobs as Keystone XL and ANWR energy and support jobs are lost. Biden has deprived these working men of a just wage. Shame on him.
Time to start taxing the sh*t out of Baby Killer Cupich.
CARDINAL PUKE!!! He is Barely Catholic!! Hasn’t been a good Cardinal there since Francis!
I should have said Francis George!!!He was GREAT and truly PRO-LIFE!!
As I posted on another thread, there is a reason Arch Bishop Gomez has not been made Cardinal.
Millions, and no doubt at some future time they'll get to meet them all, one by one.
Traditional Catholics are fully aware that Cupich is a corrupt POS from the same heretical school as Jorge Bergoglio. His Archdiocese of Chicago is dying on the vine except for those few parishes which remain faithful to the Catholic Church and preach, teach and behave accordingly. In the meantime, contributions are drying up, parishes are being closed and seminaries are shrinking.
Support your local Catholic parish, local Catholic organizations that do the type of work and service that does your local community good, local Saint Vincent DePaul Society, local homeless shelter, foodbank, crisis pregnancy center, etc.
Cupich the supine is alleged to be a McCarrick priest.
We have the same situation here in NJ; our cardinal (the first ever in NJ) gave Biden a de facto endorsement, and in a statement on the “inauguration” mentioned nothing about abortion or “same-sex marriage”.
Cardinal “nighty-night, baby”, that is.
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