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This is my beloved apostate franciscardinal in whom I am well pleased.
Posted on 01/30/2021 10:14:02 AM PST by ebb tide
Vatican City, Jan 30, 2021 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis met with Cardinal Blase Cupich on Saturday, 10 days after the cardinal publicly criticized the U.S. bishops’ official statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
The private audience occurred in the Apostolic Palace on the morning of Jan. 30. Cardinal Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, has been in Rome for a meeting of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. The Holy See Press Office did not release any further information on the meeting other than that it took place.
On Jan. 20, the day of the U.S. presidential inauguration, Cupich took to Twitter to criticize a statement from Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference.
In his four-part Twitter thread 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.”
In the statement that Cupich said was “ill-considered,” Archbishop Gomez wrote 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.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Catholic, issued a statement with Vice President Kamala Harris two days later on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision which mandated permissive abortion laws nationwide.
The president and vice president stressed their commitment to legal abortion, saying “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to codifying Roe v. Wade and appointing judges that respect foundational precedents like Roe.”
Biden also issued a presidential memorandum on Jan. 28 repealing the Mexico City Policy. His act allows for the U.S. to again fund international pro-abortion groups through family planning funding and global health assistance.
In his sweeping order “Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad,” Biden stated his administration's commitment to promoting women's "reproductive health."
The U.S. bishops’ conference (USCCB) responded that, under Biden’s order, the U.S. would be contributing to abortions and abortion advocacy in the developing world.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee, and Bishop David Malloy of Rockford, chair of the bishops’ international justice and peace committee, issued a statement on Jan. 28.
“It is grievous that one of President Biden’s first official acts actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations,” the bishops said.
Tags: USCCB, Catholic News, Pope Francis, Cardinal Blase Cupich, President Joe Biden
Ping
They want to play nice with the dems in charge so those tens of millions of dollars keep rolling in to “resettle” the illegals.....
Probably to congratulate him. The Pontifical Academy for Life (all of its members replaced by Bergoglio) came out with a statement that Biden’s position was just fine, because support for “abortion rights” was not the same as support for abortion.
Disgraceful. Bergoglio is not going to have a good time in Hell. He has destroyed millions of souls by driving them away from the Faith and installing the Chinese Communist Party as the arbiter of Christianity. So whatever he gets he deserves.
Bergoglio is the one who is enabling the whole bizarre left wing assault on the US to happen.
Bingo!
Fake election. Fake president. Fake pope. Both of them fake Catholics.
God bless Cardinal Cupich, for speaking truth to power.
Sorry meant God bless USCCB.
oh my Dear God.....
This is the relevant passage from Archbishop Gomez that got Cupich so upset recently.
“I must point out that our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender.”
Cupich and “inspired by the Gospel” do not go together.
Poorly written article begins so heavily nuanced that it threw me as well.
You meant to bless Gomez.
Cupich is the US henchman for Jorge, and the perennial American favorite of the Anti-Pope, Anti-Church wolves who are running the Vatican.
Cupich criticized Gomez for standing out and speaking against the abortion- promoting Biden administration.
This is an extremely poorly written and unilluminating article. Every sentence is unclear and the article leaves so much unspecified.
However, we all know on which side the Bishop of Rome stands.
He knew what he was doing when he chose Judas.
God is ultimately in control, though the route he takes looks messy to us. Of course, with the exception of Our Lady, we all contribute to the mess in some degree.
That’s part of it, but it’s broader than that. Bergoglio is a full-spectrum leftist. He’s never met a leftist trope he didn’t love whether on climate, socialism, migrants, you name it. As such, there’s a huge affinity with Biden-Harris (and a huge antipathy toward Trump, conservatism etc.). The abortion politics of Biden-Harris are zero concern to these guys. As such, Bergoglio and Cupich are plotting strategy and trying to figure out how to make sure that nothing like the Gomez statement happens again.
Jesus Christ is God. Jorge Bergolio is not.
Are you comparing Jorge to Jesus? That wasn’t my intention.
And George the Third may profit from the example.
That's how your statement appeared to me.
Bergoglio choosing Cupich as a cardinal I consider to be God's permissive will. Christ (who is omniscient) choosing Judas was different, in my opinion.
I think antecedent and consequent are traditional Catholic theological terms, and perfect vs. permissive are protestant.
At any rate, Christ chose twelve schmucks, who chose other schmucks, who chose other schmucks, who chose Jorge, who chose Cupich. It is miraculous that the Church has survived her leadership . . . you silly little man, if we and our priests couldn’t destroy the Church in 18 centuries, what makes you think that you could do it (Pius VI or VII to Napoleon)
I really don’t care what you think anymore.
Yes, the perfect/permissive thing is not theologically recognized.
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