Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

April 10, 2025

Renewing the pro-life mission

Thirty years ago, this past March 25, St. Pope John Paul II blessed the church with his encyclical “Evangelium Vitae.” Marking that anniversary, the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life issued an important document “Life Is Always a Good: Initiating Processes for a Pastoral Care of Human Life.”

March 19, 2025

Seeing others as God sees them

What contribution is the church uniquely qualified to offer the world today, in a moment of great conflict, polarization and division? Cardinal Robert McElroy addressed that and other questions in the homily he delivered at his March 11 installation as the eighth archbishop of Washington, D.C.: “The only effective witness that our church can give to the world is to view every conflict which surrounds us through the eyes of God.” Herein lies the hope the church can give to the world, Cardinal McElroy stated, to “truly help our society to see others more as God sees them: beloved children, brothers and sisters.”

March 06, 2025

The meaning of ‘today’

Cardinal Cupich delivered the following homily at Holy Name Cathedral during the Feb. 26 Mass of episcopal ordination, where five auxiliary bishops were consecrated for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

February 19, 2025

‘It could actually cause death’

Over the course of just a few weeks, the new administration suddenly halted foreign aid for 90 days, making dramatic cuts in funding and staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development. This has thrown the network of charities that administers our global humanitarian aid, including those funded by Catholics, into chaos. There is a human cost to acting so precipitously, which is partly why on Feb. 13, a federal judge ordered the administration to restore funding, given the “likelihood of a successful claim that the Executive’s actions violate the Constitution and statutes of the United States.”

February 05, 2025

Setting the record straight

This week I want to respond to the criticism some political leaders have leveled against the Catholic Church, charging that we are misusing federal funding for refugee settlement and that such ministries prove that the church is more concerned with its “bottom line” rather than the humanitarian service mandated by the Gospel.

January 22, 2025

Immigration: What is God asking of us?

At the invitation of Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico City, this month I led a group of pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In addition to visiting cultural sites such as the famous Pyramids of Teotihuacan and the Gardens of Xochimilco, we prayed at the tomb of Blessed María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida, known as Conchita, and the chapel at Tepeyac, where the apparitions to St. Juan Diego took place.

January 08, 2025

A new year, a fresh start

Culturally, January is the month of transition. The past is put behind us, as historians chronicle major events of the past year, celebrities are memorialized and record books are closed. At the same time, we begin the first days of a new year by making resolutions and predictions, inaugurating new leadership, and opening new accounting procedures to measure investments and assess taxes. This is the world we live in as we start a new year.

December 11, 2024

‘As we pray …’

We all have benefited from the renewal of the church ushered in by the Second Vatican Council. This gathering of the world’s Catholic bishops and heads of religious orders of men took place in four sessions from 1962 to 1965.

November 26, 2024

The astounding truth of God’s love

Cardinal Cupich delivered the following homily at Holy Name Cathedral on Nov. 24 on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of Holy Name Parish:

November 13, 2024

A decade of blessings

Ten years ago, when I began my ministry as your archbishop, I called on the image of God working in the midst of dry bones, as the prophet Ezekiel reminded us. In this passage, God brings the prophet through the skeletal remains of his people, asking whether these bones can live. The Lord then has Ezekial command the bones to hear God’s word — and they rattle back to life.
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