Archbishop Blase Cupich has made some troubling choices over the years. As the Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, he decided to bar the parishioners of the local Latin Mass parish from entering the church during the Easter Triduum so that he could provide “an opportunity on an annual basis for us to all worship together, for one moment of unity as a Catholic church.” Evidently, this was so important to him that he physically locked them out of the parish without discussion. He also, according to the local news, engaged in the general practice of forbidding these Catholics from receiving First Holy Communion or Confirmation under the traditional forms.

He made news again when, as Bishop of Spokane, Washington, he was reported to have “told the priests of his diocese not to be involved with the 40 Days for Life campaign” because he didn’t want them to be “identified with the ‘extremists’ of the pro-life movement.” When public pressure mounted, the diocese released a weak statement, falling back on soft language and allusions to conscience to hide a thinly-veiled threat to any priests who wished to participate.

After Cardinal George stepped down in the face of rapidly-advancing cancer, Pope Francis sent Cupich to Chicago. It wasn’t long before the new Archbishop made his mark on his new see. From allegedly going “ballistic” over the dearth of females in the sanctuary at his installation Mass to his near-instantaneous collaboration with pro-abortion politicians (to whom he refuses to deny Holy Communion) to his unruffled, almost acquiescent statement on the SCOTUS ruling on so-called “gay marriage,” the impression is given that Cupich has little real interest in fighting for the Catholic Faith.

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