Cardinal Blaise Cupich
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 21 Feb
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Well, we were at the consistory with all the other cardinals of the world, and we heard voices of great alarm about what was happening in the United States, particularly the breakdown of the consensus that we've had in the world since World War II about the way that we handle conflicts, the easy turn to war and violence and military action, the sovereignty of nations.
and the dialogue that must go on with allies in order to solve difficulties.
We saw that alarm in the voices and in the expressions of the cardinals from around the world.
And then subsequently, right as we were leaving Rome, the Holy Father gave his talk to the diplomats of the world.
who are in the Vatican.
And he gave us a language to speak to the issues that we believe need to be addressed following what we heard from the cardinals around the world.
Well, first of all, we're citizens too.
We have a responsibility for the good of the nation and the common good of the world.
So there really should not be any hesitation on our part to offer what we can from our own tradition, but also to recall in history how the world has come together since the Second World War in order to solve problems.
I'm old enough to have lived in those years post
World War II, where I saw the United Nations come together, where treaties between allies, especially in NATO, were drafted.
And when we see that those kinds of ways in which multilateralism has been built evaporate now, we can speak to those issues from our own experience, but also from the basis of our own moral teaching.
Well, I think there was an appreciation of the fact that Chicago is the immigrant city.
We are, even this day, in the Catholic Church, we celebrate Mass in 26 different languages.
So we have our finger on the pulse of what an immigrant community is.
And so we have organized from early on legal services for people, ways in which we can support them materially in terms of food and necessary ways in which they can visit hospitals or doctors to give that kind of support.
And people have pulled together in order for that to happen.
So I'm very proud of that, but I'm not surprised.
At the heart of who we are in Chicago here is a deep appreciation of our immigrant roots.
Well, I hope it's maybe the first of other chances we can get together.
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