Blase J. Cupich

Those who do not think religious organizations should have an opinion on climate change misunderstand the former and the moral dimension of the latter. ”

Once kids begin to realize that they are connected to a greater good and greater whole, then that will lessen the possibility that they will act out violently because it creates empathy. ”

Just as Cardinal Bernardin proposed that an of ethic of life be consistently applied to unite all the life issues, we need in our day to mine the church's social teaching on solidarity. ”

I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family. ”

I commend the parents who are sending their children to a Catholic school, because they're making a sacrifice, and they're paying twice for their child's education: They're paying the tuition, and they're paying taxes. ”

The long arc of history that recounts the Catholic Church's embrace of people of all faiths and none in providing health, education, and welfare in society is as incontestable as it is impressive. ”

We have to be sure we don't pigeonhole one group as though they're not part of the human family, as though there's a different set of rules for them. That would be a big mistake. ”

The death penalty confronts us with a penetrating moral question: Can even the monstrous crimes of those who are condemned to death and are truly guilty of such crimes erase their sacred dignity as human beings and their intrinsic right to life? ”

We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life. ”

We Catholics have been in the forefront in defending the dignity of the human person. Clericalism is a direct violation of human dignity. ”