Quotes from Blase J. Cupich

We want to let people know that we can build solidarity with suffering folks so that they are not excluded, they are integrated.

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?

White supremacy is a sin. Neo-Nazism is a sin.

I believe the assertion that every human life has an inherent and inalienable value will only be strengthened if we apply this principle to the morality of defending both convicted criminals and the lives of the unborn.

Schooling people in the ways of ongoing discernment produces a greater receptivity to the tradition of the church and at the same time creates the freedom that will make them more responsive to the will of God throughout their lives.

Parishes must be the safest places for a child to be.

The Eucharist is an opportunity of grace and conversion. It's also a time of forgiveness of sins, so my hope would be that grace would be instrumental in bringing people to the truth.

The Church is not fully Church if it lacks dialogue.

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.

We help immigrants because we are an immigrant nation, and we are an immigrant church. We've always done that; this is nothing new to us. This is not a new venture for us. It's who we are and have been from the very beginning of the history of the Catholic Church in this country.

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

The state and its leaders have not only a responsibility but also a vested interest in defending the sacredness and value of every human life.