Carl’s Cuts
Carl’s Cuts: On Schmemann’s Lent, Billy Graham’s death, Madeleine L’Engle’s “Wrinkle”, and Cardinal Cupich’s column
Confessions, observations, and animadversions on this, that, and the other. […]
Cardinal Blase Cupich
Features
Pope Francis and clericalism
Despite his repeated and vehement denunciations of clericalism, Francis’ more general remarks about the laity sometimes nevertheless exhibit a sort of clerical chauvinism. […]
Analysis
Cardinal Cupich launches “Amoris Laetitia” seminars for US bishops
Among the several theologians to present at the upcoming seminars is a former national board member of Call to Action and an advocate for the […]
The Dispatch
“The Greatest Sin is losing the sense of Sin”
One wonders if Pope Francis, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, and Cardinal Francis Coccopalmerio are as adept as Pope Pius XII in comprehending the impact of […]
Features
Archbishop Naumann: “If the Church is silent on the destruction of life, we’re being negligent”
The recently elected USCCB’s head of the Committee of Pro-Life Activities discusses his many years of service in the pro-life cause, preaching about abortion, pro-abortion Catholic […]
The Dispatch
Archbishop Naumann, Cardinal Cupich, and the mysterious middle finger
While Naumann has shown that he is a warrior and a leader—who can also dialogue when the moment calls for dialogue—it’s not evident at all […]
The Dispatch
Archbishop Naumann elected US bishops’ pro-life committee chair
Archbishop Naumann won the pro-life committee with 96 votes, or 54 percent. The other candidate, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, garnered 82 votes, or 46 […]
General
USCCB committee election a referendum on what it means to be pro-life
At issue, fundamentally, is how the bishops understand what it means to be “pro-life.” While Naumann’s election would signal continuity with the current approach, Cupich’s […]