Racism can be called our nation's own specific 'original sin.' — Blase J. Cupich Nation Copy Share Image
Getting to know people as they are is very, very important. — Blase J. Cupich Getting Copy Share Image
I don't want the abnormal or something special. I want to have a normal life. — Blase J. Cupich Life Copy Share Image
We don't need military weapons in our society. We're not supposed to be at war with one another. — Blase J. Cupich Another Copy Share Image
Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago. — Blase J. Cupich Chicago Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it is only the witness who convinces people, not the teacher. — Blase J. Cupich Only Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family of nine children, and I know there has to be a back and forth and a… — Blase J. Cupich Back Copy Share Image
I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family. — Blase J. Cupich Education Copy Share Image
Our schools must be places where all are respected and the values of tolerance and peacemaking are taught and nurtured. — Blase J. Cupich Education Copy Share Image
People think sometimes there is a 'Catholic vote' because of one particular issue. This demeans who we are as a Catholic community.… — Blase J. Cupich Community Copy Share Image
We realize there is no political party or politician who fully takes into consideration the issues the church is about. This is… — Blase J. Cupich Church Copy Share Image
In the 40 years that I've been a priest and the 17 as a bishop, I have experienced people coming at things… — Blase J. Cupich Coming Copy Share Image
We have to learn. We have to listen to where people are. We have to listen to where the Spirit is working… — Blase J. Cupich Communication Copy Share Image
Let's face it: grandparents are very important to family systems. You're babysitters, but you also instill values in children that sometimes skip… — Blase J. Cupich Children Copy Share Image
People should be called the way that they want to be called rather than us coming up with terms that maybe we're… — Blase J. Cupich Maybe Copy Share Image
When the state imposes the death penalty, it proclaims that taking one human life counterbalances the taking of another life. This assumption… — Blase J. Cupich Another life Copy Share Image
I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I… — Blase J. Cupich Business Copy Share Image
I did my doctoral dissertation on the lectionary readings that we use at mass and how you have biblical texts that have… — Blase J. Cupich Bible Copy Share Image
Catechesis, preaching, and passing on the faith must not only be about educating the members of our communities in the content of… — Blase J. Cupich Faith Copy Share Image
The death penalty confronts us with a penetrating moral question: Can even the monstrous crimes of those who are condemned to death… — Blase J. Cupich Death Copy Share Image
Collaborative governance needs to be more than calling on the advice and competence of others to make up for our episcopal shortcomings.… — Blase J. Cupich Advice Copy Share Image
I believe the assertion that every human life has an inherent and inalienable value will only be strengthened if we apply this… — Blase J. Cupich Believe Copy Share Image
We have to believe in the mercy and grace of God to trigger conversion rather than the other way around: that you're… — Blase J. Cupich Believe Copy Share Image
We are called to care for those sickened by pollution, house those displaced by environmental calamities, and heal the spirits of those… — Blase J. Cupich Environmental Copy Share Image
Our people's faith is strong and sustains them even in times of challenge. — Blase J. Cupich Challenge Copy Share Image
I am never bored in my ministry because I continually see the impact of God in people's lives. — Blase J. Cupich God Copy Share Image
Every school that I have ever attended, except for kindergarten, I went to a Catholic institution. — Blase J. Cupich Catholic Copy Share Image
Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments. — Blase J. Cupich Crisis Copy Share Image
Christ receives people; because of that mercy, conversion happens. — Blase J. Cupich Because Copy Share Image
Hope in the future is deeply rooted in our national psyche. It is part of the soul of our nation. — Blase J. Cupich Future Copy Share Image
We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it. — Blase J. Cupich Become Copy Share Image
Clericalism is a form of elitism in which some are viewed as having special rights and privileges. — Blase J. Cupich Clericalism Copy Share Image
