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
Every school that I have ever attended, except for kindergarten, I went to a Catholic institution. — Blase J. Cupich Catholic 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
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
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
I think that the Pope has trust in every bishop that is appointed. — Blase J. Cupich Bishop Copy Share Image
We budget quite a bit of money every year in order to assist people who are migrating here, people who are trying… — Blase J. Cupich American Copy Share Image
Realities are greater than ideas. Because sometimes ideas can separate us unnecessarily. So let's attend to the realities that we have to… — Blase J. Cupich Deal Copy Share Image
There is a synergy between the way Croatians approach life and the way Jesuits do. Croatians are very real about situations. We… — Blase J. Cupich Croatians Copy Share Image
Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank… — Blase J. Cupich Bank Copy Share Image
Science can and should inform debate about abortion and the law. But science does not resolve questions of moral value and moral… — Blase J. Cupich Abortion Copy Share Image
We are a people who have learned repeatedly throughout our history that economic distress can help us to appreciate that there are… — Blase J. Cupich Help 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
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
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
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
Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly… — Blase J. Cupich Character Copy Share Image
Schooling people in the ways of ongoing discernment produces a greater receptivity to the tradition of the church and at the same… — Blase J. Cupich Church Copy Share Image
The open and generous nature of the American people has the capacity to astonish and push boundaries. We crowdfund, sign petitions, dump… — Blase J. Cupich American Copy Share Image
We help immigrants because we are an immigrant nation, and we are an immigrant church. We've always done that; this is nothing… — Blase J. Cupich Beginning 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
Christ receives people; because of that mercy, conversion happens. — Blase J. Cupich Because 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
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
It's important for people to give every leader the chance to step forward and look for ways to have dialogue. — Blase J. Cupich Chance 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 Called 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
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
Some of the greatest Christians I know are people who don't actually have a kind of faith system that they believe in.… — Blase J. Cupich Believe Copy Share Image
The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That's good. We should be humble enough to be able to… — Blase J. Cupich Challenges Copy Share Image
This business of demonizing or pre-defining people by the way they look, the religion that they practice, or where they came from… — Blase J. Cupich America Copy Share Image
The nation's children, families, poor, workers, and senior citizens deserve more than lip service. They deserve more than outrage. They deserve real… — Blase J. Cupich Action Copy Share Image
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… — Blase J. Cupich Alike Copy Share Image
