“The Cardinal had some very understandable misgivings but he just wanted to be assured this was not a political stop,”
Not even a Cardinal could be this niave.
I spoke to someone at the Archdiocese of Chicago.
She explained to me that the event is not at the Mercy Home and is not organized by the Mercy Home or the Archdiocese.
It’s planned and organized by WBBM Radio, and Clinton was invited by WBBM. It just so happens that some of the money raised by the event will go to the Marcy Home. The Archdiocese can’t really prevent her from raising money for the Mercy Home, it’s up to the Mercy Home (a separate organization from the Archdiocese) to say that they don’t want her blood money.