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Pope Taps Pro-Homosexual Cupich for Key Bishop-Making Panel {Catholic Caucus]
Catholic Family News and Crux News ^ | July 7, 2016 | John Venarri; Crux News Staff

Posted on 07/07/2016 12:10:42 PM PDT by ebb tide

CFN intro: Leftist Cupich is notoriously pro-homosexual. He is now positioned by Francis to recommend men of his ilk to become bishops in the United States. The Francis disaster continues full throttle and will further poison the Church in America and worldwide. Oremus - jv

Crux Staff, July 7, 2016

By naming Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago to the Vatican's all-important Congregation for Bishops, Pope Francis effectively has positioned him, in tandem with Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., to be the American "kingmakers" on this pope's watch.

Pope Francis on Thursday named Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago to the Vatican’s all-important Congregation for Bishops, in effect positioning the Chicago prelate to help shape the next generation of bishops in the United States and around the world.

The Congregation for Bishops is composed of roughly 30 senior prelates from around the world, and is the body that submits recommendations for new bishops’ appointments to the pope. Although the final decision is always up to the pontiff, with relatively few exceptions, popes generally accept the panel’s recommendations.

As a result, the Congregation for Bishops is widely considered among the two or three most influential departments in the Vatican, and generally appointing someone as a member is a sign that they have the favor of the present pope.

The congregation is presently led by Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada, who was appointed to the role by emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.

The appointment does not mean Cupich will leave his position in Chicago, although it will likely mean more frequent travel to Rome for meetings of the congregation. Those meetings are generally held on a monthly basis, though not every member attends them all.

By tapping Cupich, Francis has extended his effort to put a more moderate-to-progressive stamp on the Congregation for Bishops, and, by extension, the global episcopacy.

In December 2013, Francis removed several members of the congregation seen as more conservative, including Cardinals Raymond Burke of the United States and Mauro Piacenza of Italy, replacing them with twelve new figures perceived as more centrist and pastoral.

Among that crop was Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., who had also been tapped by Francis as a member of the drafting committee for the final documents of his two Synods of Bishops on the family.

At 67, Cupich is poised to be a member of the Congregation for Bishops for a long run, potentially until he turns 80.

Although each member of the congregation gets a vote on every bishops’ nomination to come before it, the informal practice over the years has been to defer to the members from a particular country when a position opens up in that country.

During the Benedict XVI years, that practice often meant that Cardinal Justin Rigali, a former secretary to the Congregation for Bishops, was effectively the American “kingmaker,” meaning the prelate with the most behind-the-scenes influence on bishops’ picks.

Today, Wuerl and Cupich seem positioned to play that “kingmaker” role under Pope Francis.

Since becoming Pope Francis’s surprise pick for Chicago in September 2014, Cupich has carved out a profile as a leader of the moderate-to-progressive camp in the Church.

During the 2015 Synod of Bishops, for instance, Cupich distanced himself from some of his fellow American prelates who had expressed concerns about the synod process, and also called for greater inclusion of “marginalized” groups in the synod’s deliberations, such as gays and lesbians.

Cupich also suggested support for calls to allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to return to Communion in individual cases, following a process of discernment.

In the wake of the recent Orlando massacre, Cupich was among the American bishops who explicitly mentioned “our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters” in his statement on the attack, calling for stepped-up efforts to promote tolerance.

Cupich, who’s of Croatian ancestry, is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and previously served as the bishop of both Rapid City, South Dakota, and Spokane, Washington.

Originally posted at: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/07/07/pope-positions-cupich-influence-bishops-appointments/


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: catholic; cupich; francischurch; homos; homosexualagenda; pope; wuerl
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In December 2013, Francis removed several members of the congregation seen as more conservative, including Cardinals Raymond Burke of the United States and Mauro Piacenza of Italy, replacing them with twelve new figures perceived as more centrist and pastoral.

Among that crop was Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., who had also been tapped by Francis as a member of the drafting committee for the final documents of his two Synods of Bishops on the family.

1 posted on 07/07/2016 12:10:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

Peter the Roman. Don’t know how. Just is.


2 posted on 07/07/2016 12:15:04 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: ebb tide

Pope=false prophet.


4 posted on 07/07/2016 12:17:29 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: fhayek

Yup.

Pathetic.


5 posted on 07/07/2016 12:21:35 PM PDT by ZULU (Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
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To: heterosupremacist
Don’t bother to reply.

Why? Are you afraid of the truth; that Francis is sodomite friendly?


6 posted on 07/07/2016 12:22:43 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

An incredible surprise.


7 posted on 07/07/2016 12:23:45 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: ZULU

Peter Roamin’? Oh, I am just being a smart ass.


8 posted on 07/07/2016 12:28:28 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: ebb tide

I suspect more and more that Francis dreams about his coming out mass.


9 posted on 07/07/2016 12:28:35 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: ebb tide

Pretty soon the color for Ordinary Time will be pink instead of green.


10 posted on 07/07/2016 12:31:54 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: ebb tide

Way to kill the Catholic Church.


11 posted on 07/07/2016 12:34:38 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: heterosupremacist

I’m Catholic and I’m a better Catholic than this heretical pope, Cupich and Wuerl. I don’t think Ebb Time is a Catholic basher.
I know Cupich has betrayed pro-life Catholics and that the fabulous Wuerl is an obvious gay.
We have disagreements among us FR Catholics but what binds us is our Lord Jesus Christ. That and Canon Law and the Baltimore Catechism.
Nice to make your acquaintance.


12 posted on 07/07/2016 12:36:01 PM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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~ We have disagreements among us FR Catholics but what binds us is our Lord Jesus Christ. That and Canon Law and the Baltimore Catechism.

Nice to make your acquaintance. ~

Likewise, Sir. And a sincere thanks for your service to the USA...


13 posted on 07/07/2016 12:43:39 PM PDT by heterosupremacist ("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: namvolunteer
I don’t think Ebb Time is a Catholic basher.

Ditto. As a Catholic, I thank Ebb Tide for posting this. The truth is that this is a disastrous appointment. Sometimes the truth hurts.
14 posted on 07/07/2016 12:52:55 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: All

As a practicing Catholic, it’s supposed to be a sin to speak badly of the Holy Father.

But yes, I have spoken badly of him on more than a few occasions - and I’m not sorry. This Jesuit piece of garbage is ruining the Catholic Church.

Like many great organizations and nations, the rot that’ll kill Catholicism is coming from within.


15 posted on 07/07/2016 12:57:01 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: ebb tide

The homosexuals among the bishops are fully in control, and Bergoglio is promoting all he can find.


16 posted on 07/07/2016 1:17:48 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: ebb tide

“Pro-homosexual,” in relation to Cupich, Wuerl, etc., is a journalistic euphemism.


17 posted on 07/07/2016 1:30:35 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: freedomwinsout

Thanks, freedom. I’ve enjoyed your posts also.

Ebb


19 posted on 07/07/2016 2:58:20 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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