Cardinal Cupich announces Durbin has declined award but defends offering it
The Catholic bishops heroically responded when the right to life of the unborn was negated by the 1973 decisions of the Supreme Court
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, announced Sept. 30 that Democratic Senator Dick Durbin had declined to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Archdiocese. The news brings to an end a mounting scandal over Cardinal Cupich’s controversial decision to honor Durbin, a strident promoter of abortion.
Cardinal Cupich used his statement to make a long defense of his original decision to give the “Keep Hope Alive Award” to the pro-abortion senator, despite growing opposition from several American bishops and pleas from pro-life and leading Catholic organizations like CatholicVote. ---More...
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