American - Clergyman | March 19, 1949 -
The Catholic Church is an enormous footprint in Chicago, doing a lot of good. That aspiration is felt by a lot of people - that the church succeed - because it will be good for society.
Blase J. Cupich
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There is a synergy between the way Croatians approach life and the way Jesuits do. Croatians are very real about situations. We don't gloss over things. If there are issues to deal with, you deal with them.
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I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives.
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We're all different; we all have our ways of understanding ourselves and the way we live our lives and struggle with our humanity.
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Getting to know people as they are is very, very important.
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Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank or something.
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Every school that I have ever attended, except for kindergarten, I went to a Catholic institution.
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Radical individualism can be very sad.
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We realize there is no political party or politician who fully takes into consideration the issues the church is about. This is nothing new to us.
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It's important for people to give every leader the chance to step forward and look for ways to have dialogue.
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We are a democracy, and we get the leaders we deserve because we elect them.
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We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it.
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