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The Cupich Assault on Episcopal Unity, by Phil Lawler – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Seamless garment theory. Flawed. Image by Grok

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Sep 23, 2025

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org . See full bio.

Defending his decision to honor Senator Richard Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich proclaimed that “I have remained faithful to the May 2021 instructions of the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, advising bishops to “reach out to and engage in dialogue with Catholic politicians within their jurisdictions…as a means of understanding the nature of their positions and their comprehension of Catholic teaching.”

Let’s assume, then, that Cardinal Cupich has spoken to Durbin about the senator’s consistent record of support for unrestricted legal abortion on demand. If that is the case, since the senator’s public stand has not changed, we can reasonably infer that: …

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