Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich June 1 said the Illinois Senate’s passage of a bill “eliminating even minimal limitations on abortions under previous law marks a sad moment in our history as a state.”
Illinois Senate passage of abortion bill called ‘sad day in history of state’
Chicago cardinal praises anti-gun march on local highway
Hundreds of protesters led by Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger and anti-gun activists filled a major Chicago highway for about an hour July 7 demanding that city officials do something to stop gun violence in the city.
U.S. bishops who’ve seen gun violence up close call for end to ‘madness’
Having seen what a community goes through after such large-scale killings, the Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said two things are needed: prayer for the families and anger to the lawmakers for doing so little to prevent these catastrophes.