A round up of episcopal reactions to Cupich’s Durbin award

A growing number of bishops have taken the rare step of publicly asking Cardinal Cupich to reconsider the decision.

The recent decision by the Archdiocese of Chicago to grant a lifetime achievement award to U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, a long-time supporter of legal protection for abortion, has stirred up controversy within the U.S. episcopate.

The announcement of the award led Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki to voice his shock at the decision, and his concern that it