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Durbin declines award as USCCB pressure mounted

Senior leaders at the U.S. bishops' conference were preparing to release a statement on a controversial archdiocesan award

Oct 01, 2025

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Illinois Senator Dick Durbin declined on Tuesday a lifetime achievement award he was scheduled to receive from the Archdiocese of Chicago’s office of human dignity and solidarity.

Cardinal Blase Cupich during a 2017 Chicago prayer walk. Credit: Simone Orendain/VOA. public domain.

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich issued an announcement on the subject at the s…

Durbin declines award as USCCB pressure mounted

Senior leaders at the U.S. bishops' conference were preparing to release a statement on a controversial archdiocesan award

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