Cardinal Cupich is the prototypical image of power hungry cleric seeking to ensure "his" way and not caring the damage done along the way. The fact he hasn't been made to answer for (or at least called out) to his brother bishops on the fraud of a letter on the Eucharist he tried to push probably makes him feel bulletproof. The very fact someone like him was elevated to the episcopate in the first place is an indictment of the entire process of how bishops are selected, his appointment then probably helped by the fact he's an alumni of the NAC and not for anything he had done as a priest to distinguish his ministry.
I hope that the person appointed. can be someone still breathing and in tune with the needs, hopes, and visions of today and with a view to what is going to be needed going into the future. The past was fine, but it is gone, Deo Gratias. The future of the Church is just that, the FUTURE. Seminarians would better serve the Church if they are taught to listen, not just hear ; to question, not just comply; to be committed to the word and example of Jesus the Christ as evidenced by scripture and not just accept what has been done for millennia believing that longevity is synonymous with correctness for all time.
Cardinal Cupich is the prototypical image of power hungry cleric seeking to ensure "his" way and not caring the damage done along the way. The fact he hasn't been made to answer for (or at least called out) to his brother bishops on the fraud of a letter on the Eucharist he tried to push probably makes him feel bulletproof. The very fact someone like him was elevated to the episcopate in the first place is an indictment of the entire process of how bishops are selected, his appointment then probably helped by the fact he's an alumni of the NAC and not for anything he had done as a priest to distinguish his ministry.
I hope that the person appointed. can be someone still breathing and in tune with the needs, hopes, and visions of today and with a view to what is going to be needed going into the future. The past was fine, but it is gone, Deo Gratias. The future of the Church is just that, the FUTURE. Seminarians would better serve the Church if they are taught to listen, not just hear ; to question, not just comply; to be committed to the word and example of Jesus the Christ as evidenced by scripture and not just accept what has been done for millennia believing that longevity is synonymous with correctness for all time.
My guess is that Cupich is going to put his own name in for being rector at the NAC.
It’d be great to get him out of Chicago, and then bishops could just not send their sems to the NAC.