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Paprocki ‘shocked’ by Durbin’s Chicago award

“This decision risks causing grave scandal,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki said.

The Pillar
Sep 20, 2025
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An Illinois bishop said Friday that he is “shocked” by plans in the Archdiocese of Chicago to honor Senator Dick Durbin, a longtime supporter of legal protection for abortion.

Durbin, who is prohibited from receiving the Eucharist in his home Diocese of Springfield, will be feted in November with a lifetime achievement award by the Archdiocese of Chicago…

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