On the Forum Today: the Centrist Cupcake

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On FB today, someone who often comments on Catholic topics referred to Cardinal Archbishop Cupich as a "centrist."    I am not unaware of the declining quality of the Catholic hierarchy, but I never dreamed anyone could get away with so outrageous an insult.  Cupich has not only given  Dick Durbin, a powerful advocate for killing babies, a lifetime achievement award but promoted inclusion of homosexuals within the Church and consorted with openly Gay priests.

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https://fleming.foundation/forum/topic/cupich-the-centrist/#postid-998

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Thomas Fleming

Thomas Fleming is president of the Fleming Foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Morality of Everyday Life and The Politics of Human Nature, as well as many articles and columns for newspapers, magazines,and learned journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Greek from the College of Charleston. He served as editor of Chronicles: a Magazine of American Culture from 1984 to 2015 and president of The Rockford Institute from 1997-2014. In a previous life he taught classics at several colleges and served as a school headmaster in South Carolina

4 Responses

  1. Vince Cornell says:
    December 16, 2025 at 5:43 pm

    It seems that “support for all illegal aliens” can cover a vast multitude of sins according to the USCCB. That might now be the measuring stick by which all other things are judged.

  2. Roger McGrath says:
    December 17, 2025 at 9:57 am

    That’s centrist post-Vatican II.

  3. James E. Easton says:
    December 17, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    Although Cardinal Cupich offered the award, and Pope Leo XIV suggested Durbin’s lifetime work be considered, Durbin eventually refused to accept the award. As a long time politician, perhaps the Senator has less a tin ear than the Catholic hierarchy.

  4. Avatar photo Thomas Fleming says:
    December 17, 2025 at 1:50 pm

    Thanks, JEE.