22 January 2021

Tiny Violins for Cardinal Cupich

Please join me in praying for Cardinal Cupich's return to the Catholic Faith which I do every day.

From One Mad Mom

Awww…Isn’t this sad? Cardinal Cupich got his “feewings” hurt. Why? Because somebody made it hard for him to stop the condemning of Biden’s errors. Can you imagine what would have happened if Archbishop Gomez would have hit on all of them instead of just the preeminent ones? I’m pretty sure you would have seen a mushroom cloud from Chicago as he went nuclear. Here’s a sample of some of his tweets from today.

Today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an ill-considered statement on the day of President Biden’s inauguration.

2:29 PM · Jan 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Why is it ill-considered? Oh, for many reasons. For one, Cardinal Cupich disagrees with it. Also, Cardinal Cupich wasn’t consulted so he couldn’t reach his cronies in Rome for a full out stop. (I know there’s some question on how this all went down, but hoorah for whoever leaked it, posted it, etc. I’m hoping this means some have learned to be “sly as the serpent and gentle as the dove”, because that’s going to be what it takes.)

@CardinalBCupich

Aside from the fact that there is seemingly no precedent for doing so, the statement, critical of President Biden, came as a surprise to many bishops, who received it just hours before it was released.

I was unaware that precedent was to be taken into consideration when fraternally correcting a member of the flock. However, maybe a Catholic president’s unprecedented speed at which he promised to reinstate taxpayer funding for abortions might warrant an unprecedented response? When was the last time a member of the flock was inaugurated and proclaimed as one of his first acts the intent to allow children to be killed? When was the last time a member of the flock was inaugurated who “married” two dudes? When was the last time a member of the flock was inaugurated who pretty much says “I’m personally opposed but…” every other day to excuse his bad politicking? Oh yeah, never. Talk about no precedence. Kennedy looked like a choir boy in comparison. When is the proper time to wait to respond to this?! When children are dead and their moms have been irreparably harmed? https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/20/after-unity-speech-biden-plans-to-immediately-reinstate-taxpayer-funding-for-abortions-here-and-abroad/

@CardinalBCupich

The statement was crafted without the involvement of the Administrative Committee, a collegial consultation that is normal course for statements that represent and enjoy the considered endorsement of the American bishops.

Isn’t it interesting that he didn’t cite chapter and verse when saying it’s not allowed? He just says it’s not normal. Well, neither is Biden. Deal. Also, Archbishop Gomez put this out as a statement of the president of the USCCB, not as a document of the USCCB. What’s lacking in your little temper tantrum is why any of it was wrong. I mean, I could point out specific things I find awful about it, but your only argument was that nobody asked you. Boo. Hoo.

@CardinalBCupich

The internal institutional failures involved must be addressed, and I look forward to contributing to all efforts to that end, so that, inspired by the Gospel, we can build up the unity of the Church, and together take up the work of healing our nation in this moment of crisis.

Not consulting you is hardly an institutional failure. In fact, some would consider it a rousing success. Besides, are you a chairman on any of the committees this year? I mean, you did talk about the Administrative Committee. I don’t know, maybe you are but from what the USCCB says, that’s comprised of the committees’ heads. Regardless, stop trying to make the USCCB a divine institution. It’s not. It doesn’t have some hierarchical structure that supersedes the Church’s. NOBODY is beholden to your particular thoughts on the matter.

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