Blase J. Cupich –

A man holds a poster with a photograph of Breonna Taylor during a rally to remember Taylor on Sept. 23, 2020, in downtown Chicago. Taylor was fatally shot by police in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.

Commentary: Systemic racism is real, and all Americans play a role in addressing it

September 25, 2020 at 1:45 p.m.

It has been a summer of anguish for Black Americans. Six months after Breonna Taylor was shot to death by Louisville police officers in a botched drug raid, the nation...

A woman prays on Sept. 14, 2018, in Richmond, Va., at a "Mass of Atonement" in reaction to a Pennsylvania grand jury report released in August that alleges some 300 priests abused more than 1,000 children over 70 years.

Blase Cupich: The Catholic Church ‘must remain vigilant’ in reporting all abuse

May 31, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

It has been a season of sorrow, pain and outrage for victims of sexual abuse and all who believed that the Catholic Church had definitively addressed this terrible scandal. Revelations...

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, speaks about the Archdiocese of Chicago's anti-violence initiatives Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Peace Corner Youth Center in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago.

Together, we can mend Chicago’s safety net

May 11, 2019 at 3:59 a.m.

"It doesn't get better. She is never coming home." The mother was giving voice to the unimaginable grief of losing her daughter. She, along with about 20 other local parents...

Activists participate in a rally in front of the White House in 2014 to urge President Barack Obama not to deport the parents of so-called Dreamers, children who were brought illegally to the U.S.

It’s immigrants who have made America great

May 11, 2019 at 3:53 a.m.

Do we believe in the American Dream or not? That's the question the nation faces after learning that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is reviewing President Barack Obama's executive orders,...

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich says it's time to "take meaningful and swift action to address violence in our society."

To gun violence, Archbishop Cupich says ‘Enough!’

May 11, 2019 at 2:39 a.m.

Here are the ingredients of a tragedy: untreated mental illness, a society where life is cheap and crime is glamorized, and a ready supply of firearms. As we recently saw...

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