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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Cardinal who arranged for the June 14 Mass at a Chicago field, featuring a video address by Pope Leo, [View all]
is considered a "moderate," according to reports. But he is a moderate in the same way that Pope Francis was a moderate. Compared to the rest of the US Cardinals, he's on the left.
I don't think he's scheduled the event for June 14 as a way to help Trump.
For example, after the massacre in Orlando, FL, he was one of the few Catholic bishops to speak out.
A very few Catholic prelates elsewhere have delivered words of comfort, notably Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago. Cupich was bishop of Spokane until tapped for his post by Pope Francis. In a letter read at an LGBT outreach mass on the night of the massacre, he said:
"For you here today and throughout the whole lesbian and gay community, who are particularly touched by the the heinous crimes committed in Orlando, motivated by hate, driven perhaps by mental instability and certainly empowered by a culture of violence, know this: The Archdiocese of Chicago stands with you. I stand with you."
On the SiriusXM radio program, "America This Week," Cupich was candid: "I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives."
He was, added Cupich, simply trying to emulate the example set by Pope Francis.
"For you here today and throughout the whole lesbian and gay community, who are particularly touched by the the heinous crimes committed in Orlando, motivated by hate, driven perhaps by mental instability and certainly empowered by a culture of violence, know this: The Archdiocese of Chicago stands with you. I stand with you."
On the SiriusXM radio program, "America This Week," Cupich was candid: "I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives."
He was, added Cupich, simply trying to emulate the example set by Pope Francis.
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/The-Orlando-massacre-Sounds-of-silence-from-our-8316153.php
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The Cardinal who arranged for the June 14 Mass at a Chicago field, featuring a video address by Pope Leo, [View all]
pnwmom
Wednesday
OP
Help slobby? Ha ha ha. He will be slinging catsup at the walls when he hears about this.
SheltieLover
Wednesday
#1
I just posted a story from the Desert News that said the event brought $147 million to the local economy.
pnwmom
Wednesday
#11
"The overall costs incurred were un-fathomable"???? You're telling me the City of Denver doesn't have any
pnwmom
Wednesday
#9
I checked a variety of sources and couldn't find anything on the cleanup costs, how much, or anything
rpannier
Wednesday
#14
Denver and Araphoe county cooperated in the events, which affected the whole metro area.
pnwmom
Thursday
#28
Post #9 is a Deseret News story saying the event brought an estimated $147 million to the local economy. nt
pnwmom
Wednesday
#13
If it cost the county money, it more than made up for that with the funds the event generated.
pnwmom
Wednesday
#16