Blase J. Cupich Quotes
Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Cupich, Blase J. Statement on Racism. Archdiocese of Chicago, 2021.
For a similar sentiment, see Thurgood Marshall.
The reason this quotation is important, it was the first time in American history that a President had tied racial discrimination to morality. Before that other Presidents had argued against segregation on pragmatic grounds or on legal, Constitutional grounds. Kennedy’s private moral declaration had a huge impact on Black leaders throughout the country who heard about it by word of mouth. That statement forged a bond between JFK and Blacks while most whites did not see anything striking in the statement.
Blase Joseph Cupich is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who serves as ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.