American - Clergyman | March 19, 1949 -
Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.
Blase J. Cupich
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Listen, talk, be respectful of people - and make sure that you have openness to where people are coming from. And you don't do anything that is unnecessarily antagonistic, that is only going to make you feel good because you've done it.
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I think that education is a pathway out of poverty for many people. It was for our family.
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I am never bored in my ministry because I continually see the impact of God in people's lives.
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We don't need more divisive language or programs and policies that are going to tear the fabric of the nation apart.
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Realities are greater than ideas. Because sometimes ideas can separate us unnecessarily. So let's attend to the realities that we have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. That's what I want to do.
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I take time to be with people, and I learn a lot.
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For me, the real goal is how do we make vibrant and vital faith communities that are sustainable for the long run.
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People are looking for a way in which their spiritual life can be deepened. They are finding it in some of our Catholic parishes and sometimes not in others, and that opens the door for them to go elsewhere.
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I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I can talk to all of these people and have something in common, maybe I can get them to see that they also have something in common with each other when we come together.
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Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.
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We want to let people know that we can build solidarity with suffering folks so that they are not excluded, they are integrated.
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