Fallout Continues After Durbin Backs Out of Catholic Award Over Pro-Abortion Beliefs
After days of backlash, various U.S. bishops expressed relief at Durbin’s backing out of the award.
After days of backlash, various U.S. bishops expressed relief at Durbin’s backing out of the award.
The next day, Catholics are still trying to understand what just happened.
Opposition to Cardinal Cupich’s plan is not dying down — neither in Illinois nor around the country.
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, is among the bishops pushing back on the plan to honor Sen. Dick Durbin. Bishop Paprocki stated that ‘it is absurd that Sen. Durbin should be given an award from the office of ‘human dignity and solidarity.’”
COMMENTARY: The reaction among many Catholic politicians to the possible overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ makes clear their conviction that truth must be set aside so that unreason can be given a place of primacy.
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