CHICAGO (IL)
Catholic World Report
Chicago, Ill., Sep 20, 2014 / 10:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Chicago’s Archbishop-designate Blase Cupich introduced himself to his new city on Saturday, downplaying political interpretations of his appointment and stressing the need to be attentive to God’s voice.
“My priority as a priest and now as a bishop is to recognize that God is already at work in the lives of people,” the archbishop-designate told a Sept. 20 press conference in Chicago. “People come to us as priests, as ministers of the Church, because they have already experienced God, and what they want us to do is to confirm, support and nourish people in that call.”
“My first priority is just to be attentive to all that God is doing here already,” he said.
Pope Francis has named Cupich, the current Bishop of Spokane, Washington, as the ninth Archbishop of Chicago. He will be installed on Nov. 18 at the city’s Holy Name Cathedral.
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