Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago: ‘Some of our priests have been stopped because of the color of their skin by immigration officials’

Cardinal Blase Cupich, 76, is one of the leading voices of the progressive sector of the U.S. Catholic Church at a time when the conservative arm, emboldened by the Donald Trump administration, is rapidly gaining ground in a heavily politicized country. Except he doesn’t see himself in that way, nor the church. “I always try to be faithful to what the doctrine of the Church is on social issues, and that is my guide. I don’t want to play the zero-sum game of who’s going to win, the conservatives or progressives,” he says. In an interview with EL PAÍS, he omits mentioning the president by name and instead warns of the “moral implications” of the Republican’s policies. “It’s the Catholic social teachings that can help us in this moment to move forward,” he assures via videoconference.

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