Cupich Claims Honoring Senator Durbin Would Have Recognized ‘Migrants As A Pro-Life Issue’

Cardinal Blase Cupich again defended the Archdiocese of Chicago’s attempt to grant a lifetime achievement award to Senator Dick Durbin, saying that doing so was an attempt to show migrants facing deportation as a pro-life issue.

Speaking at a fundraiser for immigration ministry Monday night, the cardinal said the intended award was to acknowledge “the unique efforts of Senator Dick Durbin, who has consistently and uniquely worked for the rights of immigrants over his long career as an elected official.”

“While he has declined to accept our award, I want to make clear that the decision to honor him was about just as much recognizing his work on behalf of migrants as it is about giving equal attention to the plight of migrants as a pro-life issue,” the cardinal said.

“Catholics need to come together to defend all the threats to human life and dignity,” he said.

“Our defense of the unborn, the innocent unborn needs to be clear, firm and passionate. But equally sacred are the lives of the poor. Those already born, the destitute, the abandoned, and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and elderly exposed to covert euthanasia, the victims of human trafficking, new forms of slavery, and every form of rejection.”

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