Cardinal Cupich Prays for ‘Peace and Unity’ at DNC While On-Site Abortion Truck Kills Babies
CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Blase Cupich remained notably silent on Catholic teaching on life issues and abortion during his invocation at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, at which Planned Parenthood is offering free abortions and vasectomies.
Cupich’s prayer invocation was delivered to the assembled participants at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 19, in which he notably avoided mentioning Jesus Christ – a stark contrast to the invocation given by Archbishop Jerome Listecki at the Republican National Convention last month.
“We praise you, O God of all creation,” began Cupich. “Quicken in us a resolve to protect your handiwork. You are the source of every blessing that graces our lives and our nation.”
The Chicago cardinal’s invocation to start the first evening session of the DNC highlighted themes of “unity,” “peace,” and the “sacred call of citizenship.”
“We are a nation composed of every people and culture, united not by ties of blood, but by the profound aspirations of life, freedom, justice, and unbound hope,” he said. “These aspirations are why our forebears saw America as a beacon of hope. And, with your steady guidance, Lord, may we remain so today.”
Cupich’s invocation also contained calls for America to be “a builder of peace in our wounded world with the courage to imagine and pursue a loving future together.”
He also invoked divine aid in “taking up our responsibility to forge this new chapter of our nation’s history. Let it be rooted in the recognition that for us, as for every generation, unity triumphing over division is what advances human dignity and liberty.”
Cupich’s address was notable for its silence on certain issues, especially pertaining to Catholic morality. Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has made no secret about her prominent support for abortion, and abortion giant Planned Parenthood is also offering free abortions and vasectomies at the DNC.
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However, Cupich did not mention pro-life concerns. Instead, he prayed that “this new chapter of our nation’s history be filled with overwhelming hope, a hope that refuses to narrow our national vision, but rather, as Pope Francis has said, ‘to dream dreams and see visions’ of what by your grace our world can become.”
The 75-year-old cardinal’s invocation was roundly criticized by numerous Catholics online.
Cardinal Cupich gave the invocation at the Democratic National Convention as medical vans arrive for free abortions and vasectomies as the DNC pushes the most anti-Catholic, anti-life agenda in history. It says a lot about this guy, the Pope’s Cardinal in America.
— Steve Ray (@JerusalemJones) August 20, 2024
“No mention of life… or of the free vasectomies in the parking lot,” quipped EWTN host Raymond Arroyo. “But there was something about ‘unity triumphing over division is what leads to human dignity and liberty.’ Tell that to the Chinese or the North Koreans.”
Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich prays invocation on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) August 20, 2024
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Tyler, Texas’ emeritus Bishop Joseph Strickland commented that “We will never have peace until we return to God and respect life.”
“The cardinal’s presence there,” he said in reference to the DNC, “is a missed opportunity to call the Democratic Party back from the abyss.”
Pro-life activist Lila Rose noted that, according to Planned Parenthood staff, “ten free abortions” were carried out “on the first day of the DNC.” “There are no words to express the sheer horror,” Rose wrote.
Crisis Magazine Editor-in-Chief Eric Sammons did not object to Cupich’s presence at the DNC, unlike other critics, but did highlight how Cupich was silent on Christ: “it is scandalous that he refused to say the name of Jesus – the named by which we are saved – in his prayer.”
Former U.S. Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò attested that “the scandalous endorsements of Blase Cupich and the heretical ultra-progressive Jesuits in favor of Harris and Walz and the radical Left woke agenda confirm the blood pact between the globalist Deep State and the Bergoglian Deep Church.”
Support for Cupich’s speech among Catholics has so far not been widely forthcoming.
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Doctor Stopped Committing Abortions After Feeling ‘Unmistakable Presence of Evil’ in Operating Room
(LifeSiteNews) — In ancient times, the pagan god Moloch required child sacrifices. These so called “gods” were actually demons, which begs the question: Has the worship of Moloch returned, this time in an operating room? Those who celebrate abortion, the destruction of the most vulnerable, are doing the bidding of the devil. You don’t have to convince Dr. Catherine Wheeler, who in the early 1990s occasionally committed abortions. But that all changed one day when God got her attention.
“I was about to begin an abortion procedure on a teenager, when the room darkened, and time seemed to slow down. There was an unmistakable presence of evil, and I was the only one who seemed to notice it. What scared me most was my awareness of pure evil in the operating room, related to the abortion I was performing,” explained Dr. Wheeler.
It was a pivotal moment in the doctor’s life, where God revealed the horror and destruction of abortion. This set in motion a new path for the doctor, who never committed another abortion. “I thought I was helping women. The life and value of the preborn were lost in the abortion conversation. I bought the feminist’s lie that women needed to have access to an abortion in order to pursue their dreams and be fulfilled,” continued Dr. Wheeler.
But that isn’t the end of the story. This conversion didn’t happen all at once for Dr. Wheeler, who described the process, “God gently nudged me over time to fully realize the humanity and value of human life.”
Wheeler related how her realization about the sanctity of life “paralleled my journey” back to Christianity and “to walk with Christ.”
“Jesus wasn’t put on this earth to crush people. He came to save people. His death on the cross was to redeem our sins. The gentle hand of God has tenderly guided me along,” she said.
It wasn’t until 2020 when Dr. Wheeler decided to go public and speak out as a pro-life advocate after deeply thinking about how our society became so coarse about human life. “It started when society devalued marriage and promoted intimacy without consequences. You can’t have a sexual revolution, unhindered sexuality, without contraception and abortion,” she noted.
“Sexuality has become almost like a transaction and physical only. If you don’t love the person you’re being intimate with, and that relationship is disposable, why would you love a child who was a result of that?”
“I think the larger issue is that women have been convinced that their value is tied to pursuing a big dream and big life goal and defining that as the most important thing about them. Society has convinced women that children get in the way of what matters most, rather than being one of the most important parts of our lives,” Wheeler said.
Thus, as traditional values became less important, people viewed human life as having less meaning, which resulted in a broader acceptance of abortion. Wheeler also puts some of the blame on Christian churches: “The biblical view of sexuality and intimacy within marriage as God’s good plan to protect children and women (as well as men), occurring within the sanctity of marriage are not being discussed in the pulpit. Most pastors are scared to discuss it. It’s a huge lost opportunity to prepare our young people with reality before the culture pushes a destructive narrative on them.”
Pregnancy can complicate your life, and the abortion lobby tells young women that abortion is necessary to maintain your own happiness or career goals. In fact, the modern culture encourages women to celebrate their abortion. This is how abortion is rationalized and is the narrative that Dr. Wheeler now fights against. “I want to put a pebble in their shoe, make them just a little uncomfortable so they’ll think deeper about the value of human life.”
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The report comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Israeli leader on Monday to discuss efforts to reduce tensions and reach an agreement on a ceasefire and release of hostages. Blinken claimed that Netanyahu had accepted the US ceasefire proposal.
The White House later claimed that significant progress had been made during the latest round of talks involving officials from Israel, Qatar, the US, and Egypt in the Qatari capital of Doha last week. Hamas skipped the negotiations, citing the absence of a clear plan.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Netanyahu reportedly told hostage families that a ceasefire deal may not be reached and that the Israeli military will not relinquish control of the Gazan-Egyptian border, a key demand of the Palestinian militant group.
The Hostages Families Forum quoted Netanyahu as saying that Israel “will under no circumstances leave the Philadelphia axis and the Netzer Corridor” and that he was “not sure” a deal could be struck. The group accused Netanyahu of refusing any hostage deal.
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Netanyahu has reportedly insisted on maintaining IDF troops along the Philadelphia Corridor, claiming “this is the one thing that causes Hamas to come down from its unreasonable demands.”
Hamas on Sunday rejected the latest US proposal for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, saying it “aligns with” Netanyahu’s demands.
The military group objected to the fact that the proposal doesn’t include a permanent ceasefire or comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Hamas claimed that Netanyahu has also reversed previous concessions and set new conditions for prisoner exchanges.
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas broke out after the militant group launched a surprise incursion into southern Israel from Gaza on October 7 of last year, resulting in the deaths of around 1,100 people, while 200 others were taken hostage. The massive Israeli military response has claimed more than 40,000 lives, while over 92,000 people have been wounded, according to Palestinian health officials.