This past week, progressive German “Catholic” publication Katolisch.de interviewed one of the archenemies of Catholicism, “Cardinal” Blase Cupich.
While it was not so much an interview as a sycophantic fawning-over session, the sly old Catholicism-hating synodal fox and role model of Leo XIV did not disappoint when it came to telling the whole world once again that the religion he is part of has less than zero to do with Christ’s Catholic Church.
The interview took place while Cupich—surprise, surprise—was taking part in the ecumenical and interreligious Mediterranean Theological Encounters event in Croatia.
Before turning to some of the “gems” Cupich foisted upon the world in the interview, let us first take a quick bird’s-eye view of a few recent highlights from the wicked world of the Synodal Church, so as to provide some background.
LifeSiteNews announced that “The Holy See announced on Wednesday the episcopal ordination of Monsignor Francisco Javier Duan Yongkun as coadjutor bishop of Bameng, in the Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia. According to the Vatican, Leo XIV approved his candidacy on June 15.” The “pope’s” claim that he “approved” this second ordination of the Communist Chinese Church is, of course, as Bishop Donald Sanborn would say, poppycock and horse feathers. The Communists in China couldn’t care less about what Prevost approves or doesn’t approve. Were it actual Catholics, though, they surely would have been excommunicated by now. Luckily, Communist bishops pose no threat to the Synodal project.
Then there was also the case of Santa Fe Archbishop Charles Wester, who publicly defended Muslims’ right to a mosque so that they could practise their false religion. After all, that is what the synodal religion is about: false religion.
Speaking of false religions and the Synodal Church’s little one-world-religion project, InfoVaticana reported that “The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue will hold on 4 and 5 August at Seoul Sogang University (South Korea) the colloquium ‘Dialogue on the contribution of Christianity and Confucianism to an ideal society: New Heaven, New Earth and Great Unity’, a meeting organized in collaboration with the Episcopal Conference of Korea.” I guess, since they are such big buddies with the Chinese Communist Party, that cozying up to Confucianism makes sense.
And then there was the Archbishop of Berlin, Heiner Koch, who said about the Berlin attack on the LGBTQ Pride March that “It is terrible to destroy such a happy and moving celebration so brutally.” While Radical Fidelity totally agrees that this was a heinous and cowardly act, an event that mocks God and celebrates sin that “cries unto heaven” could hardly be called a “happy and moving celebration”.
So now that we have been refreshed about the nature of the Synodal Beast, let’s return to the interview with one of its highest-ranking “officials”, Cupich.
I am not going to go into the whole sordid exchange, you can read it here. In it, Cupich criticizes the just war doctrine again, campaigns for greater participation of the laity in the selection of new bishops, advocates for episcopal conferences to have greater decision-making powers in Rome, and says Christianity is not an “exclusive club”. This last statement, of course, means that, for men like Cupich, the “church” is a loosely defined entity where all are welcome without the need for conversion and where Christ is just another “god” to be worshiped among many. All are welcome, of course, except actual Catholics.
What I do want to zone in on for a moment are Cupich’s statements towards the end of the interview. In response to a question from the interviewer, he once again spells out the aims of the Synodal Abomination. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with Jesus Christ, Catholicism, or the salvation of souls.
One of the last questions the interviewer asks Cupich is: “If you had to name the three highest priorities of the Church for the coming decade, which would they be and why?”
A true Catholic prelate would have used this opportunity to talk about the world’s need for conversion to the one true Catholic Faith, perhaps suggested a plan to stop the antichrist moral decay, or used the opportunity to call for greater Marian devotion. But not Cupich. He responds:
“I think first and foremost is the continuation of the route of renewal to which the Second Vatican Council has called. That’s very important. Moreover, the Church must be a voice – something we have already seen in previous pontificates – when it comes to protecting the environment. We are currently experiencing a crisis. We see them these days on global warming, rising sea levels and storms. Therefore, the Church, especially through Laudato si’, must be the encyclical about the environment, this prophetic voice for the future. And as a third, I think of something that Pope Leo has emphasized very clearly: world peace.”
So yes, while the Great Apostasy rages, Cupich (who should know what the inside baseball is) thinks a heretical synodal church, more eco-paganism, and the false peace of the antichrist should be the priorities of the Synodal “Church”.
And just in case you weren’t clear, he drives the point home in his response to the final question.
Right at the end of the interview, the liberal interviewer says to Cupich: “Climate crisis, war and peace are much more important than our internal church debates. These are also important, but discussions about the liturgy, the so-called ‘Old Mass’ and the like are probably rather secondary in the face of such a world crisis.”
To which Cupich replies in the affirmative:
“Yeah, that’s true. But I would also say that forces within the Church, who continue to tear up the unity of the Church, will have an impact on the voice of the Church on these other issues. The church is not an exclusive club. For people will say to us, ‘Why should we pay attention to you when there is so much discord and division in your own house?’ We have to keep that in mind. We must not allow these internal disputes to become so public and so pronounced that they weaken the impact of our voice on these other issues.”
Pay careful attention, faithful Catholic. Cupich is telling us that the “internal debates”, such as liturgy (the worship of Almighty God), doctrine, and dogma, are secondary issues to what the Synodal Church is really about: Vatican II (a new false religion), addressing the climate crisis (i.e. green communism), and world peace (without the Prince of Peace).
Moreover, you, dear Catholic, who knows that eternal matters are much more important than temporal ones and who wants the Catholic Church to fulfill its mandate of saving souls, are regarded as a “force” that “tears up the unity” of the Synodal Church.
Thank you, “Cardinal” Cupich, for reminding us why we do not want, and cannot, be part of your false “Church”.