On November 18, Archbishop Blase Cupich will begin his tenure as the Archdiocese of Chicagoâ??s 14th prelate. My wife and I were blessed a few weeks ago to attend one final young adult â??Pub Nightâ? with the archbishop before he vacates his seat as Bishop of the Diocese of Spokane, where he spoke on the popeâ??s encyclical â??Joy of the Gospelâ? and took questions from the audience on anything and everything.
Lots of people have been saying lots of things about Pope Francisâ?? recent selectionâ??good and bad, Christian and un-Christian, smart and dumbâ??but at the end of the day, I think Archbishop Cupich is a perfect choice to lead Chicagoâ??s 6 million residents and 2 million Catholics, and hereâ??s 5 reasons why:
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