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Catholic Bishops Urge Cardinal To Cancel Award Honoring Pro-Abortion Democrat
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— Sep 22, 2025
Two Catholic bishops are publicly condemning a Chicago cardinal’s plan to honor Sen. Dick Durbin, a pro-abortion Democrat from Illinois, with a lifetime achievement award. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the…
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Cardinal Cupich, Catholic groups sue Illinois to block assisted-suicide law
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— Sep 3, 2026
Cardinal Blase Cupich, two Catholic religious orders, and a rural Illinois pharmacist sued the state to block its upcoming End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, arguing it violates their religious beliefs by obligating them to participate in or facilitate assisted suicide. The filings, supported by Becket and targeting the law before its Sept. 12 take effect, contend the measure coerces religious caregivers and would threaten their institutions’ missions, prompting multiple parallel lawsuits across state lines.
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Dana Whitfield
If the law has real referral/conscience protections built in, this suit seems more about principle than actual coercion.