Cardinal Blase Cupich to Celebrate Golden Jubilee Saturday

Cardinal Blase Cupich to celebrate Golden Jubilee Saturday

Cardinal Blase Cupich is reflecting on his time in the priesthood and his rise from bishop, to cardinal, to power player at the Vatican during the election of Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrates 50 years as a priest. ‘Every day was an opportunity to live out my priesthood.’

In one of the most exhilarating moments in his half century as a priest, Cardinal Blase Cupich watched in awe from an adjacent balcony in May as newly-elected Chicago native Pope Leo XIV gave his first address to the world on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, While the experience was unprecedented, the head of the Chicago Archdiocese says he has felt that same spirit of joy and elation laced throughout his five-decade career, ever since he was…