Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago, named by Pope Francis to that high-profile post a year ago, has issued a powerful call for tougher gun control laws in a move that may push the volatile issue further up the Catholic hierarchy’s agenda than it has been before.
Bishop Blase Cupich will be speaking in Spokane on Thursday. It's his first local appearance since the public learned he was named Archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis.
The Gonzaga University School of Law will present the 2013 Red Mass for the Legal Profession at 5:30 p.m.,, Sept. 17 at the University Chapel in College Hall (502 E. Boone Ave.). A reception will follow from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Cowles Rare Book Reading Room, on the third Floor of the Foley Center Library.
On Wednesday evening Bishop Blase Cupich, of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, released a statement expressing his approval of the election of Pope Francis.