Tag: bishop cupich and pope francis

As he dispatches a top aide to war-torn Iraq this week, Pope Francis made his most impassioned plea yet for the world to halt the “slaughter” of Christians and other religious minorities by Islamic extremists.

On Wednesday evening Bishop Blase Cupich, of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, released a statement expressing his approval of the election of Pope Francis.

Below is the full text of Cupich's statement: