Cardinal Blase Cupich

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Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich in clerical attire, looking slightly to the side against a plain background.

Cardinal Blase Cupich leads a large group of marchers through Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, holding a wooden cross reading Stop Shooting to call for an end to violence.

Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich in the Apostolic Palace, with people applauding in the background.

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Roman Catholic prelate

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Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich in clerical attire, looking slightly to the side against a plain background.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, 2019

Cupich was appointed archbishop of Chicago in 2014 and made a cardinal in 2016.

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Cardinal Blase Cupich leads a large group of marchers through Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, holding a wooden cross reading Stop Shooting to call for an end to violence.

Marching to end violence

Marchers, led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, walking through the Englewood neighborhood...

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Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich in the Apostolic Palace, with people applauding in the background.

The Chicago pope and the Chicago cardinal

Pope Leo XIV greeting Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich during an audience at the Vatican...

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