Overview

• Cardinal Cupich will celebrate his 50th anniversary of ordination with a Golden Jubilee Mass at Holy Name Cathedral on Saturday, and the ceremony will be livestreamed for those unable to attend.
• Under canon law he submitted his resignation at age 75 in 2024 but continues to serve until Pope Leo XIV decides whether to name a successor.
• He has championed a consistent ethic of life that addresses immigration, poverty, gun violence and the sanctity of life, earning praise from progressives and criticism from conservative Catholics.
• A close friend of Pope Leo XIV, Cupich stood beside the newly elected pontiff during the May conclave and has maintained a working partnership in Vatican affairs.
• After traveling to Nagasaki to mark the atomic-bomb anniversary, Cupich warned that global rearmament risks another nuclear explosion and urged renewed dialogue to avert future attacks.