Chicago, Ill., Aug 28, 2018 / 14:45 pm
Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich has dismissed recent allegations made by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., saying that Pope Francis has a "bigger agenda" to worry about, including defending migrants and protecting the environment.
Speaking Aug. 27 to Chicago's NBC 5, Cupich said that the pope has "got to get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the Church."
Cupich described the contents of Archbishop Carlos Maria Viganò's 11-page testimony, published Aug. 25, as a "rabbit hole" that he does not think the Church should be going down.
Vigano's testimony claimed that Pope Francis had removed restrictions on Archbishop Theodore McCarrick that had been imposed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It also stated that McCarrick was instrumental in Cupich's appointment as Archbishop of Chicago in 2014.