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Racism and sin in black and white

Kevin Eckstrom

Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., has a no-holds-barred view of racism and electoral politics over at America magazine.

Cupich is widely considered a bishop-on-the-move in the U.S. church, and in my experience, he is one of the more thoughtful bishops with an easy ability to connect the dots for people. He leaves little doubt that the church’s position:

“Voting for a candidate solely because of that candidate’s support for abortion or against him or her solely on the basis of his or her race is to promote an intrinsic evil. To do so consciously is indeed sinful. That is behavior incompatible with being a Christian.”


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