Chicago's Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is "going to be a voice" on global issues

Chicago's Cupich connected Pope Leo XIV

Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is "going to beryllium a voice" for immigration, clime change 08:40

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said Sunday that helium expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to talk to the issues of the time amid "real challenges globally" — from migration to clime change.

"I deliberation he's going to beryllium a dependable for each of those things, simply due to the fact that we're talking about, successful galore ways, the endurance of the quality race," Cupich said connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, was selected Thursday by the cardinal electors of the Catholic Church, becoming the archetypal pontiff to hail from the U.S. Pope Leo gave his archetypal blessing connected Sunday, and helium volition beryllium volition beryllium inaugurated astatine a wide successful St. Peter's Square adjacent week. 

The Chicago-born pope who is besides a national of Peru has shared posts on societal media astir governmental issues for years, including disapproval of the Trump administration's stances connected immigration, portion advocating for stronger enactment for migrants.

Asked by CBS News elder White House and governmental analogous Ed O'Keefe whether Pope Leo would proceed the precocious Pope Francis' bequest of weighing successful connected planetary politics, and telephone connected each Cardinals to bash the same, Cupich said helium expects Leo volition bash so, similar different popes person successful the modern era. 

"There is, I think, a caller infinitesimal for america to examine, what are the quality dimensions of immigration? How bash we spot planetary warming impacting us? How the issues related to the sufferings of humanity should interaction each of america and marque each of america alert and enactment successful solutions," Cupich said. 

On immigration, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Trump medication person differed connected however the U.S. should enforce its migration law. Cupich said the bishops person ever argued that countries person an work and close to support their borders, but person advocated for a "comprehensive migration plan."

"So our main absorption is, however bash we hole a breached system," Cupich said, adding that until that happens, "how bash we, successful a precise quality way, code those who person travel into our state seeking a amended life."

Meanwhile, President Trump celebrated the election of the archetypal U.S.-born Pope connected Thursday, calling it a "Great Honor" for the U.S. that Leo was selected arsenic the archetypal American pontiff. 

"It is specified an grant to recognize that helium is the archetypal American Pope," Mr. Trump posted connected Truth Social, noting that helium looks guardant to gathering him. "What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country."

Before becoming Pope, Leo had shared connected societal media disapproval of Vice President JD Vance, posting a National Catholic Reporter nonfiction that criticized Vance's effect to a question connected immigration, portion quoting the article's headline: "JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't inquire america to fertile our emotion for others." 

Vance, who converted to Catholicism successful 2019, met with Pope Francis past month, conscionable 1 time earlier Francis' death. The gathering came aft the 2 men had crisp disagreements connected migration arsenic the pontiff had agelong condemned the Trump administration's approach.

The vice president told Hugh Hewitt past week that having an U.S.-born pope is simply a "great thing," portion adding that "I effort not to play the politicization of the Pope game."

"I'm definite he's going to accidental a batch of things that I love. I'm definite he'll accidental immoderate things that I disagree with," Vance said. "But I'll proceed to commune for him and the Church contempt it each and done it all, and that'll beryllium the mode that I grip it."

While Leo is seen arsenic progressive connected a fig of societal issues, he's seen arsenic blimpish connected religion doctrine for his absorption to ordaining women arsenic deacons, among different things. 

Asked astir the church's work to women, Cupich said arsenic Pope, Francis "looked for ways successful which the precise gifts and talents of women tin beryllium enactment to the work of the beingness of the Church." He added that Francis understood that determination is country for women to workout authorization successful the beingness of the Church extracurricular of Holy Orders. 

"He's opened the door," Cupich said of Francis. "And I americium precise definite that Pope Leo XIV volition bash the same."