BLASE CUPICH
The Chicago Archbishop supports gun-control laws and called for more outreach to the Catholic LGBT community, which feels alienated from the church. Like the Pope, he has pushed other Archbishops to be a voice for migrants and is open to the possibility of divorced or remarried Catholics’ receiving Communion.
JOSEPH TOBIN
The Indianapolis Archbishop openly opposed Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s efforts to bar Syrian refugees from being resettled in the state in 2015. He also defended American nuns after the Vatican, under then Pope Benedict XVI, launched an investigation against them in 2010, partly because of their support of LGBT equality.
KEVIN FARRELL
While in Texas, the former bishop of Dallas–he was promoted in September to head of the Vatican’s new office on laity, family and life issues–banned guns in city churches, advocated for immigrants and said gays and lesbians should be treated with compassion, even though he thinks the church will never accept same-sex marriage.
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