Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker called out a Chicago Cardinal who led the invocation at the Democratic National Convention with his cross hidden under his jacket and failed to mention Jesus Christ’s name.
In a Tuesday post on X, the Chiefs star shared a clip from the first night of the 2024 DNC in Chicago with Roman Catholic Cardinal Blase Cupich at the podium giving the opening prayer and the religious leader’s pectoral cross could not be seen because it was tucked inside the Cardinal’s jacket.
“America needs more Jesus not less,” Butker’s post read. “We need our shepherds to fearlessly lead and not be afraid to proclaim that Christ is King.”
“It starts with bishops boldly wearing their pectoral cross outside their jackets,” he added.
America needs more Jesus not less. We need our shepherds to fearlessly lead and not be afraid to proclaim that Christ is King 👑 It starts with bishops boldly wearing their pectoral cross outside their jackets ✝️ https://t.co/pwY0OTql8L
— Harrison Butker (@buttkicker7) August 20, 2024
As Butker noted, the Cardinal faced additional criticism because during his invocation, the name Jesus was not mentioned once, as LifeNews noted.
During this prayer, the religious leader called on the faithful “to root out ongoing injustices in our national life, especially those created by moral blindness and fear of the other” and to forge a “new chapter of our nation’s history.”
At one point, the Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Chicago also quoted Pope Francis, but not Jesus.
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“Hiding his pectoral cross, and never once [m]entioning the name of Jesus, Cdl. Blase Cupich gave the invocation at an event providing free abortions and vasectomies,” The Lepanto Institute, a conservative Catholic organization, wrote on X, pointing out Planned Parenthood’s “mobile health clinic” blocks from the DNC offering abortions.
Catholic Vote said simply, “The DNC is demonic.”
One journalist wrote, “McCarrick disciple Cardinal Cupich gives invocation at DNC in Chicago as abortions and vasectomies take place just feet away. No sign of the cross. No mention of the Holy Name of Jesus. Pectoral cross conveniently hidden.”
Another person wrote, “Did the catholic priest notice the horrific child sacrifice abortion ritual happening outside the DNC convention or is he just going to ignore that?”
Butker made headlines earlier this year after he gave the commencement address at Benedictine College, a Catholic university in Kansas, in which he praised his wife for being a “homemaker,” called out President Joe Biden’s support for abortion, and criticized LGBT “Pride month.”
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