{"id":87903,"date":"2026-10-28T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87903"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:23:21","slug":"chicago-cardinal-sparks-controversy-by-honoring-abortion-access-donor-at-gala-for-future-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/chicago-cardinal-sparks-controversy-by-honoring-abortion-access-donor-at-gala-for-future-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cardinal Sparks Controversy By Honoring Abortion-Access Donor At Gala For Future Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1200\/675\/Cardinal-Cupich-headshot.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Cardinal-Cupich-headshot\" width=\"347\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" data-layout-index=\"5\">A prominent Catholic cardinal is facing backlash over plans to honor a wealthy Democratic donor who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_1\">abortion<\/a> access at a fundraising gala benefiting the education of future priests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" data-layout-index=\"5\">Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is scheduled to recognize billionaire Michael Sacks at the Oct. 29 Rerum Novarum Awards Dinner benefiting Mundelein Seminary, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archchicago.org\/en\/statement\/-\/article\/2026\/10\/26\/statement-of-cardinal-blase-cupich-archbishop-of-chicago-on-the-nostra-aetate-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_2\">event&#8217;s announcement<\/a>.\u00a0Between 2020 and 2022, the Sacks Family Foundation, of which Sacks is president and treasurer, <a href=\"https:\/\/philanthropy.org\/990\/who-funds\/362170901\/planned-parenthood-of-illinois?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly contributed<\/a> grants totaling $500,000 to Planned Parenthood of Illinois, raising questions about the recognition in light of the Catholic Church&#8217;s longstanding opposition to abortion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: A prominent Catholic cardinal is facing backlash over plans to honor a wealthy Democratic donor who gave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87904,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87903\/revisions\/87904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}