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Outraged Catholics are rallying to stop Cardinal Blase Cupich , Archbishop of Chicago, from presenting a "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who has long supported abortion rights.

"After decades of faithful prayer, pro-life marches, persistent efforts of the U.S. bishops conference to defund Planned Parenthood, and even the founding of a religious order to end abortion, this award shocks the Catholic conscience with its insensitivity to the evil of abortion and undermines the Church’s leading role in defending the unborn," Kelsey Reinhardt, president and CEO of CatholicVote, told Fox News Digital in a statement.

The group has launched a petition through their online CatholicVote Action Center

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