"Dialogue is not a dirty word; it's our word"
As a public servant, I recall vividly being followed in a large group presentation by a wise man. He began his with these words: "Beware of well-intentioned bureaucrats."  He was right of course. A "light"...even a dim, itty-bitty one... in a field of darkness is as much or more a warning of what lies unseen, in opposite, in opposition, as it is a beacon.
Let's be real. "Dialogue" is not the mantra of the Roman Catholic Church. It may be rampant in its diplomatic corp for mutual institutional advantage, or with justice systems, with its people as pawns. It is certainly not the "word", "spirit" or mantra of successive Popes since John XXIII, of hierarchy.
Absolutism, infallibility, legitimate teaching authority, compliance and submission are more properly "our words". Ask anyone.
Agreeing with Cupich is a radical shift. Following him - and Pope Francis - a trepidatious pilgrimage about which we have little understanding or standing. 
I'm in.