[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H6789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HIS EMINENCE, THEODORE CARDINAL McCARRICK, ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Madam Speaker, it is my honor and privilege this 
afternoon to welcome His Eminence, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, 
Archbishop of Washington. I want to thank him for offering the opening 
prayer.
  Cardinal McCarrick has a long and distinguished record of service to 
the Church in New York, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and now here in 
Washington, which includes my district of Montgomery County, Maryland. 
He certainly is a gift to the Archdiocese of Washington. The 
Archdiocese is very diverse with a population that has both common and 
also specific needs. Upon being named to the College of Cardinals this 
year, he said that his new responsibilities will not change his pledge 
to reach out ``to serve the poor and the stranger among us with all my 
heart and strength.'' And he has been doing just that.
  Ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of New York in 1958, 
Cardinal McCarrick received a Ph.D. from and held several posts at the 
Catholic University of America here in Washington. He has served as the 
President of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, auxiliary bishop 
of New York, the first Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, and Archbishop 
of Newark.
  He was installed as Archbishop of Washington on January 3, 2001; and 
7 weeks later, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope John 
Paul II. He is known for his efforts on behalf of international human 
rights, religious freedom and migration, and serves on the U.S. 
Commission for International Religious Freedom. He also speaks many 
languages.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues, I thank Cardinal McCarrick 
for leading us in prayer today. I welcome him to the United States 
House of Representatives. We appreciate his presence, his guidance and 
his blessing on this House as we begin our critical work today.

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