[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEATH OF JOHN CARDINAL O'CONNOR, 
                         ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK

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                               speech of

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 4, 2000

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, today, I celebrate John 
Cardinal O'Connor.
  It is my deepest hope that Cardinal O'Connor's wise, charitable, and 
dynamic legacy of leadership becomes a standard for all future New York 
City Cardinals.
  Cardinal O'Connor had an extraordinary capacity to speak to New 
York's many diverse communities--to both comfort and inspire.
  The Cardinal cast light on our City's most pressing problems, and 
then showed us what needed to be done, particularly for homelessness, 
the AIDS crisis, and condition of the poor.
  In the past months, many people learned that Cardinal O'Connor often 
anonymously volunteered in AIDS clinics.
  We may never know the other people and place Cardinal O'Connor 
selflessly aided. We can only assume that his actions were innumerable 
and always compassionate.
  Cardinal O'Connor was a great leader and a friend of all leaders in 
our city. More than one mayor told me they often consulted with him on 
how to handle their work and to respond to the challenges of leading 
the City. He received almost every award his Church and City could 
bestow on him.




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