The cardinal noted that all the abuse cases discussed in the news report occurred before he became bishop in Bridgeport.
Mass, the cardinal noted that "a letter is available for everyone as you leave the cathedral, concerning a matter that is on the minds of all of us: the violation of young people by the clergy".
In his speech, the cardinal noted that the long-term goal was "not simply to make the death penalty free from bias, inequity or human error," but instead to open a "public dialogue that ultimately brings a permanent end to state executions".
In a reference perhaps meant to assuage his "Pro-Life" cohorts, the Cardinal noted, "And, the dinner named in his honor is truly life-affirming as it raises funds to help support mothers in need and their babies (both born and unborn) of any faith, or none at all".
The locals "went tearfully away and were brought to idleness, ending their lives in extreme poverty", as Cardinal Wolsey noted.
Cardinal Mahony noted approvingly that, in its early centuries, the church permitted priests to be married and that in some circumstances the Eastern Orthodox Church ordains married men.
In 1933, Cardinal Faulhaber noted (disapprovingly) the widespread sentiment that a "Christianity which still clings to the Old Testament is a Jewish religion, irreconcilable with the spirit of the German people".
Cardinal Egan noted that 43 out of 46 graduates in the class of 2002 had gone on to the university of their choice, that Regents examination scores averaged 90.4 and that the average Coleman student's SAT score topped 1150.
Cardinal Schönborn noted that Francis' "pervasive principle of inclusion clearly troubles some people," for example those who are concerned that the pope favors a mentality of "anything goes," an allusion to conservative Catholic critics.
Reflecting on the days to come, Cardinal Dolan noted that he and the other cardinals would sing a penitential psalm as they filed into the Sistine Chapel, "almost in an act of contrition, of a humble admitting of our sins, our imperfections, our scars, so that God will have mercy on us and on his church".
