The recognition of Cardinal McCarrick for his tireless effort in helping the church.
He's always found his way to the people that are marginalized in their communities.
He's always kind of reaching out to kind of find those people that are just a little bit
separated or isolated from others and figuring out how to bring them in.
That's Fr. Jack Wall, the president of Catholic Extension.
The papal organization is dedicated to strengthening the Church in over 90 underprivileged dioceses
in the United States.
The beloved Cardinal has traveled to poor areas of the world, devoting his ministry
to the same effort.
Anyone who knows what it is not to be able to go to church, anyone who knows what it
is not to be able to pray in the presence of the Lord, anyone who knows that when you
can't go to Mass, when you can't go to Confession, when you can't...
rejoice in the Lord, what a sorrow that is."
At Manhattan's Metropolitan Club, Archbishop and newly elected Cardinal
Blaise Cupich presents Cardinal McCarrick with the Spirit of Francis Award.
He says the honor by Catholic Extension is given to those who mirror the
organization's mission.
We do it in a way that wants to draw attention to the work of the church that goes to the
periphery, that goes to the margins of society and in the church.
Cardinal McCarrick has been an individual who has done that his whole life.
But on the night that honors him, his eminence uses the moment to acknowledge others.
It's a great opportunity to thank the people who have been so good to those who do not
have the facilities of the church in their area.
Reporting for Currents, I'm Tim Harfman.