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Most Reverend Theodore Edgar McCarrick,
Archbishop of Newark, was born in Ne\v York City
on July 7, 1930 to Theodore Egan McCarrick and
Margaret McLaughlin. The young McCarrick
attended Catholic elementary school and later
Fordham Preparatory School. He studied in Europe
for a year and a half before retuming to Fordham
University, his mind already made up to study for the
priesthood. He entered St. Joseph's Seminary,
Yonkers, NY, where he eamccl a BA in 1954 and a
Master'sDegree in History in 1958. Francis Cardinal
Spellman ordained him to the priesthood on May 31,
1958 in New York City. He went on to earn a second Master's degree in Social
Sciences and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Catholic University.
Father McCarrick's first assignment was as Assistant Chaplain of Catholic
University, Washington, D.C. where he went on to serve as Dean of Students and as
Director of· Development. He was named President of the Catholic University of
Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1965, \vhere he was responsible for the intense
development of the school as a major institution. That same year he was named
Monsignor by Pupc P;wl VI. In 1969, Terrence Cardinal Cooke recalled Msgr.
i'vlcCarrick to T\ew York to serve as Associate Secretary for Education from 1969-7 L
and then as his Secretary from 1971-77.
In 1977, Pope Paul VI named Msgr. McCarrick Auxiliary Bishop of New York. In
his years as Auxiliary Bishop, he served as Vicar of East Manhattan and the
Harlems. Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop McCarrick as the First Bishop of
Metuchen, New Jersey when the diocese was established in 1981. In 1986, he was
named tbe Fourth Archbishop of Newark, Nevv Jersey. the seventh largest diocese in
the United States with a population of more than 1.4 million Catholics.
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) elected Archbishop
McCarrick to head its Committee on Migration in 1986 and in 1992. In 1992, he was
also named to head the Committee for Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern
Europe, and was elected in 1996 as chair of the Committee on International Policy.
Other NCCB committees on which the Archbishop has served are Administrative,
Doctrine. the Laity, Latin America and the Missions. He also served on the boards of
Catholic University or America, the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
and Catholic Relief Services. In the Vatican. he serves as a member of the Pontifical
Councils for Migrants and Refugees and for Justice and Peace.
H.c has visited many nations as a human 1ights advocate and to survey humanitarian
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needs, including China, Cuba, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, Rwanda and
Burundi and has traveled extensively in Eastern Europe. A founding member of the
Papal Foundation, he has served as its President since 1997. He was e1ected one of
15 U.S. bishops to serve as a member of the Synod for America held in L997. At the
conclusion of th~lt S~nwcl. the bishops elected him to serve on the Post Synodal
COllllCil.
ln November 1996, ;\rchbishor McCarrick was invited to serve on the Secretary of
State's Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad and in July of 1999 he
was named a member of the United States Commission for International Religious
Freedom established by federal legislation the previous year.
In January of 1998, Archbishop McCarrick was one of three American Cle1ics
invited to visit C'hina and discuss religious freedoms in that country. As Archbishop
of Newark. he has ordained more priests. in the last 13 years ,than any other bishop in
the United States. This year, the Archbishop celebrates his 42nd anniversary of
ordinati()n to the priesthood and his 2211(1 year as a bishop.
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Theodore E. McCarrick
The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Newark, brings to the
Council extensive practical experience in ecumenical relations and religious diplomacy.
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Archbishop McCarrick was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdi ocese of New York
in 1958. He was named an Auxiliary Bishop in 1977 by Pope Paul VI, and was
appointed to his current position as the fourth Archbishop of Newark by Pope John Paul
in 1986. He holds master's degrees in history and social science, and a doctorate in
sociology from Catholic University of America.
Active in international affairs. Archbishop McCarrick served as head of the Committee
on Migratiun for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1986, 1992) and
·Chairman <ll the Committee lur Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe
( 1992-1996 ). In 1988, Pope John Paul appointed him a member of the Pontifical
Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Tourists.
Archbishop McCarrick has considerable experience working at the interface between
religion and diplomacY: He was an Official Observer for the Helsinki Accords
Commission that visited Poland and Romania in 1987. Under the auspices of the Appeal
of Conscience Foundation, he was part of the delegation to meet with Fidel Castro in
1988, to visit China in 1992, and in the same year, along with Muslims and Croats, to
search for a peace plan for former Yugoslavia. At the same time, representing the U.S.
State Department, he traveled to Moscow as an observer to the Helsinki Commission.
On fact-finding missions for the U.S. Bishops, Archbishop McCarrick has visited
Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, the independent territories in what is now the
former Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Rwanda and Burundi.
Archbishop McCarrick has received numerous awards for ecumenism including the
Brotherhood-Sisterhood Award from the Conference of Christians and Jews; the
Americanism Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B 'nai B 'rith; and was chosen
Representative of Irish Immigrant Families in the Hall of Fame of Ellis Island.
Currently, Archbishop McCarrick serves as a member of the U.S. State Department's
Special L\dvisory Committee on Religious Freedom and as chairman of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops' (NCCB) International Policy Committee.
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STATEMENT ON RETURNING FROM KOSOVO
Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick
Archbishop of Newark
Chairman, International Policy Committee
August 31, 1998
To those who have watched with honor the crimes against humanity which defined the
ethnic cleansing in Bosnia during the years of the tenible struggle there, the story of
Kosovo in 1998 seems chillingly similar. Indiscriminate shelling of villages; deliberate
destruction of homes, farms and villages. Reckless-- or indeed-- planned and
premeditated killing of combatants and noncombatants alike; tens of thousands of
refugees forced to seek shelter in intolerable conditions. This is the pattem of the past
being recreated before our eyes
And to add the final shameful not of similarity, all this is taking place while the great
nations of the world watch and wait and watch and wait. '
Of course, there are no easy solutions. Kosovo means much to the Serbs, and yet it means
at least as much to the Kosovar Albanians who comprise nine out of every ten people
who live there. Despite division among ethnic Albanian political leaders, Ibrahim Rugova
and his administration were overwhelmingly re-elected only a brief time ago to represent
that people. The separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), however, lacks any such
mandate and has qrought tenible retaliation upon itself. Yet the Serbian response is
recognized by credible outside observers to be wholly disproportionate, far beyond what
IS necessary.
ln this case changing borders by force would be a curse that could easily destabilize the
entire region, and yet there has to be a solution which is reasonable, acceptable to the
majority of people of good will, and worth a try.
The question is not whether a solution is possible. The question is whether the
international community has the will to fond-one now-- now before more innocent
people are killed, now before more homes and villages are destroyed, now before this
smoldering fuse ignites the regiona!powder keg.
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The elements of a solution -- at least an interim solution-- are present. First the killing
must be stopped on both sides, than a new relationship between Kosovo and Serbia must
be agreed upon -- or imposed by the common sense of outside parties. This must grant
authentic self-govemment within the general framework of Serbia and Yugoslavia, with
control of local institutions retumed to the local population and effective guarantees of
minority rights put in place. This will have to be guaranteed by the major powers,
including the United Sates, in a way that is at least generally acceptable to both sides.
This is not an easy solution, but what is the altemative? It is too terrible to contemplate; it
would bring shame and disgrace on humanity. We are our brothers' and sisters' keepers.
We are bound to keep them from a deadly path, which could destroy them and ultimately
endanger more and more of our global society, just as we move into a new millennium
and a new chance at peace and justice. The task is not simple, but the time is now.
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Statement on the
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.Taking Effect
March 1, 1999
Archbishop of Newark
Chairman, International Policy Committee
U.S. Catholic Conference
Today marks the entry into force of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which bans the production, use, stockpiling
and transfer of antipersonnel landmines and provides for their destruction. We welcome this ,important step
toward a more peaceful and humane world and urge the United States to join the 134 other nations that
.have already signed the treaty. We also pledge to continue our longstanding efforts to encourage the United
States to adopt the treaty through the Catholic Campaign to Ban Landmines, and we repeat our thanks to all
those who have helped in these efforts.
The U.S. Catholic bishops remain deeply disappointed by the Administration's failure to sign the treaty.·
Although the Administration has pledged to do so by 2006, that promise is conditioned on finding
acceptable alternatives for use in Korea. We eamestly hope that this pledge will be supported by a
concerted effort to find appropriate altematives in the near term, and we will support legislative efforts to
do so. We do not underestimate the challenge of developing.such alternatives, but if alternatives exist, as
many experts maintain, the United States has a moral responsibility to vigorously pursue their development
--not in the distant future but now.
Even though the United States is not responsible for the indiscriminate use of landmines in countries
around the world, the terrible human cost of these insidious weapons should compel us to help ban them,
not resist or delay work toward this urgent moral imperative. The Mine Ban Treaty offers the world the
best opportunity it now has to make progress in stopping the killing and maiming of civilians around the
globe. That is why, like so many others, Pope John Paul II has called on all nations to adhere to the treaty,
so that "there be no delay in freeing huge numbers of men, women and children from these destructive
instruments insidiously placed under their feet." Without the United States, this noble effort to achieve an
effective global ban will be seriously undermined.
In the past we have strongly supported legislation on landmines introduced by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy. The
Landmines Obsolescence Act, to be introduced by Sen. Leahy and Sen. Chuck Hagel, could be a useful
vehicle for bringing the United States into compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty. As this effort progresses,
we continue to hope and pray that the United States will find ways to heed the call of so many Americans
who want this nation to become a moral leader on this issue by signing the treaty that will ban landmines
sooner rather than later.
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Jubilee Justice
By Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick
Archbishop of Newark
Chairman, International Policy Committee
U.S. Catholic Conference
I am of course honored and delighted to be able to speak to you this afternoon. I am very conscious of the fact that there at
some of the most important leaders in the social action apostolate of our country and I thank you for your extraordinary servi<
and the nation 1n continuing to raise the consciousness of our faithful and of all our neighbors to these important and even ess
lam delighted to be joining Cardinal Mahony here. lam not sure I remember the stories that John Carr told so eloquent
first visit to Vietnam, but l do remember His Eminence's leadership, his courage and his perseverance in continuing to keep l
hi' unstinting perseverance in proclaiming the message of liberty and freedom for all religions.
As you can imagine, bishops are often invited to say a few words at gatherings such as this. I am also happy to do so ani
invitation, especially when the topic is clear as it is today. My letter of invitation reads: "Dear Archbishop: Your topic is as fc
look ahead to the next thousand years, please scrutinize the signs of the times, and interpret them in light of the Gospel. Pleas
remarks to 15 minutes."
I want to thank John Carr and Jerry Powers for this very specific assignment but in a very serious way for all the work w
their colleagues in the International Policy Committee of our Bishops' Conference make possible for us bishops. If we ever s<
say the right thing, it is usually because this extraordinary staff has given us the lead. I am grateful to the other bishop membc
International Policy Committee, who have been wonderful collaborators and have given me and the staff g\·eat support. I than
once again for your work on behalf of the International agenda.
Let me say a few words about the world in which our work for social
justice takes place-- first, what gives me hope about the direction in which
the world is moving; second, some of the challenges the world presents us in our efforts to live out Jubilee justice.
It is tmportant to begin with hope-- and important that we never let it become sidelined in our work for justice and peaci
difficult things might seem. Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II is constantly talking about hope as one of the great signs of tl
I truly believe that hope has to be the special mark of the third Christian millennium. Without hope and trust and confidence i
can never imagine the possibility of changing the world into the kind of place that God wants it to be.
1 remember so well the first visit of His Holiness to the United States in 1979. I was working in New York at the time an
Father came to St. Patrick's Cathedral where he was recei;red by Cardinal Cooke and the Church of New York. His Holiness
beautifully about the work which the Church in the United States had accomplished and called us to continue our labors in thi
ended on a beautiful note. Having challenged all of us to continue our efforts and to try our best to make the world a better pL
Father ended with that great line from St. Paul: "We have placed our hopes in the living God". I remember the stilTing challer
all of us. It is a challenge that he gives us again today and a challenge that we are called upon to remember. After all, it is the
that gives us the inspiration and creativity to work so hard to make a reality in our world the difficult tasks of setting the capti
forgiving debts. or reconciling a b_roken world. Looking around this room and being part of this remarkable conference I am s
commitment, creativity. experience. and resources that are dedicated to transforming the world in light of the Gospel-- and tr
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of the iceberg.
In many ways, I am convinced that we have more reason to be truly hope-filled (in the sense that.underlies the Church'~
teachings) than perhaps at any time in my ministry. I say this for two reasons.
The first should be obvious, but it should not be too quickly forgotten. And that is that we are now celebrating the lOth a
the end of the Cold War. The fact of this radical transformation in the world, the fact that it took place (with a very few excep
non-violent action, and the fact that it carne about in no small part through the courageous action of people moved by their fai
convictions (not least the Holy Father) is of tremendous significance. It is of significance not only for sociologists and politici
especially for believers and leaders like those gathered here. The fact that ten years ago the "impossible" became possible is a
empirical foundation for clinging to a Christian understanding of hope as I can think of.
I very clearly remember the Russia of the old clays. In Moscow in 1986, I was part of an official American Helsinki Dele
was still in the depths of the Communist Soviet world. There wa~ only one Catholic Church open in Moscow, St. Louis of the
was allowed only because of a long standing treaty agreement with the government of France. As you entered or left that Chu
very conscious of the television cameras which recorded everyone who would come in or go out. I remember standing very o
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the steps and staring into the television cameras. (As if that did any good 1 One of the tragedies of the time was the fact that tl
the priest who took care of the Americans at the United States Embassy and those who happened to be on those limited busin·
the Soviet Union. had both a small Chapel and a place to go to confession in his Residence. He had to tell people not to confe
because he realized that the confessional had been bugged and that what people might have said was being used to blackmail
later in 1996, there was a Catholic Archbishop living in Moscow, there was a Papal Nuncio accredited to the Russian governr
a number of Churches about to be returned to the Catholic community in different parts of Russia and, most important as a si1
the future, there was a seminary in St. Petersburg that had been returned to us and now is open and training priests for Russia.
The second reason we should look to the new millennium with an abiding sense of hope is that the values we care about
making a difference in the world, and the world is increasingly recognizing the central place of non-governmental organizatic
religion and religious-based social action, in addressing some of its most intractable problems. Truly a new focus on religion
freedom is entering the diplomacy of our country. After many attempts in the Congress, a law has been passed and signed by
which establishes a Federal Commission on International Religious Freedom. This group is both to be a watch dog of what is
countries around the world and also to make sure that our diplomacy and foreign policy is sensitive to these questions of relig
interesting that there are nine Commissioners who serve in this new body and one of them is a Catholic Archbishop. Second!~
great influence on changing the kind of preparation in the foreign service of our country. Now men and women who will serv
around the world must also be familiar with the religious situation in those countries and be conscious of its important role in
nation and in the relations which that nation will have with our country. We are helping to shape the public debate on justice;
roan unprececlentecl extent. and we are increasingly expected to help solve problems of social injustice and cont1ict.
Landmines have long been silent killers, but within five years from the start of an inte1'national campaign to highlight thi~
nightmare. more than 100 countries agreed to ban anti-personnel landmines. This landmark treaty was not primarily the work
but of concerned people like Bobby Muller, whom you'll later today and the hard work of peace and human rights groups, an
including our Catholic Campaign to Ban Landrnines. Your efforts helped make this possible. Rwanda and Somalia; the Gulf'
weapons-- moral debates that once were confined to theological journals are now fairly standard fare in the public debate. M.
have pointed to the bishops' 1983 peace pastoral as a significant reason for thiS new moral concern. "Just cause, proportionali
non-combattant immunity" and other just war criteria have moved from pastoral letters to the Jim Lehrer News Hour.
Human rights is another area where we can take some satisfaction. It was largely the churches and other groups that pres
tor human 1·ights considerations to have a role in U.S. foreign policy. The continuing debate on the granting of the most favor
to China falls into this category as it continually reminds the world of what our beliefs are and what is important for America1
have not been able to change the ultimate policy, w'e made a point which the President himself has brought up in dealing with
government. While there is much to be done to give it the priority place it deserves, few would argue anymore that it has no 1=
after long neglect, in the past few years Congress and the administration have given much higher priority to one of the most f;
human rights, religious freedom.
The Jubilee call for debt forgiveness used to be a matter for study for scripture scholars alone; today it is the lead agenda
Summit and is debated, sometimes even in scriptural terms, by the House Banking Committee as it considers legislation that t
draft.
I have been fortunate to be able to work on these international issues through the bishops' conference and other organiza1
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need to step foot outside my diocese to know how important the Church's social mission is.
In Newark, as in much of the rest of the country, the Church tries to be there on the front lines in the battle against povert
health care, a lack of quality educational opportunities. With our partners, we try to serve people more holistically, more effie
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greater respect for their dignity. Empowering the poor is not an occasional concern of ours, it is a was a concern yesterday, it
today, and it will be a concern tomorrow, and it will be a concern the next time we celebrate the Great Jubilee.
What is encouraging is that the country may be rediscovering the role of faith communities in dealing with some of the rr
problems in our society. During the welfare reform debate, Senator Moynihan took to the floor of the Senate to say that the C
seemed to be the only institution to stand up for the poor. The Spring issue of the Brookings Review was devoted to aliswerin
What's God got to do with the American Experiment? What is encouraging and should give us hope is that the experts seem 1
rediscovered an answer that all of us have known all along-- that faith has more to do with realizing the best of America's idt
people think.
In case any of you might be thinking that my Christian hope has degenerated into excessive optimism, let me say a few
grief's and anxieties-- the challenges-- I see ahead.
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The world has always been divided between "haves" and the "have- nots", but today the world is increasingly divided be
peace and prosperity ancl zones of violence and deprivation. What is particularly worrisome is that this division is increasing!:
winners and losers in a global economic system where lives are lost, dignity is denied, and hope is gone.
Too often, those in the zones of peace and prosperity are friends, partners, and objects of our admiration an·d envy; those
violence and deprivation are mostly obJects of pity or studied indifference. Silicon Valley, South Korea and Singapore are de
South-central LA, Sierra Leone, and Sudan are definitely not.
What could make this divide permanent is that it is based increasingly on a gap between the technologically sophisticate(
the technologically illiterate "losers." It is no accident that in 1960 the world's richest 20% had incomes 30 times nigher than
poorest 20%; today, the richest fifth have almost 90 times the income of the poorest fifth. It is also no accident that the three 1
the world have assets that exceed the combined Gross Domestic Product of the 48 least developed countries. The UN estimat'
billion per year. the world's poor would have adequate food, water, sanitation, health care, and education-- which would reqt
225 richest people to contribute just 4% of their wealth. This disparity in income is a moral scandal, and it is only likely to ge
We suffer from a failure of solidarity. This failure of solidarity is, in part, due to a preoccupation with U.S. self-interests
policy and an individualistic and materialistic cultural libertarianism at home. Even when we care, in an intellectual or even e
abuut those in the zones of violence and deprivation, too many have long since given up hope that anything can be done. Son
llldifferent or we seek to wall ourselves off from them-- whether in gated communitiesor in neo-isolationist policies.
As Christians whose faith is grounded in the fundamental dignity of each human person and the fundamental unity of tl
the cultural challenge is to combat excessive individualism and rampant consumerism while we face the political challenge o1
nation rediscover the common good. We cannot rest content with the "success" of the American Experiment while a fifth of c
grow up in poverty. We cannot be content with exercising preeminent US power in the world, if our country fails to exercise·
to use that power for the global common good. As the bishops said in 1993, "*Liberty and justice for all' is not only a profoUJ
pledge; it is a worthy goal for a world leader." Scripture reminds us: "From those who have received much, much will be reqt
12 14 ). At home and abroad. we must break down the walls that keep out the Lazaruses of this world, while enlarging the zon
prosperity to include those who are now marginalized. Whenever I think of Global Solidarity, I remember the simple expressi
Servant of God. Terence Cooke, who served as Cardinal Archbishop of New York and whom I had the great grace to serve m
seven years. The Cardinal would always talk of "our brothers and sisters in God's one human family" This was his tag-linear
many of his talks and addresses. It was his way of reminding us that we truly are one family and that Global Solidarity must t
realization.
A secuncl challenge relates to what I have already highlighted as a sign of hope-- the increased interest in the role of reli
our nation· sand the world's problems. As I mentioned, this is an opportunity to further strengthen civil society and recognize
in any social order. but "faith-based" pmgrams. with their indispensable roles, must not
be JUSt another way to privatize public obligations, an excuse for our government to abandon its own responsibilities for the p
should be playing a major role in post-conflict reconstruction inBosnia and Kosovo, but its work cannot be a substitute for bt
capacity of the UN and other international organizations to fulfill their mandate in these areas. A couple of weeks ago I was i1
Macedonia and was so pleased as an American Catholic to see the work of Catholic Relief Services. There and in the refugee
Albania, which I had visited the month before, I was as always impressed by what these young Americans have accomplishec
make us proud but as you look at the problems which they face, it is evident that they cannot do it alone and that they need th
support of government in order to accomplish the things that they do best. Similarly, Catholic Charities and other faith-based
are and should be playing a major role in providing social services, but they cannot be a suiTogate or substitute for governme1
promote decent work and just wages, health care and an adequate safety net.
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not JUSt the debate but the outcome. We have a global ban on landmines, but our country has not signed. NATO went to unpn
lengths to avoid direct attacks on civilians, but the effort to avoid military casualties on our side led NATO to pursue a bombi
that shi ftecl the burden ofrisk from NATO pilots to Serbian and Kosovar civilians. Few would dispute that human rights ougl
concern of U.S. policy. but standing up for imprisoned priests in China is subordinated to stopping the bootlegging ofCDs, w
wr()ngs. such as abortion and euthanasia, are promoted as basic human rights. Debt seems to be moving up on the agenda, but
the poorest countries have actually received substantial debt forgiveness yet. We had a wonderful Conference on the debt situ
Hall University, where not only representatives of governments from many parts of the world and representatives from the ac
were present, but also the new Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the heads of the World Bank and the Intern::
Fund. Truly, debt is moving up on the agenda as we say. The diffi.culty is that the debt situation continues to be a tremendous
burden on so many of the countries of the world. The Archbishop of Lusaka in Zambia gave a moving talk at that Conference
in which he put tlesh and blood and a human face on the statistics of the debt problem. He reminded us that so many of the pc
have repaid the debt time after time through the payment of interests without ever having ever reduced the principal. Because
enormous burden on the people, the repayment of debt becomes impossible. It prevents the necessary development of nationa
as well as the need for education, welfare and the care of the poor. As a matter of fact, even though the HIPC initiative was a
based on the best of motives. this program to aiel the "highly indebted poor countries" often comes with such condition that, a
financial sense. creates tremendous problems tn the human condition of the people of the countries it strives to help.
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Finally, there are number of issues that have been on others' agendas but less so on ours. In the past few years, there I
abundance of theological and moral reflection, pastoral activity, and advocacy around issues of environmental justice. Our en
justice efforts and the pastoral letter from the bishops in the Northwest on the Colombia River area recent examples of this. B
still in the early stages of this work; the Church needs to continue to find its proper voice in dealing with a whole range of en'
issues. from global warming to environmental justice.
What has been begun on the environment needs to be done on globalization. Catholic social teaching holds that market t
by a moral and juridical order. We need to assess and lay out what that moral and juridical order should be in relation to com1
such as trade. international finance. and the activities of multinational companies who operate beyond the control of any sing!
coming years, it wi II not be possible to do the Church's work for justice without serious engagement with Wall Street, Wall t-.
Wurlcl Bank.
These are serious tasks, but we always must return to the theme of hope. I have hope because of what we believe and wh
starting poin.t is the Gospel. Our road map is the Gospel. Our destination is the kingdom of justice and peace the Lord promis'
May I return to that wonderful visit of the Holy Father to Saint Patrick's Cathedral in 1979. He challenged us to be peop
hope and confidence and trust in the Lord. It is no surprise that he is renewing that challenging call even today. As we move i
Christian millennium, it is a sign of hope that this gathering and your leadership and your every day commitment will help us
that stems from the Holy Father's challenge and is incarnated in the work that all of us try to do. When all is said and done, it
wi II provide the answers and the grace to keep us going, but this should not be a cause of fear for us since together with John
peuple of goucl will thruughout the world, we have placed our hope in the living God.
Thank you very much.
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Most Reverend Carlos Felipe Ximenes Bela, S.D.B.
Apostolic Administrator Diocese of Dili
East Timor
Dear Bishop Bela,
As we Bishops of the United States are about to meet in our Spring Assembly, I am
reminded of your presence among us at the Kansas City Assembly last year. It was
a great pleasure to have you with us at that time, and I was pmticularly pleased that
you were able to be my guest in Newark. At this historic juncture, our Conference
. is eager to lend whatever support we can to make the promise of the 1996 Nobel
Peace Prize a reality. We believe that the United States government should impress
upon the new Indonesian administration the need for a prompt resolution of the
East Timor issue, based upon the freely expressed wishes of the people and in
accord with the resolutions of the United Nations.
Attached is a copy of a letter I have just sent to Secretary Albright expressing those
views. I extend warm personal greetings to you and to Bishop Do Nascimento,
assuring you of the continued solidarity of our Conference with the Church in East
Timor.
Fraternally yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick
Archbishop of Newark
Chairman, USCC Commmittee on International Policy
The aforementioned attached letter follows:
June 5, 1998
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Madame Secretary,
For many years now, the Catholic Bishops of the United States have expressed
their concern about the. religious and civil liberties of the people of the former
Portuguese colony of East Timor. We are aware that you also have shared these
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concems, and we recall especially your visit to Indonesia as our U.N. Ambassador
in September of 1995 during which you addressed the continuing problem of the
human rights situation.
Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo of Dili, recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, has
commented recently on the continued civil disturbances that are causing great
suffering and growing resentment on the part of the people of East Timor,
disturbances caused largely, in the bishop's view, by the heavy-handed excesses of
the Indonesian military in the territory.
In view of the recent changes within the Indonesian govemment, this would seem
an appropriate time for the United States to press anew for a speedy resolution of
the East Timor status question that, with the good offices of the United Nations,
must be based on the freely expressed wishes of the people of East Timor.
While that longer-term goal is all-important, I would urge that the United States
advocate an immediate and genuine reduction of the Indonesian military presence
in East Timor, the release of prisoners incarcerated for purely political reasons, the
guarantee of freedom of speech and assembly, and an end to abuses of peoples'
human rights. Minimizing the military presence and ending abuses could greatly
enhance the prospects for a genuine solution of the East Timor tragedy.
With all best wishes. l remain
Sincerely yours,
Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick
Archbishop of Newark
Chairman, USCC Committee on Intemational Policy
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Heather Hurlburt
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Office of Speechwriting
Heather Hurlburt
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1999-2001
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Heather Hurlburt's speechwriting collection consists of speeches, drafts, correspondence, and background research. Hurlburt worked as Special Assistant and Speechwriter to President Clinton. Her speechwriting files date from 1999-2001. As a speechwriter, Hurlburt prepared remarks on primarily domestic issues ranging from health care to the Special Olympics to the Mississippi Delta Region to the Kennedy Center Awards. She wrote remarks for policy speeches, radio addresses, commencements, taped video remarks, and award ceremonies or tributes. She also prepared a few speeches for the First Lady, and one undelivered speech for Sandy Berger on the topic of military reform.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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128 files in 11 boxes
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[Human Rights Day 12/6/00 - Remarks] [The Most Revered Theodore Edgar] McCarrick
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Office of Speechwriting
Heather Hurlburt
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2008-0700-F
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Box 6
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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