Cardinal O'Connor's Homily

Praise of Police

They do the tough job of protecting lives in a 'culture of death,' cardinal says at Mass

This is the text of Cardinal O'Connor's homily at Sunday Mass for the Holy Name Society of the New York Police Department in St. Patrick's Cathedral March 29.

Posted 4/2/98

There are two reasons why I am not celebrating this Mass. One, I hate to see a grown man cry. Our vicar general, Bishop Patrick Sheridan, always tells me that from the day he was born he wanted to be …

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