BOSTON (MA)
Boston Globe
April 21, 2006
Edited transcript of Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley's question-and-answer session with Globe editors on Thursday.
O'MALLEY: Certainly the consistory celebrated in the Catholic Church was a very significant moment for Catholics, and important moment for the Catholic Church in Boston, the recognition of the importance of this Catholic community. ... In the United States, we're only six percent of the Catholics in the world. The other 94 percent are dispersed through the rest of the globe, and the ministry of the Holy Father is really what keeps us all connected. And the College of Cardinals is at the surface of that ministry, and therefore, for us in Boston included in that, is very significant. And I am quite grateful to The Boston Globe and the local media for making it possible for the community here to be a part of events in Rome, of the wonderful coverage that you gave to the events.