Cardinal SimonPimenta visited the US about twenty years ago. HIs host in the state of New Jersey was Cardinal McCarrick. We were invited to a service.His remarks when he addressed us were remarkably kind and outgoing, notsomething I have ever encountered in the country. I am sure other luminariesin the the Church were much taken up by the same display of warmth and fellowship that was so much a part of his character. It has not been easy forus members in recent years. I experienced the same pain from a young Jesuitwho had shown me great kindness over many years.
