Dozens Pay Homage to Hickey at Funeral

AP/Yahoo! ^ | DERRILL HOLLY

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WASHINGTON - The poor and the powerful came together Saturday for the funeral of Cardinal James A. Hickey, a champion of the poor who served 20 years as the archbishop of Washington.

Latin hymns echoed through the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as religious and political leaders joined with ordinary people in observing the funeral Mass for Hickey. He died last Sunday at age 84.

A procession of priests, bishops and cardinals passed through a cordon of the Knights of Columbus in ceremonial capes and plumed hats. More than a dozen pews were filled with nuns, their veils of white, gray, blue and black identifying their orders.

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Not dozens, but apparently hundreds, or even thousands.

Typical lamestream media unconscious bias.

"It took more than 15 minutes for them to file by his closed mahogany casket and kiss the alter of the basilica's main sanctuary before the service could begin."

Those were just the priests who concelebrated the funeral Mass.

[sitetest]

To be a little more clear, the headline is directly from AP/Yahoo. It minimizes, probably by a factor of 100, the number of folks who turned out for this Catholic prelate's funeral Mass.

[badpacifist]

dozens? DOZENS? THOSE MSM JERKS!

[sitetest]

Ping.

[Mfkmmof4]

I worked under Cardinal Hickey for a number of years - he was a good kind man.

[pieces of time]

Why am I not surprised that the MSM can't count and chooses instead to distort! The funeral Mass for Cardinal Hickey was beautiful and a great tribute to a holy man to see the GREAT numbers of priests, bishops, religious and lay people in attendance.

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Ping.

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Oh dear me. I'm sure it was just a mistake.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The casket of Cardinal James A. Hickey rests at the foot of the altar at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, in Washington. Hickey, 84, died on Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Bill O'Leary, pool)

This Sept. 7, 1997, file photo shows Cardinal James Hickey during a funeral Mass for Mother Teresa at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Hickey died this morning at a nursing home in Washington at age 84. He served as archbishop of the nation's capital for 20 years before retiring in November of 2000 at age 80. (AP Photo/William Philpott, File)

Cardinal James A. Hickey (R), head of the Roman Catholic church in Washington, D.C., for 20 years, died October 24, 2004, the city's regional church body said. Hickey is pictured being greeted by U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) during a ceremony at the White House in this March 21, 2001, file photo. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters

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Not dozens, but apparently hundreds, or even thousands.

From the story, if you had read to the end:

About 2,500 of the 3,000 seats were filled.

[ELS]

Did you attend the funeral? Was there also some sort of recognition of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception at the shrine recently?

[sitetest]

No.

I don't know.

[Tench_Coxe]

I remember him as Bishop Hickey when he was in the Cleveland diocese. He was a good man.