Cardinal McCarrick announces interfaith effort to fight terrorism

Published: 2007-12-07

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the retired archbishop of Washington, led a group of religious leaders Nov. 30 in announcing a national interfaith grass-roots campaign to oppose terrorists and protect Americans from their violence. The campaign is being launched by Cardinal McCarrick; Rabbi Jack A. Luxemburg, chief rabbi of Temple Beth Ami in the Washington suburb of Rockville, Md.; and the Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean of the Washington National Cathedral of the Episcopal Church. Cardinal McCarrick, who spoke at the National Press Club, said the campaign is comprised of people from different religious traditions, coming together with mutual respect and understanding, to protect Americans from terrorists and their violence. "This is ... a monumental step," Cardinal McCarrick said. "This is the family gathering to say thanks be to God, the one God that we all worship. ... We're all his children."

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