Bush Mum on New Supreme Court Pick

Sunday, October 02, 2005

 

WASHINGTON — President Bush returned from Camp David Sunday to attend Red Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. The mass is held each year on the Sunday before the Supreme Court session begins.

Bush and first lady Laura Bush were joined by newly confirmed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and several of the other justices in the centuries-old Roman Catholic prayer session held for justices, judges and government officials of all faiths.

At the Red Mass, named after the vestments worn by the priests, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the principal celebrant, delivered a homily wishing wisdom and greater civility in public discourse.

“We tend to blame each other, and the level of our discourse can sometimes become shrill and caustic and uneven,” he said, including the church in a list of institutions where civility can improve.

"I pray that that will continue (to show civility) because it is so important not just for good government, but for the good care of our people who look here to all of you and your colleagues for the kind of leadership that is not destructive or too intensely partisan," McCarrick said to the audience that included Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Bush counselor Harriet Miers. The latter two have been named as possible choices to be the next Supreme Court nominee.

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