Abortion, the Cardinal declared, is not a practice to encourage.

He must have wanted me to say what I believe the overwhelming majority of people in New York, whatever their race or religion, want to say," the Cardinal declared, "and that is we deeply believe in you.

And the Cardinal declared: "I failed to be sufficiently thorough in my preparations.

"I envy my successor," declared the Cardinal, envisioning an immediate future of government-driven austerity and doctrine-rooted controversy and opportunity that will galvanize religion anew.

But a little spice was added when Cardinals running back Larry Centers --normally someone who doesn't talk trash - declared before the game that Arizona would "blow out" the Giants.

The Cardinal declared, "Not to my poor merits but to those of the young and already vigorous and most flourishing Catholic Church of America has this honor been given by the Supreme Pontiff.

Both prelates quickly expressed sympathy for overworked priests, with the Cardinal declaring that "when the roof is falling in and the boiler's blowing up, everything else looks very esoteric."

"We are with you," the Cardinal declared on Nov. 21, 1989, to 150,000 people demonstrating in Prague.

The Cardinal declared his enthusiasm for the cause of Day, recalling the time she shocked his seminary class by criticizing President Kennedy.

"Let's just call it a cooling-off period," the Cardinal declared at a news conference yesterday.