“It has all been said so eloquently in the tributes that have come from some of the highest authorities in our nation and even around the world. … All that remains is to say thank you to the good and gracious God who gave us Tim Russert for 58 years and to pray that the beloved anchor of ‘Meet the Press’ is now sitting at the large table of the Lord to begin a conversation which will last forever.” — Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington, celebrating the funeral mass for Tim Russert at Washington’s Holy Trinity Church this morning.