Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington. He has spent decades as a human rights advocate, frequently traveling worldwide to mediate conflicts, and resolve justice and peace issues.

Cardinal McCarrick served on the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom, a body of the U.S. federal government that provides independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and the Congress. He has been chancellor of the Catholic University of America, president of the governing boards of Seton Hall University, and is currently chair of the Catholic Relief Services Foundation. He was appointed a distinguished senior scholar at the Library of Congress, and presently serves as a councilor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Cardinal McCarrick is one of the founders of the Papal Foundation, where he is a board member and past president. He was awarded thirty-seven honorary doctorates, as well as the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, an honor bestowed by President Bill Clinton. Cardinal McCarrick earned a doctorate in sociology from the Catholic University of America, and holds master’s degrees in history and social sciences.