"It is a humble way of doing it, I wouldn't get upset at that."
The Catholic Church requires that all such vessels be of suitable materials. Glass and wicker are not suitable. It is an abuse, and Mahoney knows it.
It's a world conference and a beautiful linen over a well hand made basket might be like wealth in some of the Catholic Church's in third world nations.
This was not the Los Angeles Cathedral. It was handling some 35,000 at a youth educational conference.