A Kansas City, Mo., Jesuit priest arrived in Key West Saturday after a 99-day, 5,052-mile bicycle ride to raise awareness about reducing American poverty. Father Matthew Ruhl and eleven other riders who made the trek from Cape Flattery, Wash., were welcomed with spraying champagne and cheers.
Ruhl was inspired by Catholic Charities USA's call to reduce poverty in America by 50 percent by 2020.
"I feel good. It's a good day for the team, it's a good day for Catholic Charities, a good day I think for the church and I pray it's a great day for the poor," Ruhl said. "It was like every emotion you can imagine," said Ruhl.
During the diagonal cross-country trek, the entourage rode between 13 and 100 miles per day, assisted at food banks, met with homeless people, observed poverty reduction programs and raised money and awareness for their cause.
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