Not to fret. Relax, good Catholic New Yorkers: the governor assured Cardinal Dolan that “he would protect religious freedom.” Now turn on the red lights of #1 World Trade Center and keep them on for TCD Week.
NY Times: N.Y. Region: “One of the things we bishops always cringe a little bit about,” Cardinal Dolan told reporters, “sometimes we worry that we’re caricatured as always being against things and that we’re coming up here just filled with negatives and warnings. But in general, we come up here to affirm and to encourage.”
After a 45-minute meeting with Mr. Cuomo, Cardinal Dolan glossed over their differences — the governor, who is Catholic, supports gay marriage and abortion rights and is a divorced man who lives with his girlfriend — and instead emphasized their commonalities.
“With Governor Cuomo, they’re particularly friendly and substantive,” Cardinal Dolan said of their meetings. Read John Eligon’s full report here.
