I must admit that my frustration and disappointment with Cardinal Dolan is mounting.
The tough talk followed by the wink, nod, and chuckle is wearing thin.
Cardinal Dolan, according to the DailyNews said that he and the Bishops would be “as vociferous and rigorous as possible in our opposition” to the governor’s efforts” to further entrench NY as the aborto-murder capitol of the world.
One would hope that ‘as vociferous as possible” will amount to something more than the embarrassing and inept day late and dollar short effort the bishops put up against gay marriage.
One would hope, alas, I wouldn’t hope too hard.
When asked how Cuomo could still consider himself a Catholic in good standing while also promoting such extreme abortion legislation, Dolan responded: “That’s something that I talk turkey with him about.”
Wow. Finally a bishop, a Cardinal no less, is gonna tell a virulently pro-murder politician that you can’t be a virulently pro-murder politician and a Catholic and good standing.
Except the Cardinal is going to do no such thing. Dolan spokesman Joseph Zwilling made it clear later that the Cardinal believes you can be a virulently pro-murder politician and a Catholic and good standing when shortly after the Cardinal’s tough talk he was quick to say “the cardinal did not mean to suggest that Cuomo would not be a Catholic in good standing if he went forward with the bill.”
Say what?
Apparently talking turkey has been ditched in favor of talking turkeys.
Hell is gonna have to add a new wing to accommodate all the Catholics in good standing.
The bishops and Cardinal Dolan ought to be ashamed.
May 20, 2013 at 12:35 am
We need to distinguish here between simply by put downs of the Cardinal's appearance and the other of being critical of his actions which is what this article is about. The Cardinal's action since he became head of the Diocese of New York. The issue is of standing up to the "culture of death" political leaders and on the other hand the way most of the Mainstream Catholic media is afraid to even bring these things up.
May 20, 2013 at 3:00 am
I will not have any respect for any Bishop or Cardinal in the Catholic Church until he has a standard policy in his Dioceses that any public official that supports any legislation that supports contraception, abortion or same sex marriage be prohibited from communion until he/she has publicly repented of the sin and has gone to confession with the bishop or there is written confirmation by the individuals priest that a true repentance has occurred. Cardinal Burke it seems is the only Bishop I know of that has had the stones to do that. Cardinal Dolan I fear is greatly lacking in the stones department. I pray he grows a pair because his allowing Governor Cuomo to receive communion at the hand of any clergy or lay person is a sin crying to God for judgment. If an extra ordinary minister of communion is squeamish about denying communion that's not a problem, you shouldn't be distributing our Lord anyway find something else to do in the service of our Lord. If an ordinary minister of communion finds it difficult to do this just maybe you chose the wrong vocation. The Lord did go to the money changers in the Temple and say "Hey guys let’s talk turkey here, you really shouldn't be doing this in my Father's house. So could y'all just please pack it up and move outside please?" No he spent all day making a whip and thrashed the buggers.
May 20, 2013 at 3:09 am
One correction to previous post, "The Lord did not go to…