Cuomo's contempt for Catholicism
For a while I felt like a voice crying in the wilderness when it came to Andrew Cuomo's disregard for Catholic teachings.
During the campaign for governor I pointed out the issues with which he went against the Church - particularly when it came to abortion, gay marriage, and his living arrangement with his girlfriend.
I got booted from his Facebook site. And I got chastised by others for things I wrote here or on Facebook.
His rejection of Church teachings was bad enough, but this Christmas season, things took a nastier turn. He showed up for Christmas Midnight Mass, sitting right up front as if he was a Catholic in good standing. Then after he was inaugurated - and after spending the night at the governor's mansion with his girlfriend - he showed up (with her) for Mass at the Albany Cathedral, and went to Communion.
Such total lack of respect for the Church.
I posted about that, got poo-pooed for doing so.
But now others are paying attention.
Catholic World News picked up on the story. Father Z took note. Canon Lawyer Edward Peters wrote a particularly sharp piece about the situation from a canon law point of view.
And a local television station - Channel 13 - got booted from a fluff event involving the girlfriend for daring to ask about the Governor and not sticking to the happy-happy storyline they were supposed to be covering.
Whether Bishop Hubbard of Albany - who preached at the Albany Mass and has publicly said nothing about the sacrilege involved so far - will ultimately say something, I don't know. Will Archbishop Dolan say anything? I don't know.
Perhaps this story will continue to ripple. Or maybe it will sink.
But I think it's a disgrace to have a Catholic governor show such contempt for the Church.
During the campaign for governor I pointed out the issues with which he went against the Church - particularly when it came to abortion, gay marriage, and his living arrangement with his girlfriend.
I got booted from his Facebook site. And I got chastised by others for things I wrote here or on Facebook.
His rejection of Church teachings was bad enough, but this Christmas season, things took a nastier turn. He showed up for Christmas Midnight Mass, sitting right up front as if he was a Catholic in good standing. Then after he was inaugurated - and after spending the night at the governor's mansion with his girlfriend - he showed up (with her) for Mass at the Albany Cathedral, and went to Communion.
Such total lack of respect for the Church.
I posted about that, got poo-pooed for doing so.
But now others are paying attention.
Catholic World News picked up on the story. Father Z took note. Canon Lawyer Edward Peters wrote a particularly sharp piece about the situation from a canon law point of view.
And a local television station - Channel 13 - got booted from a fluff event involving the girlfriend for daring to ask about the Governor and not sticking to the happy-happy storyline they were supposed to be covering.
Whether Bishop Hubbard of Albany - who preached at the Albany Mass and has publicly said nothing about the sacrilege involved so far - will ultimately say something, I don't know. Will Archbishop Dolan say anything? I don't know.
Perhaps this story will continue to ripple. Or maybe it will sink.
But I think it's a disgrace to have a Catholic governor show such contempt for the Church.
posted by A Secular Franciscan | 9:22 PM
2 Comments:
Think that's bad? An excommunicated married priest received Communion at a mass presided over by our bishop.
An excommunicated priest as well known as is Cuomo? Or did the fellow quietly approach? I don't know the circumstances with the priest. But Cuomo's actions were blatant and public.
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