Cardinal Dolan appeared to be a troubled man at that Dinner last night. I pray that is a good sign.
Many traditional churches fell and were closed in his NY diocese, or were joined up with parishes whose pastors were removed from traditional identity.
Cardinal took criticism for his desecration of the name of Saint Patrick, bringing in so cheerfully the half naked Gay exposition to the parade honoring the saint.
Heartbreaking. Cardinal rather destroyed his witness for the saint, in favor of “normalizing” gays who militantly promote abomination.
I am sorry for the Cardinal. I pray he comes around and dares to apologize somehow for scandalizing the many among the faithful, for not being even handed. The Cardinal did not evangelize or admonish these miscreants and didn’t teach us how to offer another sinner hospitality on one hand, but an equal and public admonishment on the other.
The Al Smith Dinner needs to be retired from the Church. It has imploded. Not sure that the fourth generation Smith, who was the MC last night, is even marginally Catholic. I mean, how would we know, given the attendees, the guests, the setting, the program and the location?
The whole thing was one more scandal and BLACK EYE for Holy Mother Church, who is still associated with the thing, as a pretense.
They never even supplied the exact destination for the $6 MILLION. All the Cardinal alluded to was children in NY....
Was it Catholic Charities?? What was the Catholic component in this affair?