Cardinal O’Connor told gov Cuomo, mayor Koch and the AOH - st pats parade organizers- all where the Catholic Church stood on all matters people consider controversial and straight from the catechism.
He assisted and had the church assist with aids patients, helped mothers with an organization for unplanned pregnancy.
He didn’t ‘deal’.
Cardinal Dolan also called Charlie Kirk a hero and said he was a “modern day St Paul”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL4OjBxhtWY