Posted on 01/06/2015 4:16:33 PM PST by presidio9
People across the nation are mourning the death of Mario Cuomo, the passionate Italian-American Catholic who served as the governor of New York from 1983-1994.
Cuomos political career was deeply formed by his Catholic faith. During his famous 1984 speech at the University of Notre Dame, he said as much: The Catholic Church is my spiritual home. My heart is there, and my hope.
But Cuomos relationship with the Church in the United States, particularly its bishops, was at times strained, especially over the issue of legalized abortion. At Notre Dame and elsewhere, Cuomo maintained that -SNIP-
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The second point that you are trying to make here isn't accurate. The first point is the same as virtually every other religious group.
By his own definition, I presume.
So disastrous was everything he did, that there are many who are certain that his fountain pen simply refused to write what he wanted to write. The Holy Spirit simply took it over.
Beats getting struck dead the night before a heretical encyclical is signed.
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