Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley

Catholicism isn’t a pick ‘n’ mix – politicians like Andrew Cuomo must stop seeing it as such

I’m fairly certain the Pope’s a Catholic but Andrew Cuomo is anyone’s guess. Barely had the Holy Father revised Church teaching to declare capital punishment ‘inadmissible’ than the New York Governor tweeted this:

The scion of the Cuomo dynasty — the Kennedys remade for radio — is battling Sex and the City star turned progressive heroine Cynthia Nixon for the Democrat nomination ahead of November’s gubernatorial election. Some tacking left never hurt anyone in a New York Democrat primary but, beyond that, this is pure gesture. The state appeals court struck down New York’s death penalty statute in 2004 and the execution chamber was shuttered in 2008.

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