Cardinal Timothy Dolan says that calling for second-class status for gay Americans- in and out of the church- wouldn't be such a fuss these days if the Church had sugar-coated their bitter pills back in the day:
DAVID GREGORY:
Church doctrine remains the same. By have described it as a change of tone.
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN:
I would say a change of tone, a change of strategy. Right, a pope by his nature can't make doctrinal changes. In fact, his sacred responsibility is to protect the integrity of the faith and to pass it on. He can make a lot of changes in the way, the style, the manner in which it's presented. You know the best analogy of that? John XXIII, who by the way, the Italians are saying Pope Francis reminds them of John XXIII. He was the pope from '58 to '63. He said, "Look, we've got the gift of faith. That gift can't change. But it can sure be gift wrapped in a better way to make it more appealing, to make it more radiant.
In a Freudian slip, Cardinal Dolan added:
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN:
Well, I would tell you this, for us as I would say for committed Catholics, and thanks be to God, there's a lot of them, I love them, I'm grateful for them this Thanksgiving weekend, they would say what Pope Francis has done is reminded us of the latitude of Catholic beliefs and Catholic principles. Those who would try to closet us maybe and just what you might call below-the-belt issues, where that be gay marriage or abortion or contraception or divorce, whatever...
DAVID GREGORY:
But why do you think the church is losing the argument on it, in effect?
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN:
Well, I think maybe we've been out-marketed, sometimes. We've been caricatured as being anti-gay. And as much as we'd say, "Wait a minute, we're pro marriage, we're pro traditional marriage, we're not anti anybody," I don't know. When you have forces like Hollywood, when you have forces like politicians, when you have forces like some opinion-molders that are behind it, it's a tough battle.
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