Dolan not right wing
Image via Wikipedia USCCB President and New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has never shrunk from his vigorous defense of the unborn and of marriage between one man and one woman, but don’t call him “right wing.” For Dolan, being a good shepherd of the faithful by upholding Catholic Church teaching has nothing to do with the political right or left. “No question that you’re conciliatory, that you like to have dialogue,” 60 Minutes ’ Morley Safer prodded the archbishop in an interview published on Sunday, “but underneath that, you’re an old-fashioned conservative, in the sense of right-wing conservative.” “I would bristle at being termed ‘right wing’,” Dolan responded. “But if somebody means enthusiastically committed and grateful for the timeless heritage of the Church, and feeling that my best service is when I try to preserve that and pass that on in its fullness and beauty and radiance, I’m a conservative, no doubt.” Dolan has become famous for his cheerful attitude while