By Mary DeTurris Poust
As you know from last week's posts, I attended the New York State Catholic Conference's Public Policy Day in Albany last week. In light of the coming vote on health care, and the prominent role being played by the USCCB, I thought it would be relevant to post New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan's homily from the Mass that day. The archbishop ties the Church's mandate to be active in public policy directly to the Gospel, focusing on everyone from the baby in the womb to immigrants and refugees, from working men and women to farmers, the environment and the incarcerated.
Quoting the Second Vatican Council, Archbishop Dolan reminds Catholics that "no human need is alien to the Church's concern."
