Thursday, August 19, 2010

Archbishop offers to mediate mosque controversy

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York has offered to serve as a mediator in the ongoing controversy over a proposed Islamic community center and mosque planned for two blocks from Ground Zero, according to a story in today's New York Times.

From the Times story:

The archbishop said that it was his “major prayer” that a compromise could be reached, and that while he had no strong feelings about the project, he might support finding a new location for the center.

Speaking during an impromptu news conference at Covenant House, a Catholic shelter in Manhattan for homeless youth, Archbishop Dolan invoked the example of Pope John Paul II, who in 1993 ordered Catholic nuns to move from their convent at the former Auschwitz death camp after protests from Jewish leaders.

“He’s the one who said, ‘Let’s keep the idea, and maybe move the address,’ ” the archbishop said. “It worked there; might work here.”

Read the full story HERE.

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