Archbishop Timothy Dolan is in Rome (and the Vatican City) for his elevation to Cardinal. So he's trying to reassure Catholics abroad that Big Apple is not that terrible: "New York seems to have an innate interest and respect for religion and I'm going to bring that up because I don't like that caricature that New York is some neo-Sodom and Gomorrah."
Dolan continued, "I'm here as archbishop after three years to let you know that, yup, there are instances of secularism and materialism and paganism in New York as there are everywhere and as there is in the human heart but I have found the New York community to be very religious and innately respectful of religion, interested in religion." New York is also respectful of same-sex couples.
In the meantime, Dolan is still making sure religious institutions don't have to offer women free birth control through their insurance plans and he's carbo-loading.
