Timothy Cardinal Dolan says faith and religion have a place in politics.
In a pre-taped interview that ran Easter Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” the head of New York’s Roman Catholic archdiocese said it’s a benefit to politics when people are “inspired by their deepest-held convictions.”
Dolan reiterated his stance that the U.S government is engaged in a “dramatic, radical intrusion of a government bureaucracy into the internal life of the church” with recent decisions on contraceptive coverage.
Some religious organizations protested when President Barack Obama moved to mandate that religious-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and universities include free birth control coverage in their employee health plans.
Obama later said religious employers could opt out, but insurers must pay for the coverage.