NY Archbishop Backs Relocating Ground Zero Mosque, Volunteers to Mediate Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 10:07 AM Article Font Size <http://www.newsmax.com/App_Themes/NewsmaxVideo/Images/plus.jpg> <http://www.newsmax.com/App_Themes/NewsmaxVideo/Images/minus.jpg> New York's Catholic archbishop, Timothy Dolan, not only backs relocating the proposed ground zero mosque but also has volunteered to help find another spot for it to settle the national controversy the issue has roiled. During an impromptu news conference Wednesday, Dolan said he doesn’t have strong feelings about the proposed mosque and Muslim center, but his “major prayer” is for a compromise, according to a report in today’s New York Times. The most prominent New York religious leader yet to address the divisive issue also volunteered to be the mediator, in the manner of Pope John Paul II. In 1993, the Pope intervened in an uproar surrounding a Catholic nuns’ convent at the former Auschwitz death camp, and simply ordered the nuns to move out. Pope John Paul is “the one who said, ‘Let’s keep the idea, and maybe move the address,’ ” the Times quotes Dolan as saying. “It worked there; it might work here.” Dolan, who declined a New York Times request to expand upon his thoughts, had defended Muslims’ religious freedom earlier in the day during a WCBS TV interview. Since the controversy erupted in the spring, Dolan has condemned prejudice against Muslims, the Times reported. However, the newspaper noted, “in July, the church backed away from a plan to <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/nyregion/23mosque.html> sell a vacant convent on Staten Island to a Muslim group that planned to turn it into a mosque. A Catholic parish there had agreed to sell the building, but after strong local protests, the pastor decided to pull out of the deal and the parish board — which includes Archbishop Dolan — agreed.” For a New York Times story on Dolan’s comments — Go Here Now. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/nyregion/19dolan.html?src=me> © Newsmax. All rights reserved. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
