{"id":4099,"date":"2010-02-25T23:09:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T23:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/the-church-is-in-the-yes-business.html"},"modified":"2010-02-25T23:09:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T23:09:55","slug":"the-church-is-in-the-yes-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/the-church-is-in-the-yes-business.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Church is in the &#8216;Yes&#8217; business&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/Dolan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dolan.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/Dolan-thumb-400x217-11799.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"217\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span>That&#8217;s Archbishop Timothy Dolan, repeating one of his popular refrains, in an exclusive interview he gave to a New York TV station (no, it wasn&#8217;t mine, unfortunately).  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s part of a series of public appearances he&#8217;s made this week &#8212; including one at a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/02\/this-is-the-most-fun-ive-had-since-i-was-a-monsignor.html\">Theology on Tap<\/a> &#8212; to mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict naming him to the Archdiocese of New York.  <\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Dolan talks about everything from the controversy surrounding Governor David Paterson, to gays marching in the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade, and even Mario Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/1-all-boroughs-news-content\/news_beats\/politics\/114315\/-i-ny1-online---i--full-interview-with-archbishop-timothy-dolan\/\">Take a look.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/1-all-boroughs-news-content\/news_beats\/politics\/114315\/-i-ny1-online---i--full-interview-with-archbishop-timothy-dolan\/\">  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s Archbishop Timothy Dolan, repeating one of his popular refrains, in an exclusive interview he gave to a New York TV station (no, it wasn&#8217;t mine, unfortunately). 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