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Faith & Government

What religion demands & pluralism requires

Mario M. Cuomo

I have been asked to reflect upon the experience of elected officials who try to reconcile personal religious convictions while serving a pluralistic American constituency. In discussing the matter I don’t pretend to be a theologian or philosopher. I speak only as a former elected official and as a Catholic baptized and raised in the pre-Vatican II church, attached to t (...)


 

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