The Cardinal Talks Politics
The newly-named Cardinal Daniel DiNardo paid Austin a visit for a private lunch hosted by the Governor. About 400 people attended the lunch, including lots and lots of elected officials and leaders of the faith community.
 Houston Chronicle Archbishop Daniel DiNardo arrives in St. Peter's Basilica for the Nov. 24 consistory. |
When asked about his positions on issues of the day, DiNardo says his are simply those of the Catholic church. It's safe to say the positions don't fit neatly into a general political classification.
On immigration:
The Catholic bishops have been involved in the immigraion issue for thirty years. So we're a constant. Ours has always been comprehensive immigration reform, emphasis on family reunification, necessity of looking at the borders but punitive measures are probably in the long run not going to effective and maybe not even right. So we look in another direction.
On healthcare:
It's good to see particularly what health initiatives we can do are for the children. That's of concern to us. Whether that's the CHIP program, other kinds of things.
On education:
We look at legislation for help relative to vouchers or other kinds of means that would be effective for Catholic and private schools, that's something on our agenda.
