Romney Invites NY Catholic Cardinal Dolan to Offer Benediction After Acceptance Speech

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan will “give the benediction at the Republican National Convention on the night Mitt Romney accepts the presidential nomination,” The Associated Press reports. Dolan “is one of more than 40 Catholic groups suing President Barack Obama” over the HHS mandate. Joseph Zwilling, Dolan’s spokesman, says, “It’s not an endorsement. It’s as a priest going to pray.”

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