Bad faith: Catholics fume after repeated Mamdani snubs

Mayor Mamdani’s no show at Archbishop Roland Hicks’ installation last week wasn’t his only snub of the city’s 2.5 million Catholics.Muslim Mayor Mamdani, who has long been fending off antisemitism accusations, took his first jab at the church when he appointed trans activist Ceyenne Doroshow to his inaugural committee, critics note.St.Patrick’s Cathedral accused Doroshow of duping them into hosting a “sacrilegious” funeral for transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February 2024, just as Lent was starting.

She was honored by pals as “St.Cecilia, mother of all whores,” and eulogized by 1,000 rowdy mourners wearing miniskirts and fishnet stockings.“The Cathedral only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic, and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way,” Rev.

Enrique Salvo said in a statement at the time.Doroshow, for her part, demanded the church “apologize for the decades of degradation and hate you have put on our community,” at a subsequent news conference.Mamdani “not only wants nothing to do with Catholics,” he hires “vile anti-Catholic bigots,” Catholic League President Bill Donahue told The Post, referring to Doroshow.Also insulting to the city’s Catholics was that fact that no Catholic priests spoke at Mamdani’s inauguration or at his interfaith breakfast.The breakfast, established in 2002 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and held at the New York Public Library, traditionally hosts leaders of the city’s many faiths.

Last year, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan and Father Ryan Muldoon attended the breakfast hosted by Mayor Eric Adams, and Muldoon delivered the invocation.“I wish I could say I’m surprised, but Communism knows no faith,” said Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Queens), who is Catholic.“He’s already shown his disdain for our Jewish neighbors, and now he is showing it for Catholics as well.

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