. >> laura: let's move on to cardinal dollan.anthony dolland gave the bendix at the very end of benediction to wrap things up. people were screaming out of the arena but this is what he said. >> thus do we praise you for the gift of life, grant us the courage to defend it. life without which no other rights are secure. we ask four benediction on those waiting to be born that they may be welcomed and protected. empower us with your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making. or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community. >> laura: in that prayer, he took down two of the pillars of this convention, right? >> he did. >> laura: abortion on demand and gay marriage. >> he did. >> laura: you are a catholic, right? >> i'm only half catholic and i only half practice i have known every cardinal since feldman in the 1960's, cardinal dollan follows in the great tradition of political activists. most powerful catholic in the united states. he i