The Cuomo family explains Catholicism for Pope Francis

This was covered by lots of media outlets including the NYT.

This is from Crain's –

Cuomo kin say nope to Pope

The Roman Catholic family of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said they were
discouraged by the choice of the traditionalist Argentine Cardinal Jorge
Mario Bergoglio as the church's new Pope.

"I don't think he's
what we need right now in the Catholic church," said Madeline Cuomo, Mr.
Cuomo's younger sister. "We're looking to move the church forward, with
gay marriage and women priests. He's going to turn back the clock."

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On a personal level, the new pope scored high marks with the former
governor. But on policy, the elder Mr. Cuomo said he took issue with the
new leader of the Catholic church. "It's hard not to love this new pope
right from the beginning, especially when you hear how he's lived," Mr.
Cuomo said. "He's as saintly a pope as we've ever had. On the other
hand, there are many parts of the church that need mending and everybody
understands that. This pope has not had an opportunity to do that kind
of work.

"The way he's lived has been simple and admirable, but it
has not taught him how to deal with the high pressure of huge problems
in the church," he said. "The whole question of women, the question of
marriage—not even the question of same sex marriage which is a recent
development—but the whole idea of priests not being allowed to be
married. That's led to a lot of unhappy relationships and ugly
relationships by people who are basically sick. That's something this
new pope will have to deal with."

And here's columnist Wes Pruden, who also discussed the Cuomo's, as well as the puzzlement in the highest levels of liberalism that a relic such as Francis could be named Pope –

The Associated Press, perhaps being deliberately provocative, suggests that the election of Francis might have been, if not illegal, at least offensive to “international standards for the election of a world leader.” The Associated Press man at the State Department asked the department spokesman whether she “thinks the election of the pope was OK. [Does it meet] the free and fairness standard? No, I’m curious. I mean, and with all due respect. I’m not accusing the Vatican of doing anything improper, but you seem to take issue with theocracies in places like Iran, and you celebrate the theocracy in the Vatican.”

This exchange followed:

The State Department flack: “He is the head of the [Catholic] church.”

The reporter persisted: “Is it then correct that the United States
does not take a position on whether the election of the pope was free
and fair and transparent? Without universal suffrage . . . ”

The State Department spokesman, after further research, returned to
the podium to say that since the government regards Vatican City a
sovereign juridical state, if a request from the international
organization monitoring elections were to “come forward, we would take
it very seriously.”