Cardinal Dolan Clarifies Remarks About Cuomo ALBANY - Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan did not intend to question Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's standing in the Roman Catholic Church, despite the governor's support for abortion rights, the cardinal's spokesman said on Wednesday. The spokesman, Joseph Zwilling, was seeking to clarify comments the cardinal made in a radio interview on Tuesday, when the cardinal said, in response to a question about Mr. Cuomo's standing in the church, that "that's one of the things the governor and I talk about." But on Wednesday, Mr. Zwilling said that the cardinal, who is the archbishop of New York, "would not, and did not, suggest the governor might not be a Catholic in good standing going forward." Mr. Zwilling also said that another of Cardinal Dolan's remarks - "That's something that I talk turkey with him about" - was meant to address the issue of abortion, not "the governor's faith." "I do realize that was part of the question he was asked, and so I do understand how the answer could have been misinterpreted," Mr. Zwilling said in an e-mail. But I assure you that was not what the cardinal was saying. Governor Cuomo has been criticized by Cardinal Dolan and other Catholic bishops for an element of his proposed Women's Equality Act, which would codify existing federal protections for abortion in state law. And on that issue, at least, there seemed to be no confusion on Wednesday. "He and the governor have very different positions on abortion," Mr. Zwilling said. And he has been forthright with the governor on the matter, in public and in private.