Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee (Getty Images)
Sandra Lee, who has been criticized by the Catholic Church for “living in sin” with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, toured the Vatican yesterday. Lee, who fled her hotel room, where previous guest James Gandolfini had a fatal heart attack, was given the Vatican tour before ending her trip to Rome. Sources tell us that Cuomo, who is Catholic, and Lee, who is not Catholic, are “under constant daily pressure” from church officials in New York to cease “living in sin.” The source would not say which church official was putting the high-profile couple under pressure, other than to say it was a “daily struggle.” In 2011, Dr. Edward Peters, a consultant to the highest court at the Vatican, said Cuomo should not be allowed to receive communion because he and Lee are “publicly acting in violation of a fundamental moral expectation of the church.” But we’re told that Lee, who was brought up first as a Seventh Day Adventist and later became a Jehovah’s Witness, isn’t about to convert. “Her visit to the Vatican is about understanding Catholicism better,” the source added.