Renewal: Easter, Jesus, Francis… Us?

Catholic New York – By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan – April 4, 2013 Easter blessings! I’m all for celebrating! We prepared for Easter with forty days of intense prayer, penance, and charity during Lent. How about celebrating now for forty days—until Ascension Thursday—come to think of it, for fifty days—until Pentecost Sunday? These ninety days—forty [...]

The Ultrasound Generation

Catholic New York – By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan – January 24, 2013 As we mark the solemn 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, I would like to address my column this week to our teens and young adults, who I believe will ultimately prevail in restoring a sense of respect for all [...]

‘Who We’re Waiting For’

Catholic New York – By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan – November 29, 2012 One of the highlights of our bishops’ meetings comes at our morning of recollection. It’s rather simple, but we, your bishops, observe that is probably the most effective part of our sessions. We gather before the Most Blessed Sacrament, in adoration before [...]

Christ and His Church Are All About Salvation

Catholic New York – By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan – November 1, 2012 We spent a lot of time at the Synod on the New Evangelization in Rome talking about salvation. On the one hand, I guess this should not shock us, since Jesus came as our Savior, offering us the “good news” of eternal [...]

The Church and Accountability

Catholic New York – August 9, 2012 We hear a lot these days about accountability. That’s good. The Church needs to be accountable. For one, and most significantly, we are accountable to God. As the Bible tells us, one day we shall stand before Him in judgment. On that day, no excuses, no rationalizing, no [...]

Graduates, Catholic Schools Look Forward With Hope

Catholic New York – June 14, 2012 Being a Cardinal has its benefits, but few compare with the privilege of being able to travel across the archdiocese and visit our Catholic schools. What a joy it is to witness, firsthand, how the spiritual leadership of our pastors and the dedication of our teachers and principals [...]

Freedom Is Worth Defending

Catholic New York – May 31, 2012 It’s the evening of Memorial Day as I write this column. Never can we forget those patriots who gave their all in service to our beloved country. Earlier, I took a stroll outside around St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and chatted with some of our men in uniform, sailors in [...]

Jesus, the Holy Name Behind the Church

Catholic New York – May 3, 2012 You ever hear of Holy Name Hospital? It’s over in New Jersey, a good Catholic health care institution from what I hear. A month or so ago, I met a woman who works there. She said that one of the patients asked her, “What’s the name of the [...]

Keeping Easter Joy Alive

Catholic New York – April 19, 2012 A blessed Easter, everybody! Now, don’t you go wondering why I’m still giving Easter greetings a dozen days after the great feast! Just as it took us 40 days to prepare for Easter—that’s what Lent was all about—so now it takes us 40 days to celebrate Easter. That [...]

Passing Over to Renewed Life

Catholic New York – April 5, 2012 It’s all about passing over… Right now, the cold, darkness, dreariness, and barrenness of the earth—winter—is passing over to the warmth, light, radiance, and new life of spring. This very week, our Jewish neighbors solemnly recall the Passover of Israel, from slavery and oppression in Egypt, to freedom [...]

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