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While we Catholics believe that a church building is certainly not The Church, we still take the building very seriously.
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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10/10/18
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Yes, I know that the classical, popular devotion, the Via Crucis—reverently accompanying Jesus on His tortured journey from unjust condemnation by Pontius Pilate, to His repose in the arms of …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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8/29/18
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Among other titles—the month of the Holy Rosary, the month of the missions—the thirty-one days beginning Tuesday are Respect Life Month.
To protect the dignity of the human person, and …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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9/25/19
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Entre otros títulos, el mes del Santo Rosario, el mes de las misiones, los treinta y un días que comienza el martes son parte del Mes de Respeto a la Vida.
Proteger la dignidad de la persona …
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Por CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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9/25/19
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Pardon me, but I’m a little bit nervous.
Next week I’m being called into the principal’s office!
Sunday, along with the bishops of New York State, I’ll be in Rome for …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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11/6/19
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Sí, sé que la devoción clásica popular del Vía Crucis, de acompañar con reverencia a Jesús en su tortuoso viaje desde su injusta condena por parte de …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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8/29/18
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The passing of George H.W. Bush, our forty-first president, has moved me. I’ve always admired him. While working at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, I got to meet him a number of times, …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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12/5/18
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You will not be surprised, given my girth, that I enjoy conversations with good cooks. While I’m hardly a chef myself—I can make a cup of tea or a piece of toast—I sure enjoy …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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8/17/17
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Is nothing less than a miracle...
Saturday night I offered Mass for the new parish of St. John Bosco in Port Chester. Sure, every Mass is a miracle, but that’s not the one I want to write …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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3/15/18
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Do you like standing in line? I guess that depends on what we’re standing in line for!
I don’t mind standing in line for a Shake Shack hamburger (except on the Fridays of Lent!), or to …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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3/13/19
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The kids are back! School is open!
And we remain ever-grateful for our Catholic schools in this Archdiocese of New York.
They take immense time, effort, sweat, tears, energy... and …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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9/15/16
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Earlier this week I was honored to receive an award from the New York Board of Rabbis. In my brief expression of appreciation, I relayed the story of the visit to New York a few years back by …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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6/22/17
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A blessed Easter!
We all realize that Lent, the season of penance we just completed, takes forty days. Our kids who give up candy wonder why it takes so long! It’s meant to be lengthy, …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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4/25/19
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The end of January can be freezing weather-wise, but it annually brings two highlights of the year, which help warm my spirit. The first is the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., in which …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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2/1/18
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It’s been a rough time for us these recent days in Albany.
Even a seasoned, impartial journalist and keen observer of politicians in our state capital, has noted that values for which the …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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1/30/19
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You have to admit that my topic for this column is seasonal! I want to write about freedom, and here we just celebrated the Fourth of July, the day our beloved country declared its independence from …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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7/7/16
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A week or so ago, we priests, deacons, religious women and men—and a growing number of lay faithful—who daily pray what the Church calls The Divine Office meditated on St. …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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8/14/19
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You are aware, I trust, that these weeks of October are designated Respect Life Month.
As Pope Francis recently observed, almost all our problems and woes can be traced back to a loss of reverence …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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10/24/18
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¡Una Pascua bendecida!
Todos nos damos cuenta de que la Cuaresma, la temporada de penitencia que acabamos de cumplir, lleva cuarenta días. ¡Nuestros niños que renuncian a …
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Por CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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4/24/19
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Historians tells us that 1917 was the year that the United States “came of age,” as, with its entrance into World War I, our nation realized its global duties.
Well, that same …
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN
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1/19/17
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