The new Archbishop of New York made quite a connection with the faithful in his first official homily — and drew a connection, as well, with another celebrated archbishop, as the New York Times reports: In his first homily as the new leader of New York’s Roman Catholics, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan managed Wednesday to…

Just hours from his formal installation, Archbishop Dolan has already taken a big bite out of the Big Apple, and to show that he’s settling in, he’s penned a column for the city’s fabled “Hometown Paper,” the New York Daily News: What is a boy from Ballwin, Missouri, doing in the Big Apple? Pope Benedict…

Before he takes The Chair at St. Patrick’s, Archbishop Timothy Dolan sat down in another chair, across from an Associated Press reporter, to share a few thoughts in this AP exclusive: Dolan said he wants to restore pride in being Catholic, especially given the damage the church endured in the clergy sex abuse scandal, which…

One has to wonder, especially after reading this piece of news, from Catholic News Service: Calling the protests against President Barack Obama’s planned commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame “unseemly and unhelpful,” Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., advised Catholics not to attend such demonstrations. Bishop D’Arcy released a statement…

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