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Last week, my own diocese announced a unique plan to save some Catholic schools threatened with closure: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn unveiled a proposal on Saturday to convert four Roman Catholic schools singled out for closing into public charter schools, an 11th-hour lifeline meant to…

With all the buzz about Timothy Dolan these days, Rocco has taken a moment to put his episcopal career in context. He points to several key homilies, including this stem-winder, from Washington DC’s Red Mass in 2007: Summer, 2002, and I have the joy of being with over a million young people from around the…

Rocco passes along this tidbit, from a highly regarded reporter in Rome: The announcement should arrive shortly. And it regards the name of the successor of the Cardinal-Archbishop of New York, Edward Michael Egan. According to leaks collected by Il Riformista, Benedict XVI has decided on Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee. Among other names who…

There’s quite a storm brewing out in Illinois, involving allegations of sex abuse, lawyers, the bishop and, it seems, the media: Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky is lashing out at the news media and Illinois courts over the handling of sexual abuse allegations made against priests. In a letter dated for distribution this weekend to Catholic…
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