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Candlelight prayer vigil.

Don't give up hope, Cardinal Dolan encourages after NYPD shooting

Dec 22, 2014

Despite the violence, darkness and confusion of the world, we can find hope and peace in the promise of Christ,... Read more

Cardinals Donald Wuerl and Timothy Dolan leave the Vatican's Synod Hall, Oct. 10, 2014.

Extending an invitation: Synod prompts revamp in Church language

Oct 14, 2014

By Elise Harris

The need to develop a new way of communicating Church teaching in contemporary society emerged in synod discussions last week,... Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York.

NY cardinal: parade decision is matter of gay identity vs action

Sep 19, 2014

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has clarified his support for the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, while acknowledging some remaining... Read more

Protestors can take refuge and pray for peace in one of two tent-chapels on Maidan Square in Kiev.

Cardinal Dolan: Ukraine 'flowing with blood,' America must speak up

Sep 17, 2014

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has urged U.S. Catholics to listen to the “chilling” pleas of Greek-Catholic bishops who... Read more

New York Catholics angered over financial hit to students

Jun 25, 2014

Local Catholics are lamenting New York state legislators' move to deny a tax credit that would boost funding to create... Read more

Cardinal Timoth Dolan blesses expectant mothers in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City on April 6, 2014.

Cardinal Dolan blesses pregnant mothers, unborn babies

Apr 18, 2014

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York blessed 30 expectant mothers and their unborn children in an April 6 Mass... Read more

Cardinal Dolan distributes the Constitutions of the Congregation to the newly professed.

Newly-professed sisters celebrated as 'sign of hope'

Jun 13, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

At a Brooklyn Mass where six Little Sisters of the Poor made their first vows, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan emphasized... Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York.

Cardinal Dolan honored by evangelicals for leadership

Apr 24, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York will receive the 2013 William Wilberforce Award this weekend from a group of... Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan enters Nostra Signora di Guadalupe on March 10, 2013.

Cardinal Dolan eager for conclave to start

Mar 10, 2013

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told the press outside Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Rome that he is anxious for... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan. University of Notre Dame.

Cardinal Dolan named Notre Dame's 2013 commencement speaker

Mar 7, 2013

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at the University... Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan presides at a Mass in the catacombs in St. Peter's Basilica on March 2, 2013.

'Church changing big time,' says Cardinal Dolan

Mar 3, 2013

An American cardinal said Sunday that the Catholic Church is undergoing a lot of changes.  Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.

Cardinal Dolan summons prayer for Pope Benedict

Feb 21, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is calling on his archdiocese to pray in a particular way for Pope Benedict... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan prays at the 2012 USCCB Fall General Assembly.

Cardinal Dolan finds common ground with Obama on guns

Feb 20, 2013

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York highlighted President Barack Obama's “call for sensible steps on gun control,” noting that... Read more

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch exits a morning breakfast where Mayor Michael Bloomberg discussed the growth of lower Manhattan.

NY cardinals remember Mayor Koch as friend to Catholics

Feb 1, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Cardinal Edward Egan responded to the death of New York City Mayor Ed Koch with praise... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan at a press conference for the 2012 USCCB Fall General Assembly, Nov. 13.

Cardinal Dolan decries proposal to expand abortion access

Jan 9, 2013

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York expressed “great disappointment” in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement to move forward with the... Read more

The USCCB 2012 Fall General Assembly.

Cardinal Dolan calls bishops to conversion at annual meeting

Nov 12, 2012

By Michelle La Rosa

The mission of evangelization, which is critical to the calling of every bishop, must begin with penance and interior renewal,... Read more

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan leaves the Oct. 2012 synod on the New Evangelization at the Vatican.

Pope, Cardinal Dolan urge Obama to respect life and religious freedom

Nov 7, 2012

By Michelle La Rosa

Catholic leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to respect the fundamental American principles of life and religious liberty after... Read more

Huricane Sandy destroyed 111 homes in the Queens neighborhood of Rockaway Beach with winds up to 80 mph and floodwaters up to 14 ft.

Cardinal Dolan sees heartbreak, hope in Sandy's wake

Nov 2, 2012

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s destructive passage across the East Coast, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York expressed his... Read more

President Barack Obama, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney laugh at the Oct. 18, 2012 Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

Al Smith dinner includes religious freedom references amid humor

Oct 19, 2012

By Michelle La Rosa

An annual Catholic fundraising dinner with both major presidential candidates provided a night of laughter, as well as reminders of... Read more

Smoke billows skyward as homes and buildings are shelled June 9, 2012 in the city of Homs, Syria.

Pope sending Cardinal Dolan on peace mission to Syria

Oct 17, 2012

By Kevin J. Jones

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York will be part of a papal delegation to Syria that will voice “fraternal solidarity”... Read more